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Howard Wilson Laporte, 64, killed, after a rear tire separates from his SUV, causing his vehicle to overturn westbound McDowell Road in Phoenix, Arizona

Date: 
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Area: 
Phoenix, AZ
A fatal car wreck forced police to close part of McDowell Road in east Phoenix on Thursday morning, according to a Phoenix police spokesman. Howard Wilson Laporte, 64, was traveling westbound on McDowell Road at 12:30 a.m. in an SUV on Thursday when the tread on his rear tire began to separate, said Sgt. Tommy Thompson, a Phoenix police spokesman. Investigators believe Laporte lost control of the SUV when the tire separated and slammed the vehicle into the side of the road, Thompson said.

Motorcyclist in critical condition at hospital after colliding with garbage truck that failed to yield the right of way in Maricopa County.

Date: 
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Area: 
Phoenix, AZ
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.