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Saturday, January 4, 2014

A head-on crash near Auburn sent three people, including a 4-year-old girl, to the hospital with critical injuries. A Ford Explorer and a minivan collided on Military Road South. The 4-year-old girl in the SUV and both people inside the minivan were taken to Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. The man driving the Ford Explorer was not injured.

Things to do immediately after a serious accident

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Saturday, January 4, 2014

A 15-year-old girl from Murrieta was in a coma and on life support following a skateboarding accident Sunday. The community is now rallying to help raise funds to pay for her medical expenses. Madison Olson was skating down a steep street in San Clemente, when she lost control. She was not wearing a helmet and suffered a serious head injury. Her father, Jason Olson, has faith she will survive, but realizes there will be huge medical expenses.

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Saturday, January 4, 2014

One person was killed when their car caught on fire after striking another vehicle on Barkley Boulevard Sunday morning, Jan. 5. One vehicle was headed down the hill on Barkley Boulevard around 9:55 a.m. when it slid on the icy road, crossed the centerline and hit another car headed up the hill. The downhill car caught on fire, and witnesses were unable to help the driver out of the vehicle before it was engulfed in flames. That driver died at the scene, and the other driver was not injured.

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Friday, January 3, 2014
Authorities have identified the man who died in a three-vehicle wreck Saturday afternoon in Walker County. William Earl Lovelady, 71, of Dora, was pronounced dead at the scene. Lovelady was traveling westbound on Highway 78 when he lost control of his vehicle near Sharon Boulevard and crossed the median. He hit a guardrail and bounced back into oncoming traffic. His car was hit head-on by a semi-truck and then by a second vehicle. Dora police responded to the crash around 3:40 p.m. No other injuries were reported. The wreck remains under investigation.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014
A Utah Department of Public Safety spokesperson released the name of the victim involved in a fatal car accident on U.S. Highway 6 Friday night. Gregory D. Leavitt, 34, of Pleasant Grove died in a fiery collision with a semi-truck, after veering into oncoming traffic near Spanish Fork Canyon, according to a press release. The collision caused the semi-truck to jackknife and spill two trailers full of coal onto the highway. It also caused a brief fire in the cab of the semi-truck, injuring driver David Lee of Orem.
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Two people were killed when their vehicles collided head-on Thursday afternoon. Ohio State Patrol troopers said the accident happened on U.S. Route 52 in Monroe Township about 3 p.m. Thursday. Troopers said one driver died at the scene and the other died on the way to the hospital. Investigators said both drivers were the only occupants of their vehicles. The victims have been identified as Ryan Holland, and Garry Gloeckner. Route 52 has been closed at South Altman Drive since the time of the accident. There was no estimate of when it might reopen.
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
A Sylacauga man was killed and three other people were injured Thursday morning in a wreck in Oak Grove, according to Alabama State Troopers. Edward Dixon Guy, 81, was pronounced dead at the scene after the 1999 Toyota he was driving collided head-on with another vehicle on U.S. 280 in Oak Grove around 9 a.m. Thursday, according to a news release from a Alabama State Troopers spokesman. The other vehicle was a 1991 Ford driven by a 30-year-old Hoover man. The driver and two passengers in the Ford were hospitalized with injuries.
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
One person is dead and another is injured after their vehicle crashed and overturned late Tuesday. According to the Fayette County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to the 2000 block of Brock Road in Paint Township, at about 9:49 p.m. Tuesday, on the report of a crash. Deputies said, when they arrived on scene, they found a 2006 Ford F-Series pickup truck overturned in a streamline near the roadway.
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
A tire blowout is believed to have caused a rollover crash that seriously injured five members of a family, including three children, on Interstate 10 in Phoenix on Thursday morning. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said the family's vehicle was going west when the blowout occurred, sending the vehicle through the median and into eastbound traffic. The crash happened near 31st Avenue about 9:30 a.m. Two adults were taken to St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center with serious injuries, Garcia said. The three children were taken to Phoenix Children's Hospital.