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Thursday, December 19, 2013Area:
Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NMFive people have been transported to the hospital, including one woman who was airlifted due to serious injuries, after a head-on collision on I-40 about 13 miles west of Albuquerque according to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office.
One lane is open on westbound I-40 while the Laguna Police Department investigates the incident that occurred Friday afternoon, according to a BCSO spokesman.
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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:
San Diego, CAA speeding motorist crashed head-on into an on-duty sheriff's deputy on a rain-slicked Alpine road early Thursday, sending the lawman to the hospital with minor injuries, authorities said.
The two-car crash on the 3900 block of Willows Road near Viejas Casino & Resort occurred about 3:20 a.m., according to a San Diego County sheriff's Lt.
The deputy was traveling westbound when the eastbound motorist lost control of his speeding vehicle and crossed over a center divider, striking the deputy's car head-on.
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Monday, December 16, 2013Area:
San Diego, CATwo drivers were injured Tuesday night in a head-on collision on state Route 94 near Dulzura, and one was taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence, the California Highway Patrol said.
The crash occurred about 7:50 p.m. west of Honey Springs Road. Both lanes of Route 94 were closed for a short time during the investigation.
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Monday, December 16, 2013Area:
Buffalo, NYA 23-year-old Brockport man died today after his car crashed head-on with a school bus on Ridge Road just after 7 a.m., Orleans County Sheriff’s officials said.
Daniel L. Hollaert Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene after his 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt collided with the bus in the 16600 block of Ridge Road [State Route 104] near Route 237 North. Hollaert, who was eastbound when the crash occurred, had to be extricated by firefighters.
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Thursday, December 12, 2013Area:
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MNAuthorities in northwestern Wisconsin say two vehicles collided head-on, killing both drivers.
The collision happened Friday about 5:45 p.m. near the village of Rock Falls. Dunn County deputies say one of the vehicles appears to have been across the center line when the impact occurred.
The victims were identified as 19-year-old Kimberley E. Kresen of Eau Claire and 62-year-old Joyce J. Dawson of Rock Falls. They were both pronounced dead at the scene.
The drivers were the only occupants in their vehicles.
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Thursday, December 12, 2013Area:
Fargo-Valley City, NDTwo cars crashed head-on in northwestern Minnesota, leaving both drivers dead, authorities said.
The collision in Norman County occurred shortly after 2:10 p.m. Thursday on Hwy. 32 north of Gary, according to the State Patrol.
Killed were James E. Bateson, 66, of Gary, and Doris J. Hanson, 76, of Brooks, Minn.
The crash happened when a southbound car driven by Hanson swerved into the northbound lane and struck Bateson’s car, the patrol added.
The two-lane highway’s surface was dry at the time, the patrol said.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013Area:
Washington, DCA Chambersburg woman died in a head-on collision along the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 this morning in Southampton Township, Franklin County, state police said.
The victim was identified as Ashley D. Brechbiel, 26, no address given, according to police.
Troopers said Brechbiel was traveling north on Interstate 81 just after 2 a.m. in her 1993 Dodge Dakota truck, when she left the roadway, crossed the grassy median and entered the southbound lanes near Exit 24, the exit for Route 696.
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Monday, December 9, 201381-year-old Harold Short of Farwell died in a two-vehicle crash in Clare County's Surrey Township. Authorities say Short was a passenger in a vehicle that was hit head-on by another vehicle that crossed the center line.
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Monday, December 9, 2013Area:
Indianapolis, INA head-on crash involving a semi and another vehicle killed one person in Shelby County this afternoon.
The crash occurred around 3:50 p.m. on Ind. 44, near Old Franklin Road. Authorities suspect that the passenger vehicle and semi were traveling in opposite directions, when the driver of the passenger vehicle heading west drove into the direction of the eastbound semi.
The passenger vehicle’s driver, who has not been identified, was killed. The semi driver was not injured.