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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Police in Pittsburgh are looking for several people after a chase ended with a car crash.

Authorities believe the incident began Friday morning as a fight in East Liberty.

Police responded and chased a vehicle that fled that scene. The car eventually crashed and several people ran away.

The driver taken into custody has not been publicly identified. Police continue to search for the other people, some of whom may have been armed.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

A multi-vehicle crash involving a semi-tractor trailer and several pickup trucks in southwest Yorkville left at least one person injured Friday morning on Route 47 and Walker Road.

The driver of a pickup ran a stop sign on Walker Road near Route 47 about 7:15 a.m. and was T-boned by a tractor trailer, which forced another pickup to crash, according to Illinois State Police.

Police said serious injuries resulted from the crash, though the exact number of people injured was not immediately available.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

A tractor-trailer hauling molasses crashed in a rural area of Palm Beach County on Friday morning, injuring the driver.

At 5:41 a.m., emergency crews responded to the wreck in the 1000 block of County Rd. 827A.

The semi was upside down with the trailer partially in the canal, and the driver still inside the cab.

Firefighters had to cut the driver from the cab and transported him to Delray Medical Center by Trauma Hawk.

Officials said there was a minor fuel leak, but it was contained, and none entered a nearby canal.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

A portion of Interstate 95 North in Delray Beach is closed Friday after a chemical leak.

At noon., two right lanes are closed near the Linton Boulevard exit. Traffic is slowed to about 30 mph and backed up less than a mile.
According to the Delray Beach Fire Department, a 55-gallon drum being hauled by a trailer was leaking polystyrene.

Delray Beach Fire Rescue said the spill is not serious or dangerous.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a one vehicle crash on the Blue Route in Radnor Township.

It happened around 2:30 a.m. Friday morning.
State Police say the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

I-476 southbound was closed between US 30 and Route 3 for about five hours.
All southbound lanes were reopened to traffic around 7:30 a.m.

The accident remains under investigation.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013
A man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Santa Rosa Friday evening after allegedly causing a five-car crash that left three people injured, police said Saturday. Police said the collision occurred around 5:15 p.m., when a Toyota Tacoma speeding down Hoen Avenue toward Yulupa Avenue rear-ended a car stopped at a red light. The force of the crash caused three more cars stopped at the light to collide, causing major damage to each of the cars and leaving three drivers with minor injuries, police said. One of the drivers was taken to a hospital to be treated for their injuries.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013
Investigators with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office are gathering information in a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred late Friday in Seffner. A 25-year-old Texas man was found dead on the side of South Parsons Ave., approximately ¼-mile south of Old East Hillsborough Ave. Thomas Dean Woods had been hit by a vehicle. According to a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office report a motorist passing by called 9-1-1 just after midnight to report a man laying in the grass. Deputies determined Woods died as the result of a hit-and run and quickly blocked all traffic in the area.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013

A pedestrian was struck on Illinois Route 15 in Alorton Friday night.

According to police, a New Athens woman was driving her 2010 Ford Focus on Route 15 near Pocket Road around 8:30 p.m. when she struck a male pedestrian.

The pedestrian was transported to SLU hospital. The female driver was taken to a hospital in Belleville. Conditions of the pedestrian and driver have not been released.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013
The estranged wife of George Zimmerman was taken to a hospital after her vehicle was struck by a driver suspected of DUI, according to Winter Park police. Shellie Zimmerman was taken to Winter Park Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after the crash, which occurred at 11:14 a.m. Friday near Aloma and Phelps Avenues. Winter Park police said Zimmerman suffered abrasions from the air bag and complained of a foot injury. A passenger in Zimmerman's car, Andrea Timko, described as a female friend, was also taken to the hospital.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013
A Michigan man was killed Friday in a snowmobile accident in Columbia County, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The accident was reported about 1 p.m. near Cambria, and speed and snow conditions may have been factors in the accident, according to the DNR.