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A head-on collision that sent two women to the hospital Tuesday morning occurred after one of the drivers fell asleep at the wheel. Shortly after 5:30 a.m., a 2004 Chevy Cavalier driven by 19-year-old Destinee Lake crossed the center line while traveling south on state Highway 27 south of Freeman. Investigators said Lake fell asleep before her vehicle began drifting. Her car struck a 2003 Suzuki sedan driven by Shannon Crewse, 56, in the northbound lane. Both women were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.
The Birmingham police and fire departments responded to a multi-vehicle accident on I-20/59 northbound in Ensley about 9:45 p.m.
A total of six vehicles were involved, and four were damaged, according to the Birmingham Fire Department.
One person was transported from the scene, but there were no other injuries.
A woman from Minooka is dead following a crash in Hammond, Ind.
According to Hammond Police, a 23-year-old Hammond, Ind. man driving a GEO Tracker was southbound in the 3500 block of Sheffield around 2:15 a.m. Sunday when he crossed into the northbound lane, striking a Dodge Intrepid with four women inside.
A passenger in the Dodge was thrown from the vehicle and died. Two passengers were taken to Christ Hospital in Illinois with life-threatening injuries; the Dodge’s driver sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
An 18-year-old skateboarder suffered serious injuries Saturday night when he rode into an intersection and was hit by a car in the Lake Murray neighborhood, San Diego police said.
The driver of a Nissan sedan was heading west on Navajo Road when the skateboarder started crossing the road at Cowles Mountain Boulevard against a red light, police Officer David Stafford said.
The two collided and the skateboarder suffered open leg fractures and scrapes, Stafford said. Paramedics took him to a hospital. The car driver, a woman in her early 20s, was not injured.
A 61-year-old Hampton man was killed Monday night after being struck by a vehicle on Pine Chapel Road.
Officers were dispatched at about 5:15 p.m. to the 200 block of Pine Chapel Road, and upon their arrival found Emanuel Lane II suffering from serious injuries, according to a Hampton Police Division news release. Paramedics responded to the scene and transported Lane to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead from his injuries shortly before midnight, the news release said.