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Tuesday, April 8, 2014Area:
Chicago, ILOne person was killed in a crash Wednesday afternoon on Interstate-55 near south suburban Romeoville, state police said.
A box truck crashed into the back of a semi before 3 p.m. on northbound I-55 near the Weber Road exit, police said.
Video of the scene showed the front of the box truck was barely recognizable.
One northbound lane of the interstate was reopend by 5 p.m. after being shut down for a couple of hours, but traffic remained snarled traffic in both directions as the crash investigation continued.
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Monday, April 7, 2014Area:
Raleigh-Durham, NCA Wake County school bus was involved in an accident at Louisburg Road and Fox Road just south of I-540 in Raleigh Tuesday afternoon.
Pictures from the scene appeared to show a Dodge pickup truck rear-ended the bus.
In all, six people were injured -- five students and the bus driver. Four were taken to WakeMed North and two to WakeMed pediatrics. All injuries appeared to be minor.
School officials said there were about 24 students from Wake Early College of Health and Sciences High School on board.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014Area:
Waco-Temple-Bryan, TXThe driver involved in a multi-vehicle accident in College Station late this morning has died. According to the College Station Police Department, 50-year-old Clifford Degner from Caldwell was having serious medical issues when his pick-up truck struck the back of a Lexus sedan causing the two vehicles to become stuck together. When the car turned right on New Main Drive, the two vehicles detached. Witnesses say Degner was slumped over the wheel. His truck hit a tree, fence and brick wall at the front entrance of campus, before coming to a stop.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014Area:
Jacksonville, FLThe Florida Highway Patrol is searching for a vehicle that hit a school bus on the Westside on Wednesday morning, then drove away.
At 6:40 a.m. a school bus was rear-ended by an unknown Jeep Wrangler, according to FHP. The vehicle then fled the scene after the crash.
Thirty-five students were on the bus at the time of the crash, but no injuries were reported according to FHP.
The crash happened in the northbound lanes of Blanding Boulevard at Longchamp Road. The crash did not block any lanes of traffic, according to FHP.
FHP is investigating the crash as a hit-and-run.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014Area:
Jacksonville, FLThe Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a bus crash on the Westside, after a school bus rear-ended an SUV Wednesday morning.
According to a FHP report, the school bus was traveling eastbound on 103rd Street at Old Middleburg Road, when the traffic in front of the bus stopped. The bus failed to stop and rear-ended a GMC Envoy.
The crash happened at 8:15 a.m. and there were no students on the bus at the time, according to FHP.
A spokesperson with Duval County Public Schools said the bus was assigned to Jefferson Davis Middle School and no injuries were reported.
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Thursday, March 20, 2014Area:
Portland, ORDennis D. Marlon, 34, was stopped at a red light on the westbound highway in his Pontiac Grand Am, where the highway intersects with Washougal River Road. When the light turned green, he entered the intersection and was rear-ended by a Chevrolet Aveo driven by Emily A. Hoyt, 17, of Vancouver. The crash was reported at 11:29 a.m. Marlon was transported to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. He was also cited by the State Patrol for driving with a suspended license. Troopers said Hoyt wasn't paying attention and cited her for following too closely.
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Thursday, March 20, 2014Area:
Philadelphia, PAPolice are investigating a Wilbur school bus accident in New Castle County.
Around 8:15 a.m. Thursday morning, a vehicle rear-ended the bus as it was getting ready to turn on to Wrangle Hill Road.
Officials say 45 students were on the bus and 14 of them were sent to Christiana Hospital. The bus driver, Nichole Lambert, 26, and the driver of the other vehicle Madison Brooks, 23, were also taken for treatment.
They were all treated and released.
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Thursday, March 20, 2014Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLA Polk County school bus accident sent 12 Crystal Lake Middle School students to the hospital Thursday morning with minor injuries.
It happened around 8:10 a.m. at the intersection of South Crystal Lake Drive and US 98 in Lakeland.
Alicia Delgado said it wasn't the collision that sent her running to the scene Thursday morning, but what she heard shortly after.
Authorities say a Subaru was two cars behind a school bus carrying 30 Crystal Lake Middle School students.
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Monday, March 17, 2014Area:
Las Vegas, NVThe intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Windmill Lane has reopened to traffic after being closed for nearly seven hours because of a fatal crash that left two people dead.
The crash occurred around 1:15 a.m. According to police, the driver of pickup truck was speeding southbound on Las Vegas Boulevard and rear-ended a moped stopped at a red light. Both people on the moped were thrown more than 100 feet. One person died at the scene and the other died at University Medical Center. A third car was also hit by the vehicles.
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Saturday, March 15, 2014Two Santa Rosa women on their way to dinner with their husbands were killed Saturday evening by a suspected drunken driver when his pickup rear-ended the sedan they were riding in as it sat in traffic on Highway 12 near Farmers Lane.
Susan Hufford, 53, and her mother-in-law, Sharon Hufford, 74, were riding in the rear of the Toyota Camry driven by Randolph Hufford, 54, with his father Donald Hufford, 74, in the front passenger's seat when it was struck from behind by a full-sized GMC Sierra pickup, CHP Sgt. Erik Egide said.