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Ebony Wilkerson drives minivan with her three children inside into the ocean in Daytona Beach, Florida

Date:

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

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A mother behind the wheel of a minivan that was driven with her three children into the surf off Daytona Beach, Fla., is undergoing a mental evaluation. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office also said Wednesday that the children were turned over to the care of the Florida Department of Children and Families. Bystanders and officers helped pull the woman, later identified as Ebony Wilkerson, and her children - ages 3, 9 and 10 - from their minivan after it became nearly submerged in the Atlantic surf Tuesday afternoon.

Shanell Haddon, 30, arrested on multiple charges after trying to run down a deputy sheriff and crashing her car into a fence in Spokane Valley.

Date:

Friday, February 21, 2014

Area:

Spokane, WA

A woman driver accused of first trying to run down a deputy who stopped her for not wearing a seat belt, then crashing her car, trying to scale a 6-foot fence and taking a swing at the deputy told the officer she really didn’t want to go back to jail. The woman eventually told a Spokane Valley sheriff’s deputy that she “got scared” Saturday night because she knew she had a suspended license and methamphetamine in her purse.

Orren G. Clark, 97, backs car into the front of a MacDonald's in Kent County, Michigan

Date:

Friday, February 14, 2014

Area:

Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI

Orren G. Clark is 97, and says he’s often mistaken for being in his 60s. His driving record is clean. He said he can explain why he backed his car into the side of a McDonald’s restaurant on 28th Street SE on Saturday. “I put it in reverse, and I stepped on there (the gas pedal), and I didn’t pull my foot off because of being fatigued,” he told 24 Hour News 8 on Tuesday. Clark said the crash, which left a gaping hole in the restaurant, had nothing to do with his age. In fact, he said, once his car is fixed, he plans to return to the road. He said he isn’t like some others his age.

Amber Bellows 28, killed in a BASE jumping accident when her parachute failed to deploy.

Date:

Friday, February 7, 2014

Area:

Salt Lake City, UT

28-year-old Amber Bellows of Salt Lake City died on Saturday afternoon while attempting a BASE jump off Mount Kinesava. Bellows was with her husband, Clayton Butler, 29, at the time of the accident. The couple had been married for just two weeks. The couple hiked up Mount Kinevasa Saturday morning and Bellows was the first to jump. Her parachute failed to open correctly and she fell to her death. Butler told authorities that his wife's parachute malfunctioned and she fell approximately 2,000 feet. Rescue crews located the victim's body in a remote area of the park around 10 a.m.

Colby O’Brien 8, killed when a large TV and cart fall on top of him at the Elm Street School.

Date:

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Area:

Boston, MA

An eight-year-old boy died after an accident at the Elm Street School in Gardner Thursday. The Worcester County DA says a large television and cart fell on Colby O’Brien shortly after 4 p.m. He was transported to Henry Heywood Hospital where he was pronounced dead. A reverse 911 call went out to parents Thursday night informing them of the accident. Grief counselors will be available at the school Friday. State Police Detectives assigned to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office are investigating.

June Ann Blocker, 52, arrested for DUI after driving her car into a Kroger store for the second time in Hardin County, Kentucky

Date:

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Area:

Louisville, KY

It was a wild scene Wednesday afternoon in Elizabethtown after police said a woman rammed her car right into the front entrance of a busy Kroger store, injuring two people, and has quite a history with grocery stores and crashes. Police said 52-year-old June Ann Blocker drove her car into a checkout lane. Apparently Blocker bought a 2006 four-door Lincoln earlier in the day for the sole purpose of crashing it into the store. Police said Blocker was charged more than a decade ago with doing the exact same thing at another Elizabethtown Kroger. Following Wednesday's incident she is facing cha

Woman goes into labor after stealing and crashing truck in a police pursuit in Dearborn Heights, Michigan

Date:

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Area:

Detroit, MI

The truck crashed after it turned into head-on traffic while trying to evade police. However, police were stunned when one of the women — who they noticed appeared to be pregnant — suddenly went into labor.

4 people rescued from sinking tugboat off Long Island.

Date:

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Area:

New York, NY

Four people were rescued from a tugboat that capsized off Long Island, just moments before the vessel sunk into the water. The 38-foot towing vessel Sea Lion started taking on water south of Atlantic Beach, and the Coast Guard was called to rescue the four boaters on board, a spokeswoman said. Two pilot boats were nearby at the scene and were able to rescue the mariners. The assistant chief of the Atlantic Beach Rescue Squad, said the boat "started going down like a rocket" minutes after he arrived.

3 injured including pilot Michael Schwartz when his small plane crash lands on New York freeway.

Date:

Friday, January 3, 2014

Area:

New York, NY

A small plane landed on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx Saturday afternoon, according to the city's Office of Emergency Management. The plane, which took off in Danbury, Conn., landed near East 233rd Street. Three injuries were reported in connection with the landing, officials said, but none of them were serious. Previous reports said four people were injured.

Thomasine Maria Smith killed after being pinned against wall by the bus she was driving in Montgomery County, Maryland

Date:

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Area:

Washington, DC

An accident near Silver Spring's White Oak Shopping Center sent one Metro bus driver to the hospital with serious injuries. According to Montgomery County Fire Department, crews responded to a Metro bus crash in the 11200 block of New Hampshire Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Monday. The bus driver had exited the bus on New Hampshire Avenue when it began rolling and eventually pinned her against a retaining wall, according to officials. Officials say the bus was not in service at the time. She was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries where she later died.