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Friday, February 14, 2014

A 35-year-old woman died after crashing into a car wash on Saturday, Dallas police say.

The woman was found around 8:15 p.m.in the 1700 block of W. Northwest Highway.

The woman, whose name has not been released, was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead upon arrival.

At this time police have not said how the woman was found or what led to the crash.

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Monday, February 10, 2014

A firefighter was fatally injured Monday night after either falling or being being knocked from an icy overpass by a vehicle in Southwest Dallas.

Dallas Fire-Rescue confirmed firefighter William Tanksley, a 14-year veteran of the department, died of his injuries. He leaves behind a wife and three children.

According to initial information, Tanksley was working at the scene of an accident at the intersection of Interstate 20 and Spur 408 when he tumbled to the pavement below. There were reports the firefighter may have been hit by a vehicle.

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

An off-duty security guard shot a woman who forced him out of his vehicle and stole his car after a crash on snow-covered roads Thursday morning, police said.

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Sunday, January 26, 2014

A police chase in Balch Springs on Sunday night ended with a crash in Dallas which left two people injured. The incident started just after 11:00 p.m. near the intersection of Peachtree Road and Dewberry Lane.

According to officials with the Balch Springs Police Department, officers attempted to stop a vehicle which had been listed as stolen by the Dallas Police Department. But the driver sped off, leading officers on a chase.

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Sunday, January 26, 2014
Police said one person has died in a head-on crash following a wrong-way driver's trip down U.S. 75. Richardson police were following a wrong-way driver in a silver Nissan Murano who was headed southbound in the northbound lanes of U.S. 75/Central Expressway around 4 a.m. Monday. Police say the Murano driver clipped a vehicle traveling northbound in the 9000 block of North Central Expressway and kept going. No one was injured. A short time later, just north of Hall Street in Dallas, the driver of the Murano crashed head-on into a tan Toyota Camry.
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Thursday, January 9, 2014
A chain-reaction crash over a North Texas lake involving as many as 15 vehicles is expected to keep Interstate 30 over Lake Ray Hubbard closed well into Friday afternoon. Texas Department of Transportation officials said multiple vehicles were involved in the crash on the I-30 bridge over the lake, prompting the closure of both directions of the highway at Dalrock Road. Police reports indicate 23-year-old Christopher Anthony Sosa was charged with intoxication assault for his involvement in the crash.
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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Seven people have reportedly been injured after a multi-vehicle crash near I-35E and Eighth Street in Dallas that involved a Dallas Area Rapid Transit bus.

DART officials said five vehicles crashed underneath the Eighth Street bridge after a red van cut off the bus and then hit the barrier wall. Three people in that vehicle were taken to an area hospital.

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Friday, December 20, 2013

One man was killed and another injured after their vehicle struck a guard rail in South Dallas early Saturday morning.

Police responded to the scene in the 4600 block of RL Thornton Freeway at Ann Arbor Avenue at 3:18 a.m. According to police, no other vehicles were involved in the incident.
The driver of the vehicle managed to exit the vehicle following the crash, but later collapsed and was pronounced deceased.

The condition of the passenger is unknown.
Authorities are still investigating to determine factors that may have contributed to the crash.

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Friday, December 13, 2013
At least two people are dead and several more injured after a wreck along a busy stretch of Oak Cliff Saturday afternoon. It happened just after 2:00 p.m. near the intersection of Jefferson Blvd. and Rosemont Avenue. It's unclear what led up to the crash or how a white vehicle and a black vehicle came into contact with each other. Both were headed westbound on Jefferson Blvd. and both hit a lamp post along the divided roadway. Residents in the area who arrive after the accident said as many as three people and a child were in the white vehicle. The driver of that vehicle died at the scene.
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Saturday, November 23, 2013

A 51-year-old man died after being hit by a car in the Love Field area early Sunday morning, police said.

The man, whose name was not released, was trying to cross the street at the 6600 block of Harry Hines Boulevard. One car, driving in the middle lane, swerved to the left to avoid the man, but clipped his left side.

A car in the left lane then collided with the other car and fled from the crash scene.

The person in the car that hit the man got out and ran away without stopping to render aid, police said.