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Friday, December 20, 2013Area:
Trenton-NJA young boy was killed and a man was injured when their car struck a tree on a southern New Jersey roadway.
But it’s still not clear what caused the crash, which occurred shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday in Mullica Township.
Police in the Atlantic County community say 10-year-old township resident Jaiden Ohnemuller-Muskett was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. He had been sitting in the car’s rear passenger seat.
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Thursday, December 19, 2013Area:
Buffalo, NYAn 8-year-old boy was hit by a truck and killed while crossing the street with his sister in Queens on his way to school Friday, the last day before the winter break.
The truck hit the third-grader, Noshat Nahian, as it turned from 61st Street onto Northern Boulevard, where he and his 11-year-old sister were crossing.
The child was hit by the rear tires, police said. His sister was not injured.
He was about a block from his school, PS 152.
The driver stayed at the scene. Police are investigating.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013Area:
Portland, OROregon State Police say four adults and two children were injured and State Highway 30 was temporarily closed about 10 miles east of Astoria after a head-on crash. Police say a westbound pickup driven by a 70-year-old woman crossed the centerline and collided with a car carrying three adults and two children late yesterday afternoon. The pickup driver was ejected and seriously injured. She was flown to a Portland hospital. Hastings says the car's 24-year-old male driver was also seriously hurt. The other two adults and the children received minor injuries.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013Area:
Portland, ORA Forest Grove teen pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with the crash that killed two young stepsisters playing in a pile of leaves in October.
Mario Echeverria, 18, was sentenced to 13 months in prison for hindering prosecution after the crash, according to the Washington County District Attorney's office.
Police said he and 18-year-old Cinthya Garcia Cisneros were driving home Oct. 20 when they hit and killed 11-year-old Abigail Robinson and 6-year-old Anna Dieter-Eckert, who were playing in the leaves near their home.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013Area:
Los Angeles, CAOne adult and one student suffered minor injuries when a station wagon and school bus were involved in a collision Thursday in the west San Fernando Valley.
The crash was reported about 7:48 a.m. in the 7000 block of Corbin Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The bus was carrying about a dozen students, and all had exited the vehicle after the wreck, officials said. Three patients were assessed for injury, officials said.
A student and an adult attendant were taken to a hospital with very minor injuries, officials said.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013Area:
Jacksonville, FLA 5-year-old girl died and another woman is in serious condition after a crash early Thursday morning on the Southside.
According to reports by the Florida Highway Patrol, 28-year-old Crystle Heidrick was driving a 2008 Chevy Impala northbound on Interstate 295, two miles east of Philips Highway, in the left emergency lane.
FHP said around 12:45 a.m., Heidrick entered the center median when the left emergency lane ended, turned to the right and over-corrected.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013Area:
Terre Haute, INSeven people were injured in a Vermillion County crash Wednesday.
Indiana State Police officials say two cars collided, blocking northbound lanes of State Road 63 in Newport.
Seven people, including a 7-year-old child and a 9-month-old infant, were taken to an area hospital.
There's no word on their specific injuries. But, police say everyone is expected to be OK.
10-year-old girl struck and killed by car while crossing West Thompson Road in Indianapolis, Indiana
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Monday, December 16, 2013Area:
Indianapolis, INA child died after being struck by a car Tuesday evening on the city's Southwestside.
The incident occurred sometime before 7:30 p.m. in the 6800 block of West Thompson Road, not far from Kentucky Avenue. The child, a 10-year-old girl, was taken to Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health, where she later died.
Police said the girl, who was not identified, was walking with another child in the road. A driver then swerved to avoid them, but ended up striking the 10-year-old, police said. The driver was cooperating was officers after the accident.
Alcohol was not believed to be a factor.
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Monday, December 16, 2013Area:
Indianapolis, INA child was struck by a car Tuesday afternoon on the city’s Eastside.
The incident occurred around 4:10 p.m. at East 32nd Street and North Emerson Avenue. The child was struck by a green Ford Taurus, but did not have life-threatening injuries.
The child was transported to Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health.
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Sunday, December 15, 2013Area:
Portland, ORSix people, including four children, were hospitalized Monday afternoon after a “high speed rear-end collision” in Battle Ground, police said. A westbound Toyota FJ Cruiser reared-ended a GMC Yukon near Southeast Eaton Boulevard and South Grace Boulevard, according to a spokesman for Clark County Fire & Rescue. The crash was reported at 3:44 p.m. During the accident, the Cruiser crumpled the Yukon so badly that it reached the back row of seats, where two children were sitting. Nobody, however, was seriously injured in the crash.