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A 37-year-old man was killed Monday night in a vehicle accident in Indiana County.
Peter Cindric Jr., of Young, was driving a PT Cruiser northeast on Park Drive in Clarksburg around 9:30 p.m. when the vehicle crossed into the other lane, hit a utility pole and flipped on its roof, according to a press release from the Indiana County Chief Deputy Coroner.
Mr. Cindric was not wearing a seatbelt, the press release said, and was partially ejected through the sunroof. He died of injuries to the head and chest.
A police officer was involved in a five-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 Westbound, just before Danny Thomas. Police say that no one involved was seriously injured.
This multi-car accident was reported around 9:45 a.m. on Monday.
Traffic is backed up in that area as the interstate is down to just one lane.
Police say 20-year-old Tara Chase was headed north on Riverside Drive at about 6 a.m. Monday when she lost control of her car and skidded into the path of a vehicle headed south.
Police say she died instantly.
Police say speed and weather conditions may have contributed to the crash.
The driver and three passengers in the other vehicle were hospitalized.
The crash remains under investigation.
Police have released the name of a man who was struck and killed by a train east of downtown Durham on Monday afternoon.
Joseph Mewborn, 20, of Durham was struck at 12:20 p.m. near Pettigrew and Plum streets, said a Durham police spokeswoman.
A man was killed Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash in Birmingham, authorities said today.
Damion Ratcliff, 36, was the driver and lone occupant in a GMC van that was traveling in the 200 block of 48th Street about 8:30 a.m. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office said he lost control of the van, hit a road sign, swerved back into the roadway, hit two parked vehicles and then flipped.
Ratcliff was partially ejected from the van and pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said they don't know what caused Ratcliff to leave the roadway.
A beloved and respected teacher from Mountain Crest High School was killed over the weekend after being struck by a train in Spanish Fork Canyon.
56-year-old Larry Litizzette was on a duck hunting trip with his son at the time of the accident. The Utah County Sheriff's Department said in press release that Litizzette was seen walking on the rail line when he was hit by the train.
His son told authorities that the impact of the train threw Litizzette's body into the river below, he was killed instantly.