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Thursday, December 12, 2013Area:
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MNAuthorities in northwestern Wisconsin say two vehicles collided head-on, killing both drivers.
The collision happened Friday about 5:45 p.m. near the village of Rock Falls. Dunn County deputies say one of the vehicles appears to have been across the center line when the impact occurred.
The victims were identified as 19-year-old Kimberley E. Kresen of Eau Claire and 62-year-old Joyce J. Dawson of Rock Falls. They were both pronounced dead at the scene.
The drivers were the only occupants in their vehicles.
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Thursday, December 12, 2013Area:
Fargo-Valley City, NDTwo cars crashed head-on in northwestern Minnesota, leaving both drivers dead, authorities said.
The collision in Norman County occurred shortly after 2:10 p.m. Thursday on Hwy. 32 north of Gary, according to the State Patrol.
Killed were James E. Bateson, 66, of Gary, and Doris J. Hanson, 76, of Brooks, Minn.
The crash happened when a southbound car driven by Hanson swerved into the northbound lane and struck Bateson’s car, the patrol added.
The two-lane highway’s surface was dry at the time, the patrol said.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013Area:
Washington, DCA Chambersburg woman died in a head-on collision along the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 this morning in Southampton Township, Franklin County, state police said.
The victim was identified as Ashley D. Brechbiel, 26, no address given, according to police.
Troopers said Brechbiel was traveling north on Interstate 81 just after 2 a.m. in her 1993 Dodge Dakota truck, when she left the roadway, crossed the grassy median and entered the southbound lanes near Exit 24, the exit for Route 696.
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Monday, December 9, 2013Area:
Indianapolis, INA head-on crash involving a semi and another vehicle killed one person in Shelby County this afternoon.
The crash occurred around 3:50 p.m. on Ind. 44, near Old Franklin Road. Authorities suspect that the passenger vehicle and semi were traveling in opposite directions, when the driver of the passenger vehicle heading west drove into the direction of the eastbound semi.
The passenger vehicle’s driver, who has not been identified, was killed. The semi driver was not injured.
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Monday, December 9, 201381-year-old Harold Short of Farwell died in a two-vehicle crash in Clare County's Surrey Township. Authorities say Short was a passenger in a vehicle that was hit head-on by another vehicle that crossed the center line.
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Monday, December 9, 2013Area:
Portland-Auburn, MENew Hampshire State Police say a driver died after experiencing a ‘‘medical event’’ and colliding with an oncoming vehicle.
Police are still investigating the collision, which happened at about 8:40 a.m. Tuesday on Route 3 in Columbia.
Police said a driver heading northbound on Route 3 crossed the center line and struck a pickup truck head on. Their investigation indicates the car driver experienced a medical event, causing the vehicle to go into the other lane. Speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors.
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Sunday, December 8, 2013Area:
Hartford & New Haven, CTA 26-year-old Rhode Island woman has died after crashing into a school bus in Stonington, police said.
It happened just before 7:30 a.m. Monday, police said. According to police, Sarah Delano of Westerly, R.I., was driving westbound on Pequot Trail in Stonington when her car crossed the center line and collided with a school bus driving in the opposite direction. Delano died at the scene.
Police said no passengers were aboard the bus at the time of the crash. It’s not clear if the driver, 69-year-old Jane Toth of Pawcatuck, was injured.
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Saturday, December 7, 2013Area:
New Orleans, LAA two-vehicle crash killed one person and injured two others on State Road 25 in Washington Parish.
Authorities with Louisiana State Police said the crash happened just before 6 a.m. on S.R. 25 when a Ford F-150 pickup driven by Charles Toon, 35, of Foxworth, Miss., crossed the center line and hit a Chevrolet Silverado.
The driver of the Silverado, Jonathan Bickham, 32, of Franklinton, was hit head-on and died of his injuries. He was wearing a seat belt.
Investigators said Toon may have been drinking, and a blood sample was taken. Results are pending.
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Saturday, December 7, 2013Area:
New Orleans, LAState police say a 21-year-old Thibodaux man died in a head-on collision on La. 182 in Raceland.
Troopers say Andrew Carter died after the car he was riding in crossed the centerline and struck an oncoming car around 3 p.m. Sunday.
Troopers says Carter was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
Harrell says the drivers of both vehicles - both wearing seat belts during the crash - were taken to Thibodaux Regional Hospital with severe injuries.
The accident remains under investigation.
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Thursday, December 5, 2013Area:
Birmingham, ALA Jacksonville man died and an Anniston man was injured when their vehicles were involved in a head-on collision early Friday.
Jed Dautenhahn, 39, was pronounced dead at the scene after suffering significant blunt-force trauma, the Star reported.
The crash happened on Bynum Leatherwood Road around 5:20 a.m. Dautenhahn was driving a 1991 Honda Accord that collided with a 1999 Ford pickup truck driven by Lester Ledlow, 58.
Ledlow was taken to a hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries.
The crash is under investigation.