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Wednesday, January 22, 2014A 32-year-old man was killed in a crash Thursday night.
According to the highway patrol, the crash happened at 9:42 p.m. Thursday in the southbound lane of Interstate 85 at mile marker 102, which is in the Blacksburg city limits.
To see pictures of the scene, click here.
Troopers say a 2012 Dodge pick-up was traveling at a high rate of speed when it rear-ended a 1995 Mercury, overturned, and landed in the median.
Both of the truck's occupants were ejected from the vehicle. Neither were wearing seat belts according to troopers.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014Area:
Cleveland-Akron, OHOberlin Police and fire responded to an accident involving two school buses at approximately 12:04 p.m. Thursday.
Students from Lorain County JVS were being transported back to school from a field trip when the accident occurred.
69 people were on the bus, mostly students. One school bus rear-ended the other bus, causing the accident. The accident happened in front of the Oberlin fire station, making it easy for fire crews to respond.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014Several passengers have been taken to the hospital after a Lynx bus was involved in a crash in Orange County Thursday morning.
The crash occurred on North Orange Blossom Trail and Rosamond Drive in Orlando just before 10 a.m. A picture from the crash scene shows a Toyota truck crashed into the back of the Lynx bus.
Orange County Fire Rescue said eight Lynx bus passengers were taken to the hospital and one person declined to be hospitalized.
Orange Blossom Trail was closed as the investigation continued, but was reopened shortly after 10:30 a.m.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014Area:
Los Angeles, CATwo Los Angeles police officers are recovering after a suspected drunken driver crashed into them, then sped away from the scene.
Investigators say the officers were traveling northbound on Vermont Avenue, just south of 74th Street, when they were rear-ended by a white BMW around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The officers' vehicle was disabled in the crash, and the suspect's car received front-end damage and a broken rim.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014Area:
Atlanta, GAAuthorities are investigating a MARTA bus accident in DeKalb County. According to DeKalb County Police, the accident happened on Panola Road when the driver of a Dodge Charger struck the back of the bus. Witnesses say in an effort to avoid collision, the MARTA bus jumped the curb and struck a utility pole. It is unclear if there were any passengers on the bus, at the time of the accident. Power lines in the area are down, as a result of the accident. Georgia Power is on the scene.
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Monday, January 20, 2014Area:
Jacksonville, FLA crash on Interstate 10 involving a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office police cruiser and a minivan caused major traffic delays Tuesday.
The crash happened on the interstate near U.S. Highway 301 about 9:15 a.m.
Police said the minivan with four women inside and the JSO cruiser were heading west on I-10 when the minivan slowed down to avoid an accident ahead. Van in JSO crash Police said the officer didn't see the van slow down and the cruiser rear-ended it.
The van spun in the roadway and the patrol car left the road and went into a ditch.
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Friday, January 17, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZTempe police have arrested a woman after she hit a pedestrian and caused a chain of car collisions in a Walmart parking lot.
Authorities say the female pedestrian is recovering for serious, non-life-threatening injuries after she was hit by 31-year-old Christy Kupper's vehicle Friday.
Police say Kupper collided with a vehicle in the intersection of Rural Road and Southern Avenue at about 6:20 p.m., causing that vehicle to hit another.
They say Kupper then sped away from the scene and into the Walmart parking lot.
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Thursday, January 16, 2014Area:
Salt Lake City, UTA semi pulling a box trailer was traveling westbound Friday on I-84, when it experienced some mechanical issues. The driver pulled to the right side of the road partially blocking the I-84 on-ramp from Mountain Green.
A Honda Accord, was traveling west on the I-84 on-ramp, when for an unknown reason the driver of the Honda did not see the semi and crashed into the rear of the semi-trailer.
A medical helicopter was called to the scene. The westbound lanes of I-84 were shut down for approximately 30 min while the helicopter was on scene.
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Thursday, January 16, 2014Area:
Indianapolis, INOfficials with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department confirm a school bus and a passenger vehicle were involved in a crash Friday afternoon.
The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. near the Sam Jones Expressway and Bradbury Avenue.
IMPD dispatchers confirm a vehicle hit the back of the school bus and then went underneath the bus. Officials say the driver of the car was trapped.
No students were on the bus at the time of the crash. Three people were transported to area hospitals after the crash.
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZTraffic is again flowing on eastbound Interstate 10 after it was closed Wednesday morning in Eloy because of a crash involving a semi, an Arizona Department of Transportation spokesman said.
The crash was reported just west of the interchange with State Route 87 about 8:50 a.m. when a commercial truck driver failed to slow for congested traffic and struck a pickup truck pulling a trailer, an Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman said.
No one was injured and the truck driver was cited, the DPS spokesman said.