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Tuesday, December 31, 2013Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLThe Florida Highway Patrol has arrested a Zephyr Hills man and three of his family members in connection with a head-on hit-and-run crash that sent a Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputy to the hospital.
Deputy Darren Hill, 29, of Wesley Chapel was seriously injured when his cruiser was hit by a F-150 Ford truck in Wesley Chapel area early Wednesday morning, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013Area:
Seattle-Tacoma, WAThe driver of a pick-up called his girlfriend to complain of chest pains just 10 minutes before his vehicle crossed the center line of State Route 7 and struck another vehicle. The driver is dead and six people from the other car were taken to the hospital after the collision. Both lanes of SR 7 are closed at 316th Street East near Eatonville and traffic is being detoured due to the collision. Two adults were taken to MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital and four children are at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital. Their conditions are not available at this time.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013Area:
Cincinnati, OHA woman died in a crash in Adams County on Wednesday evening.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said Phyllis A. Walls, 68, of West Union, was traveling southbound on Brush Creek Road at about 7:30 p.m. when she struck an oncoming pickup head on.
Walls was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Adams County coroner.
The pickup driver, Mary A. Channell, 69, of Manchester, was airlifted to UC Medical Center for treatment.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Monday, December 30, 2013Area:
Everett-Bellingham WAA head-on crash on Guide Meridian left two young men dead early Tuesday, Dec. 31, according to the Washington State Patrol. Travis Lee Holst, 23, the driver of a green '03 Chevy Tahoe, had been driving northbound on Guide Meridian before he crossed the center line near Smith Road. The Tahoe crashed head-on into a silver '97 Honda Civic driven by Brox Mitchell Browning, 20, of Lynden, at 12:17 a.m. Browning died at the scene.
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Sunday, December 29, 2013Area:
Nashville, TNA late-night crash caused by a wrong-way driver killed one person on Monday night.
Police said the driver was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of Eagle Way Bypass and hit two other cars head-on.
The passenger in the wrong-way car died at the scene, and three others were taken to the hospital.
Police have not identified any of the victims.
At this time, police are not sure why the driver was driving in the wrong lane.
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Sunday, December 29, 2013A husband and wife are dead after a three-vehicle accident near Simpsonville Monday night, according to the Highway Patrol and Greenville County Coroner’s Office.
Leanna Carolina Turner, 23, and her husband Samad Fard Muhammad Turner, 30, were killed after their vehicle collided with a pick-up truck head-on on Fairview Road around 10:40 p.m.
Samad Turner was the driver, and Leanna Turner was the passenger in the 2008 Nissan. Both were wearing seatbelts, according to the Greenville County Coroner.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013An 8-year-old boy and 65-year-old woman were killed Sunday morning in a head-on crash in Oviedo, in the area of S.R. 434 and the 417.
Three children were involved in the crash, according to Seminole County Fire Rescue officials.
An 8-year-old boy died, two other children in the vehicle, Kyle Deuter and Courtney Deuter, ages 6 and 9, only suffered minor injuries, troopers said.
Danielle Deuter, 28, the woman driving the vehicle with the children, was listed in critical condition. The woman driving the other vehicle, Marie Radford, 65, died from her injuries, troopers said.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013Area:
Riverside, CAAuthorities found a bicyclist lying in the roadway at the intersection of Calimesa Boulevard and Singleton Road. According to witnesses, the bicyclist was traveling southbound and a vehicle crossed the divider and struck the bicyclist head on. The victim's name has been identified as Banning area resident Phil Richards.
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Friday, December 27, 2013Area:
Washington, DCMontgomery County police detectives are investigating a fatal collision on Old Columbia Pike early Saturday morning.
According to police, they were called to a collision at 2:40 a.m. When they arrived, they found a red 2003 Infiniti G35 and a gray 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe in a head-on collision.
Police say the Chevrolet Tahoe was driving south when the Infiniti, which was traveling north, crossed the center line into southbound traffic. The two cars collided head-on in the southbound lanes.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Raleigh-Durham, NCTwo men died in a head-on collision on N.C. 98 in Durham County on Friday morning, and another has been charged with driving while impaired and two counts of felony death by motor vehicle, the Highway Patrol says.
The victims have been identified as Jorge Avalar and his brother, Andreas Avalar, of Durham, according to a statement by the Highway Patrol.