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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Two people died in a car crash early Sunday morning in Rio Rancho, police said.

The driver and passenger of a 2008 Toyota died from injuries suffered in the 1:54 a.m. crash near the intersection of Unser and Southern boulevards, police said. The intersection was closed for several hours.

A 2002 Infiniti hit the Toyota on Southern Boulevard and the Toyota then struck a light pole, police said.

The driver and passenger of the Infiniti suffered minor injuries.

The names of the victims were not released.

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Eight people were hospitalized following a crash near downtown Nashville early Sunday morning.

A taxi collided with an SUV just before 3 a.m. at the corner of Charlotte and 17th Avenue North.

The taxi driver and his five passengers were hospitalized along with two individuals in the SUV.

None of the victims' injuries were life-threatening.

Police do not believe alcohol was a factor in the crash.

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

A pedestrian was killed on Dixie Highway early Sunday after being hit by a taxi, said a Louisville Metro Police spokesman.

The accident happened at about 1 a.m. on Dixie Highway near Katherine Station Road, he said.

The pedestrian, who was only identified as a white male, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators are not sure if the victim was on the roadway when he was hit, police said. The taxi was at the scene when officers arrived and no other injuries were reported in connection with the accident, he said.

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

A bicyclist was killed and an Orlando police officer was taken to a hospital after a crash Sunday evening.

The crash, involving a marked Orlando Police Department vehicle and an adult bicyclist, happened before 7:30 p.m. Sunday on South Kirkman Road near Pine Shadows, south of LB McLeod, according to police.

Police said the bicyclist, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The officer, identified as Isaias Rivera Montoyo, suffered minor injuries, was taken to a hospital. Montoyo was expected to be released, authorities said.

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Pennsylvania State Police said that they believe alcohol was a factor in a single-vehicle crash that killed a Butler County man and injured two others early this morning in Clarion County.

Joshua Paul Bartley, 24, of East Butler, was driving a Ford F-150 on Greenville Pike north of Stone House Road in Clarion Township when he lost control and went off the right side of the road about 4:45 a.m., state police said in a press release.

The truck started to roll and Mr. Bartley was ejected from the vehicle, state police said. He died at the scene.

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

A passenger was killed when the car he was in was hit in a side-impact collision Saturday afternoon in Rockville, Md.

Montgomery County police responded to an incident at Maryland Avenue and Great Falls Road. They found a Toyota Corolla with its passenger side damaged by an Oldsmobile Bravada.

Percival Bellamy, 89, of Kensington, was the passenger in the Corolla. He was transported to a hospital where he died.

A preliminary investigation showed the Corolla turned in front of the Bravada while trying to go left onto Potomac Valley Road.

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

A man died after his car went off the road, hit a tree, then slid down into a ravine off Kuamo'o Road in Wailua on Kaua'i.

Around 8:30 Sunday morning, a motorcyclist heard the man's cries for help.

The man told him he had been struck for several hours.

The motorcyclist called 911, but by the time paramedics got there, the man had already passed away.

Officials have not released his name yet.

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

A woman has died after being struck by two vehicles in Brooklyn, police say.

The victim, 32-year-old Nicole Detweiler, was struck by a BMW and an Isuzu box truck at McGuinness Boulevard and Nassau Avenue in Greenpoint Sunday night, according to police. She was hit by the BMW first.

Both drivers stayed on the scene after the accident. The truck's driver, 35-year-old Roberto Amador, was arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

The southbound lane of Interstate 65 was closed near Atmore late Sunday after at least two people were killed and one critically injured in a multi-vehicle accident involving an 18-wheeler.

According to the Alabama Highway Patrol, the southbound lane will remain closed until around 10:30 a.m. Traffic is being rerouted at the 54 mile marker.

The Poarch Creek Tribal Police Department received the first call about an accident at the 51 mile marker at about 10:45 p.m. Sunday night, a dispatcher there said.

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Three people were hospitalized after being involved in a crash on the city's far east side Sunday night.

Columbus police said the two-vehicle crash occurred in the 1800 block of Woodcrest Road at about 8 p.m.

Three people were transported to area hospitals with unknown conditions.

No charges were filed immediately.