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A Baytown man died Friday in a head-on collision with a big rig in east Harris County, authorities said.
The injured semi truck driver told Baytown Police Department that he was pulling out of the Chevron Chemical plant about 10 p.m. when he saw a pickup truck coming at him in the wrong direction. The two collided head-on in the 9500 block of Interstate 10.
Police identified the pickup driver, who was killed, as Ryan Dunlop, 25.
A car struck near Mr. Ventry’s pizzeria on Pierce Avenue in Niagara Falls about 7:55 p.m. led to the arrest of Valerie J. Martin, 47, of 22nd Street, who also is suspected of hitting another parked vehicle in the 1200 block of 22nd Street, police said.
She also was charged with unlicensed operation, unsafe lane change and no insurance.
A 40-year-old Macedonia woman died after the car she was driving hit the concrete barrier on an on-ramp to Interstate 271 in Northfield on Friday.
The force of the collision threw the woman from her 1999 Toyota Corolla, said Inspector Bill Holland, of the Summit County sheriff's office. She was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, but was pronounced dead. The woman's name has not been released.
Holland said the woman was northbound on Ohio 8 about 2:30 p.m. when she got on the ramp to the interstate. He said speed was a likely factor in the crash.
Delaware County authorities are searching for a driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in Collingdale and then fled the scene.
Collingdale police say the victim, 58-year-old Timothy McCaughan, was in the intersection of Spruce Street and Clifton Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Friday when he was struck by an SUV.
According to police, a witness saw the driver stop, get out of the vehicle, make a comment, then get back into the SUV and speed off, heading south on Clifton Avenue.
The victim was taken to Crozer Chester Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
A man was arrested on suspicion of DUI and other charges Friday afternoon after crashing into two cars and injuring three people in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood, a police sergeant said.
Officers responded to a report of a collision at the intersection of Van Ness Avenue and Broadway Street around 12:10 p.m., police said.
A man later identified as 26-year-old Jacob Sahagun was driving south on Van Ness Avenue when he collided with two vehicles driving east on Broadway Street, police said.
A 21-year-old man suffered a fractured pelvis in a traffic collision Friday night at a University City intersection, San Diego police said.
He was driving southbound on Towne Centre Drive and turned left in front of another vehicle at Executive Drive, police said.
The driver of the other vehicle, a 45-year-old man, was not injured. He had been headed northbound on Towne Centre.
A 49-year-old woman was flown to shock trauma Friday evening after a single-car accident on Ady Road in Dublin.
Dawn Christian Hoerr, of the 500 block of Chestnut Hill Road in Forest Hill, was driving a Kia station wagon south on Route 543 near Heaps School Road around 6:20 p.m., according to the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barrack.
Witnesses said the car was swerving "all over the road," police said.
The car went off the right shoulder, overturned and went down into a creek that was at least 30 feet off the road, police said.
One man is dead after an accident involving three vehicles in south Louisville.
According to the Jefferson County Deputy Coroner, Ricky Duncan, 54, was driving a Ford Escort at Outer Loop and Third Street around 7:30 a.m. Friday when he lost control of the vehicle and hit the back of a Jeep Patriot that was sitting at a red light.
The impact of the crash caused the Jeep to hit a Honda Odyssey that was also waiting at the light.
Duncan was transported to University of Louisville Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A man stole a truck at gunpoint downtown, fled from officers, crashed and then tried to steal other vehicles before being arrested near Boeing Field this afternoon, police said.
An adult male suspect stole a white Ford pickup truck from its driver at Second Avenue South and South King Street after threatening to kill him shortly after 1p.m., according to the Seattle Police Department. The man then fled southbound from Pioneer Square in the vehicle.
The Greenwood Police Department was involved in a short pursuit Friday night.
Officials say the pursuit began around 6:45 p.m. at the Greenwood Park Mall. Officers say the driver of the car, 41-year-old Danissa Moss of Indianapolis, and 57-year-old James Townsend of Indianapolis,reportedly stole perfume from Von Maur.
The pair was spotted leaving the mall, so an officer tried to block the exit. However, Moss drove around the officers and took off north on US 31 at more than 100 miles per hour.