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Lucas Cole, Donald Cowles, 6-year-old boy, slightly injured after their ATV crashes through ice on China Lake in Kennebec County.

Date:

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Area:

Three people, including a 6-year-old boy, escaped serious injury when the all-terrain vehicle they were on broke through the ice of China Lake. The operator of the ATV, Lucas Cole of Benton, was trapped in the water for about five minutes and suffered hypothermia and frostbite. The 25-year-old Cole stated that he went under the water three times before his friend, Donald Cowles, pulled him free. Cowles threw his 6-year-old nephew to safety first. All three were treated at the hospital.

Lucie Gagnon killed when her snowmobile strikes embankment and crashes into large tree on Success Pond.

Date:

Friday, January 31, 2014

Area:

Portland-Auburn, ME

A 58-year-old woman was killed Saturday night in a snowmobile crash on Success Pond, the N.H. Fish and Game Department reported. Officials said Lucie Gagnon of Berlin was riding across Success Pond Saturday just prior to 10 p.m. when her snowmobile struck an embankment and a large tree. Gagnon suffered severe trauma as a result of the crash and died at the scene, Fish and Game reported in a prepared statement Sunday.

Jose Dario Suarez, 55, killed and one other person injured while working on a construction project at Baylor University stadium in Waco, Texas

Date:

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Area:

Waco-Temple-Bryan, TX

A Baylor University stadium construction worker was killed and a co-worker was treated for hypothermia after an accident that plunged both into the Brazos River. Waco police said the two men were working on a pedestrian bridge over the river on Tuesday. They were pulled into the water when some construction equipment they were harnessed to fell from a floating dock. Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton says one man unfastened his safety harness and made it to the surface. He was treated and released from a hospital.

Man injured after car leaves roadway and crashes through brush into creek in Marion County, Oregon

Date:

Monday, January 27, 2014

Area:

Portland, OR

A driver, whose vehicle veered off the road and plunged through brambles into a creek front first, had to be extricated in a tricky emergency operation. The car dove into the creek in the 6700 block of 35th Avenue Northeast, north of Keizer, about 10:30 a.m. Fire crews were called to the scene to rescue the driver, who was trapped in the vehicle. Before they could get him out of the car, they had to clear the tangle of brush from the hillside. Crews used ladders to climb down to the car. Within 10 minutes, emergency personnel got him out.

Two injured, taken to hospital, after SUV runs red light and crashes into retention pond.

Date:

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Area:

Seattle-Tacoma, WA

Two people have been hospitalized with serious injuries following a single-vehicle crash near Kingston. Witnesses told authorities an SUV was heading east on state Highway 104 around 6:15 a.m. when it ran a red light at Hansville Road, veered across the road and landed upright in a small retention pond. When fire crews arrived, they found two adults inside the vehicle — one conscious and the other unconscious. Both were rushed to a hospital.

Levi Hillyer killed when his car leaves roadway and crashes into river bank.

Date:

Friday, January 10, 2014

Area:

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

A Minnesota man is dead after a crash on Saturday night northwest of the metro. The Morrison County Sheriff's Office says 25-year-old Levi Hillyer of Pierz was driving northbound on Park Avenue when his vehicle approached a bridge, left the roadway and hit a river bank around 7:45 p.m. in Pierz. He was pronounced dead at the scene. There no information on the cause of the crash.

One injured after car crashes through icy I-694 overpass and lands in pond

Date:

Monday, January 6, 2014

Area:

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

Emergency crews were responding after a car went off an overpass in Little Canada. The crash was on Interstate 694 westbound at Interstate 35E southbound and happened around 7:24 a.m. Tuesday. According to officials at the scene, the vehicle went off the overpass and landed on a frozen pond. The Minnesota State Patrol says the woman who was driving has non-life threatening injuries. The right shoulder was blocked during the incident.

Tahseen Tanzil killed after his car leaves roadway and crashes into pond on I-95.

Date:

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Area:

West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL

A Georgia man was killed in a crash Monday night on Interstate 95 in Palm Beach County. At 11:27 p.m., a Nissan Maximan driven by Tahseen Tanzil, 26, of Lilburn, Ga., went off the road and rolled over into a pond on southbound I-95 at Belvedere Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The car came to rest partially submerged in the pond on its rooftop. The ramp to Belvedere Road was closed for a period of time but back open by 5 a.m. Tanzil was taken to Good Samaritan Medical Center but later pronounced dead. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Phillip S. Wolanski, 43, killed when his car leaves roadway and crashes into creek in McDonald, Pennsylvania

Date:

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Area:

Pittsburgh, PA

McDonald Borough police are investigating a single-car crash that left a driver dead. Officers were called out at about 10:38 a.m. today after a passing motorist saw a car in a creek near Plum Run Avenue and Langeloth Road, police said. The driver, Phillip S. Wolanski, was dead when police arrived. Mr. Wolanski was 43 and lived in Washington, Pa.

David Prizio, passenger, rescued when his small private plane crashes into water near S. Catalina Island.

Date:

Friday, January 3, 2014

Area:

Los Angeles, CA

Two people were rescued by a ship after a single-engine plane carrying two people crashed near Santa Catalina Island on Saturday, officials said. A distress signal was put out by a person on the plane when the crash occurred around 1:05 p.m., according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The two plane passengers were rescued from the water from an unknown vessel. The Santa Catalina Express catamaran aided the rescue be relaying the distress call to the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard responded with a boat and met up with the ship. Both plane occupants were taken to Catalina Island.