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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Two people are dead after a late night crash in northwest Harris County.

The crash happened on Veterans Memorial near Camden Parkway around 10 p.m. Monday.

Little York firefighters and paramedics showed up minutes later and had to cut part of the car open to get to the trapped victims.

Investigators said two people died at the scene, but the driver and another passenger were rushed to Ben Taub General Hospital with critical injuries.

Date: 
Sunday, November 24, 2013

The man run over by a woman who sped off after a police officer pulled her over Monday afternoon on the South Side has been identified as Jimmy Medrano, 49.

Medrano was pronounced dead after 4 p.m. on Hackberry Street, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner's office. His death was caused by multiple blunt force injuries sustained in the crash, according to the medical examiner.

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Ephrata police have identified an 83-year-old woman who died Monday after a one-vehicle crash.

Vivian Crowther drove her car off the road in the 700 block of Oak Boulevard and struck a tree, police said.

Date: 
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Area: 
Eugene, OR

Oregon State Police are investigating a crash that took the life of a 26-year-old Veneta woman early Monday.

According the Oregon State Police, officers responded at 7:16 a.m. Monday to reports that a southbound four-door Saturn was attempting to turn east from Ellmaker Road onto U.S. 126W when it was struck in the driver’s door by a 2005 Peterbuilt tractor-trailer rig pulling two trailers. The truck pushed the car across the highway and into a ditch on the south side of U.S. 126W.

Date: 
Sunday, November 24, 2013

The Washington woman charged in the deadly crash on I-84 that killed her young daughter last week cried Monday, as she faced a judge for the first time in the case.

Mattie Spino, 31, wore a suicide smock in court Monday. She was arrested for manslaughter, assault and DUII charges.

Date: 
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Police say a Massachusetts man is dead following a single-vehicle crash on a snow-covered interstate in Vermont.

State police say 21-year-old Benjamin Mohla of Wakefield, Mass. died in the crash Saturday afternoon on Interstate 89 in Randolph.

Investigators say Mohla was riding in the backseat of a pickup truck that went off the roadway, down an embankment and struck a tree. He was not wearing a seatbelt.

Police said the driver and another passenger, both of Gloucester, Mass., were also injured.

Authorities say the crash remains under investigation.

Date: 
Sunday, November 24, 2013

A 24-year-old man died early Monday morning in a traffic crash in west Houston.

The wreck happened about 1:30 a.m. at Westheimer and Dairy Ashford, according to the Houston Police Department.

Police said the driver of a Honda Civic was traveling eastbound on Westheimer when he failed to stop at a red light and slammed into a Toyota Scion that was traveling northbound on South Dairy Ashford.

The driver of the Toyota died at the scene.

Police said the Honda driver was suspected of driving impaired at the time of the wreck. He was taken into custody.

Date: 
Sunday, November 24, 2013

A Clifton man died early Monday after he lost control of his car and it crashed in the Oakton area, Fairfax County police said.

Trung Hieu Tran, 24, was traveling east on Jermantown Road near Borge Street around 1:35 a.m. when he approached a curve, failed to negotiate it and then lost control of his Acura RSX Coupe, police said.

The car ran across a grass median and struck a tree, which caused the vehicle to spin and hit a second tree, police said. Tran was transported to a hospital, where he later died.

Speed appears to be a factor in the crash.

Date: 
Sunday, November 24, 2013
A Battle Ground suffered minor injuries in three-vehicle fender bender on state Highway 503 this morning. Three pickups were driving south on the highway in Vancouver when one of the vehicles, a Toyota Tacoma pickup, crashed into a Ford Ranger pickup that had stopped abruptly. The ranger was then pushed into a Chevrolet Silverado pickup. The driver of the Ford Ranger, Troy Horton, 36, of Battle Ground, was injured and taken to PeaceHealth Southwest where he was treated and released. The driver of the Toyota Tacoma pickup, David Marcou, 41, of Vancouver, was cited for following too closely.
Date: 
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Area: 
Boston, MA
Authorities say a state trooper was among three people hurt in an early morning crash in Revere. Police say the trooper had pulled over another vehicle on Route 1 south at about 1 a.m. Monday and was still in his cruiser when it was struck from behind by another vehicle. The trooper and the occupants of the other two vehicles were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with minor injuries. The cause remains under investigation and there was no word on charges. No names were released.