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Sunday, November 24, 2013A spokesman for Amtrak says seven of the nine cars of the Amtrak Crescent came off the tracks around midnight. The Spartanburg County Fire Marshal says four of the 207 passengers suffered minor injuries. None of the 11 crew members were hurt. The Amtrak Crescent was traveling north from New Orleans. The train was expected to make its final stop in New York City later Monday. Amtrak is investigating why the train derailed.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013Area:
Columbus, OHA Beverly man was killed in a single-vehicle crash along Ohio 60 in Morgan County Sunday morning.
Gary E. Combs, 66, was driving north on Ohio 60 in Center Township when the accident occurred around 9:05 a.m., according to a report from the Ohio State Highway Patrol's Marietta Post.
Police said Combs' vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree.
No alcohol or drugs are suspected in the crash and Combs was wearing a seatbelt. The accident remains under investigation by OSHP.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013Area:
Boston, MATwo state troopers were hurt in a crash in Revere early Monday morning and State Police say one of them was driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Trooper John Phonesavanh pulled over a Honda Accord on Route 1 south in Revere around 1 a.m. While he was in his cruiser parked in the breakdown lane writing a ticket, a Toyota Corolla slammed into the back of his car.
The impact of the crash pushed the cruiser into the Honda.
State Police say the driver of the Toyota was 43-year-old off-duty trooper Shawn D’Amato.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013Area:
New Orleans, LANew Orleans police arrested a 44-year-old man Saturday evening for his alleged involvement in a multiple car pile-up that sent a 29-year-old woman and her 2-year-old nephew falling off the Interstate 10 high rise bridge in eastern New Orleans a week ago.
Police booked Ervin Freeman into Central Lockup around 9 p.m. with two counts of manslaughter and one count of felony hit-and-run.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013Area:
St. Louis, MOOne man was killed and three others were hospitalized following a single-vehicle accident in north St. Louis Monday morning.
According to authorities, four men between the ages of 20 and 30 years old were traveling southbound on N. Kingshighway near Lexington around 4 a.m. when the driver lost control.
The vehicle then hit a curb before slamming into a pole.
One man was pronounced dead at the scene. The three other occupants were transported to the hospital in critical condition.
Kingshighway was shut down in both directions just south of Natural Bridge.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013Area:
Seattle-Tacoma, WAThe Washington State Patrol says a trooper was out of his car and not hurt Monday morning when the patrol car was hit by a pickup on Interstate 90 near Preston.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013Area:
Salt Lake City, UTLinda Olsen, 64, of Mill Creek was crossing a busy street with a friend when she was struck and killed by a Comcast utility truck.
The accident took place Monday evening at the intersection of 3300 south 3000 east, which residents say they have been complaining about for over a year.
The intersection that crosses six lanes is dark and has no traffic lights. Residents have been vocal about this being a trouble area, pushing UDOT to perform a couple feasibility studies.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013Area:
Youngstown, OHThe driver of an SUV died Sunday after rear-ending a PennDOT snow plow truck on Interstate 79 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania State Police said.
State police and the Mercer County coroner have yet to release the name of the driver whose Chevrolet Tahoe drove into the southbound plow just after 7 p.m.
SUV crashed into the plow at mile marker 119 in Findley.
Troopers said the vehicle caught fire and spun around after rear-ending the plow. A deputy coroner pronounced the driver dead at the scene.
State police said the PennDOT driver wasn’t hurt.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013Area:
New York, NYA man was arrested for striking and killing a 65-year-old pedestrian in Harlem Sunday morning, police said.
Officials said the man, Prince Julien, 23, struck Willie Zachary while he was trying to cross St. Nicholas Avenue between 131st and 132nd streets at around 10 a.m. Zachary was pronounced dead at the scene.
Julien has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while impaired by alcohol, police said.
Information on a lawyer for Julien was not immediately available.
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Saturday, November 23, 2013Area:
Seattle-Tacoma, WAmultiple-car crash blocked all westbound lanes of SR 16 at C in Tacoma on Sunday morning.
The State Patrol said five vehicles were involved. One vehicle was the first car to spin out on ice and a chain reaction of four other vehicle collisions started.
Troopers say there were injuries but details were not known.
The State Patrol said via Twitter that icy conditions were a factor but not the cause of the pile-up.
“The person behind the wheel causes the collision. Adjust your driving 4 conditions,” WSP said.