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Thursday, March 12, 2015
Tavita was reportedly walking west in the eastbound lanes of Hunt Highway with his brother when he was struck by an eastbound car driven by a 51-year-old man. The collision severely injured Tavita, and he was pronounced dead after being transported to the hospital. The driver was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but toxicology tests are underway to determine if Tavita was impaired. We will add more details to this accident as they become available.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
A 16-year-old boy out for a jog was struck by a van and killed on a dark San Tan Valley street early Tuesday morning. Jared Paul Odane was found lying on the south side of a stretch of West Combs Road that has no lighting. Odane was wearing dark clothing and earbuds. 
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Sunday, September 21, 2014
The 18-year-old victim was riding the skateboard on North Gantzel Road just south of East Chandler Heights Road in San Tan Valley about 9:43 p.m.He suffered severe head trauma, and was flown to a Phoenix hospital in extremely critical condition.  
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Sunday, January 5, 2014
A crash involving two school buses in San Tan Valley sent four students to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries. A Pina County Sheriff's Office spokesman said the crash happened about 8:45 a.m. as schools opened after the long holiday break. Medical personnel treated six of the seven passengers on the two buses, the spokesman said. The crash was at Denim Trail and Azalea Drive, the spokesman said.
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Monday, December 2, 2013

A San Tan Valley woman has died of injuries she suffered in a one-car crash Dec. 3.

Krystal Nance, 28, a married mother of five, died Saturday evening from the suffered when the 1998 Buick Skylark she was driving rolled on North Ironwood Road in San Tan Valley about 5:40 p.m., said Tim Gaffney of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.

Several passers-by reported the crash to the PCSO and Nance was found by medical personnel with severe head trauma, unconscious but breathing.