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Thursday, February 13, 2014Area:
Charlotte, NCThe Belmont Police Department is investigating a fatal traffic accident.
The wreck occurred at 9:27 a.m. on Interstate-85 North near the Exit 27 off ramp, according to the news release from the Belmont Police Department.
The incident occurred when a tractor trailer ran into the back of a pickup truck that had slowed down due to weather related traffic conditions.
Gilbert Lazarus Carmona, 28, of Rutherfordton, died in the crash, police say.
The investigation is ongoing.
It has not yet been determined if charges will be filed against the driver of the tractor trailer.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014Area:
New Orleans, LAThe northbound lanes of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway have reopened following an earlier wreck, according to Causeway officials.
The Bridge General Manager said a three-vehicle wreck occurred near the drawbridge at around 10 a.m. The drawbridge was open to allow a barge to pass, he said. A northbound driver did not stop and plowed into the back of a stopped vehicle, he said.
St. Tammany Fire District No. 1 spokesman Jason Kaufmann said one person had to be extricated. That person was taken to a local hospital, he said.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZA motorcycle wreck on Interstate 10 at Queen Creek Road closed the westbound lanes of the freeway Wednesday morning, according to officials.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials worked alongside the Gila River Police Department to close the freeway at 8:30 a.m., said a DPS spokesman. The lanes were reopened about an hour and a half later, just before 10 a.m., according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
The motorcyclist was traveling faster than the speed of traffic on I-10 when he hit the back of an SUV and tumbled across the freeway, according to Garcia.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014Area:
Pittsburgh, PATen people on a Port Authority bus were taken to hospitals after the bus was involved in an accident with a cement truck in downtown Pittsburgh.
People on a Port Authority bus were taken to hospitals after the bus was involved in an accident with a truck carrying cement in downtown Pittsburgh.
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The crash happened on Second Avenue, near the intersection with Ross Street, directly below the Boulevard of the Allies.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014Area:
Philadelphia, PAA school bus carrying children and two other vehicles collided this morning in Northeast Philadelphia.
The yellow bus, white van and red SUV were involved in the chain-reaction wreck at Rhawn and Eastwood Streets around 9:45 a.m.
At least nine injuries were reported including children on the bus.
Philadelphia Police accident investigators desribced the injuries as mostly bumps and bruises.
As SkyForce10 hovered overhead a short time later it appeared that the bus, operated by Philly-based Leahy Transportation, hit the back of the van, which hit the back of the SUV.
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Sunday, February 9, 2014Area:
Los Angeles, CAActor and former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Chris Kattan was booked on suspicion of DUI after a crash early Monday on a SoCal freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The comedian was involved in a crash on the 101 Freeway with a road crew work truck, authorities said. No major injuries were reported after the 2 a.m. crash on the westbound side of the freeway in the Van Nuys area.
The CHP received a 911 call regarding a driver swerving "all over the roadway" at slow speeds before the crash, according to a CHP crash report.
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Thursday, February 6, 2014Five elementary school students were hospitalized after one school bus rear-ended another in Washtenaw County this morning.
The Lincoln Consolidated Schools buses crashed at Whittaker and Bemis roads in Augusta Township about 8:42 a.m., according to a spokesman for the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office.
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Thursday, February 6, 2014Area:
Cleveland-Akron, OHAnother Cleveland school bus was involved in a minor accident Friday morning, the second accident involving a bus in two days.
Cleveland Police dispatchers said a Cleveland Metropolitan City School District bus was carrying one child near West 69th Street and Dennison Avenue at 8:43 a.m. when a driver rear-ended the bus.
Paramedics responded to the scene, but there were no reported injuries, dispatchers said.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014Area:
Indianapolis, INAn ambulance was called to the scene of an east side crash Thursday morning that involved a vehicle and an IndyGo bus.
It happened in the area of 25th Street and East Ralston Avenue. Police say around 7:30 a.m., the bus and a Dodge Charger were both heading westbound on 25th Street. The driver of the Dodge told police he works overnight and was dozing off.
Police say the driver hit the back of the bus without braking. The bus was stopped to pick someone up.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014Area:
Baltimore, MDA Baltimore woman died from injuries sustained in a chain-reaction accident along Route 1 in Jessup Wednesday morning.
According to Howard County Police, Rafaella Bonita Griffin, 39, of Cooks Lane in Baltimore, died Wednesday night after being taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center earlier in the day.
Griffin's vehicle, a 2000 Volkswagen Jetta, was stopped at a traffic light on northbound Route 1, preparing to turn left into the Route 1 Shopping Center south of Kit Kat Road in Jessup, according to police.