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Saturday, May 31, 2014Area:
Monterey-Salinas, CAThe California Highway Patrol has identified the 66-year-old Copperopolis man arrested after a head-on motorcycle collision with a vehicle on Highway 1 north on Sunday.
Anthony Perez was arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence shortly after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle near 41st Avenue shortly after 5 p.m., CHP officer Leland Adkins said Monday.
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Thursday, May 29, 2014Area:
Lafayette, LAA fifth person has died of injuries suffered in a head-on collision Friday in Acadia Parish, State Police said Saturday.
Joshua Lejeune, 24, Port Barre, died at a local hospital, Trooper 1st Class Stephen Hammons said.
Also Saturday, State Police identified two other people who died in the wreck as a mother and son. They are Laura Bartram, 44, and her 23-year-old son, Justin, both of Opelousas, Hammons said in a news release.
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Thursday, May 29, 2014Area:
San Diego, CATwo people were killed Friday in a head-on crash involving a wrong-way driver on state Route 67 in Lakeside, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The crash was reported around 3:15 p.m. near Winter Gardens Boulevard, according to the CHP. A 29-year-old Jamul woman driving a silver Ford F150 pickup truck entered the northbound lanes of the highway, heading southbound at approximately 60 mph, the CHP reported.
The Ford collided head-on with a southbound 2014 Chevrolet 3500 utility vehicle driven by a 49-year-old man from Alpine, according to the CHP.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014The Minnesota State Patrol says two men were killed when one of them drove the wrong way on an interstate in southern Minnesota.
The crash happened shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 35 near Albert Lea near the Iowa border. The patrol says 46-year-old Kirt Schmidt of Owatonna was traveling south in the northbound lanes and collided with a car driven by 28-year-old James Winnes, of Albert Lea. Winnes' vehicle was pushed into a semi.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014Area:
Spokane, WAAuthorities said two dump truck drivers died in a head-on collision Wednesday morning near Mattawa in Grant County. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office asked drivers to avoid the area near Road O SW and Road 27 SW where the two trucks collided head-on and caught fire. Deputies said the truck driven by 53-year-old Bruce Patnode of Yakima crossed the center-line of Road O SW and crashed into the oncoming dump truck driven by 45-year-old Dale Peters of Selah. Both men were ejected from their trucks and died at the scene according to deputies.
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Monday, May 26, 2014Area:
Binghamton, NYNichols, NY (WBNG Binghamton) New York State Police identify the Tioga County woman who was killed in a head-on crash on State Route 17 East.
Shirley McGee, 79, of Candor died in the crash Tuesday afternoon.
It happened around 2:40 p.m. by exit 62 in Nichols. According to state police, McGee was driving west on the eastbound lane of State Route 17. Her gray 2001 Ford Escort collided head-on with a 2010 white pick-up truck driven by Nickolas Little, 34, of Ceres, NY.
McGee was pronounced dead at the scene by the Tioga County Assistant Coroner.
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Monday, May 26, 2014Area:
Springfield-Holyoke, MAThe man killed in a two-car accident Tuesday night at Main and Berkshire streets in Holyoke has been identified as Danny Lugo, 25, of Springfield, according to Massachusetts State Police.
Lugo was killed when he crashed his black Honda head-on into an SUV operated by a 61-year-old Holyoke man. The impact left the Holyoke man with serious injuries, and he is being treated in the Intensive Care Unit at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, said Lt. Daniel G. Richard of the state police Media Relations Bureau.
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Sunday, May 25, 2014Area:
Portland, ORA Vancouver woman remained in critical condition Tuesday at a Bend, Ore., hospital after the car she was driving Sunday collided head-on with a pickup on Highway 26.
According to the Oregon State Police, Alexis Bennett, 27, was driving her 2011 Chevrolet Aveo west on the highway near Madras, Ore., when an eastbound 2000 Ford pickup crossed the center line and struck her car. Police said they are investigating the possibility that a tire blowout on the pickup played a role in the collision.
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Friday, May 23, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZThree people were injured after their vehicles collided head-on in the fourth wrong-way crash in two weeks, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said Sunday.
DPS officers said alcohol is likely a factor in the collision on Interstate-17 near New River.
DPS said it began receiving calls around 11 p.m. Saturday that a Jeep was traveling the wrong way on I-17.
The Jeep slammed head-on into an oncoming pickup truck. The front ends of both vehicles were crunched beyond recognition.
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Friday, May 23, 2014Area:
Columbus, OHAngela Yeager was driving southbound on Norton Road when she lost control, crossed the centerline and collided head-on with another vehicle. The other vehicle was driven by Erin Lytal, who suffered serious injuries. Yeager suffered minor injuries, and had been under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. Lytal is currently in physical therapy to recover from injries sustained in the accident.