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Monday, December 30, 2013Area:
Madison, WIA 24-year-old Illinois man was killed Monday in a two-vehicle crash in Iowa County.
Leander R. Vethanayagamony, of Bolingbrook, Ill., was traveling east on Highway 18 about 11:30 a.m. when he was hit by a Dodge Grand Caravan, according to the Iowa County Sheriff's Office.
The van was driven by Sally A. Brownell, 60, of Linden, who was traveling west on Highway 18 when she went off the right shoulder. She overcorrected, losing control of her vehicle and spinning into the eastbound lane, where she hit the oncoming car, a new release stated.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013The Colorado State Patrol says two men are dead after the trailer they were in crashed on the highway near Trinidad.
The C.S.P. says the men were in a 2010 Freightliner that was pulling two trailers southbound on Interstate 25 Thursday morning. The accident happened after the driver failed to negotiate a curve, overcorrected, and lost control of the trailer, which rolled.
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Saturday, November 16, 2013Area:
Salt Lake City, UTA 26-year-old Utah man has been killed in a single-vehicle rollover in Idaho.
The Idaho State Patrol says Chet Atkinson of Weston died in the crash on Highway 36 near Preston about 6:40 p.m. Sunday.
Troopers say he was headed east in a Dodge pickup truck when he drifted off the south side of the highway near mile marker 132.
Investigators say he apparently over-corrected before he crashed through a guard rail and rolled down an embankment.
Atkinson was not wearing a seat belt. He was ejected from the truck and died at the scene. The accident remains under investigation.
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Saturday, May 4, 2013Area:
Everett-Bellingham WARamon Garcia died after striking a utility pole on Lakeway Drive. Troopers believe that speed was the primary factor, and that drugs and alcohol were not involved. Garcia was studying visual journalism at Western Washington University.
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