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Friday, February 27, 2015

A collision occured at about 9:30 a.m. when a cement truck collided with another vehicle near 75th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road in Phoenix. The wreck left a man trapped under a cement truck in extremely critical condition. Emergency crews were able to remove him and transport him to a trauma center. Police in Phoenix are investigating the cause of the accident.

Date: 
Monday, February 10, 2014
A vehicle that fled from police collided with a dump truck filled with gravel early Tuesday morning in south Phoenix, according to the Phoenix Police Department. The crash occurred on 19th Avenue near Interstate 17, but the incident originally started at 15th Avenue and Roeser Road when a driver failed to yield to officers, said Sgt. Steve Martos, a Phoenix police spokesman. Officers did not pursue the car but later came upon the collision, Martos said. The driver of the vehicle suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries and was processed for a DUI, Martos said.
Date: 
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
A Phoenix garbage-truck driver failed to yield before the truck collided with a motorcycle Thursday afternoon in a wreck that left the motorcyclist in critical condition, according to Phoenix police. The truck was leaving the driveway of the Carefree Transfer Station near Deer Valley Road and 16th Street in north Phoenix at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday and the driver did not yield for an eastbound Yamaha motorcyclist, said a spokesman with the Phoenix police. The motorcyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, hit the front of the truck and was ejected from the bike.