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Thursday, January 16, 2014Area:
Charlotte, NCPolice say a drunk driver crashed her Ford Explorer into a city owned building on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue early on Friday morning.
Anne Star Blomley is the suspect in the case and was being booked at the police department this morning.
Police say Blomley drove her Explorer right through the front door and wall of the city's small Cone Rec Center building at the intersection of MLK Avenue and Ryan Street just after 7:00 am, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014Area:
Buffalo, NYA 21-year-old motorist who drove into a house in Alden early today had a blood-alcohol content that was more than three times the legal limit, Erie County sheriff’s deputies reported.
Zachary E. Olejniczak of Alden was heading north on Two Rod Road, shortly before 12:30 a.m., when he failed to stop at the intersection of Westwood Road, deputies said. His car went across the road and crashed into a home at 11664 Westwood Road, causing significant damage to the foundation.
The people who live there were home at the time but not injured, deputies said.
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Sunday, January 12, 2014Area:
Buffalo, NYAn Eden resident was charged with driving while intoxicated after a one-car crash Monday night on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, according to Erie County sheriff’s deputies.
A report of a property-damage accident on Route 438 at about 9:30 p.m. led to the arrest of Michael E. Schwanz, 29. Deputies said Schwanz submitted to a breath test that revealed a blood-alcohol content of .14.
Schwanz, who was released to a third party, is to appear in Brant Town Court.
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014Area:
Seattle-Tacoma, WAA car crashed through the main door of a Des Moines retirement center late Wednesday, but luckily no one was injured. Emergency personnel responded to the scene at the Judson Park Retirement Community at 23600 Marine View Drive, at about 9 p.m. after receiving a report of a car into a building. At the scene, they found that a woman visiting the center had accidentally driven her car through the main lobby window. The impact destroyed the window, and damaged some fixtures and furniture, but no one was hit.
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Sunday, January 5, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZA suspected drunk driver drove into the Travelodge Suites Phoenix Mesa and caused heavy damage to the building's exterior. Fortunately no one was injured. Police found and arrested the suspect not long after the crash.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013Area:
Orange County, CAA suspected DUI driver was arrested after crashing into an Orange County home and killing a resident who was in bed inside early Sunday, officials said. A man was killed when the vehicle struck the Mission Viejo home just before 4 a.m., according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The man was in bed when the vehicle struck the home. The victim was pronounced dead on arrival, officials said. Two people inside the vehicle suffered minor injuries, officials said. The driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, authorities said.
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Sunday, December 22, 2013Area:
Houston, TXA man was in custody Sunday night after allegedly crashing his car twice in northwest Harris County -- the second time into a family's home.
According to investigators, a red Toyota sedan was involved in a hit-and-run accident on Veterans Memorial. The driver reportedly fled the scene of the accident and went to a gas station about a mile away on Greenwood Forest at FM 1960 in the Champions Forest area.
For unknown reasons, the suspect then drove across the gas station parking lot and straight into a family's apartment, crashing through their dining room and entering their living room.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013Area:
New York, NYA tanker carrying thousands of gallons of fuel overturned and burst into flames on a Long Island highway just before midnight Tuesday, causing two injuries and an inferno that charred several cars, damaged four homes and a Harley-Davidson dealership, Nassau County authorities say.
The tanker was traveling east on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore when it rear-ended another vehicle at a stop light, Nassau County police say. After the collision, the tanker turned on its side and spilled fuel as it skidded down Sunrise Highway before coming to a stop at Brevoort Place.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013Area:
Phoenix, AZA 28-year-old man is dead after he was ejected from his car early Wednesday morning in Phoenix.
The man was driving a sedan east on Tierra Buena Lane, just north of Greenway Road, at 47th Avenue when he lost control, hit a cemented mailbox and tree stump and the car rolled, said Phoenix police.
The driver was ejected and his body came to rest in the street.
Police said some residents in the area said they heard a loud noise between 2 and 3 a.m., but no one went outside to see what it was, Holmes said. Police were called to the scene until about 5 a.m., he said.
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013Area:
Salt Lake City, UTThree men were taken to the hospital after a truck hauling a trailer filled with construction equipment smashed through the picture window of a home at 5784 Ferron Circle in Taylorsville.
It happened just before 2 p.m. when family members say Ben Pearson, 54, potentially blacked out while driving and smashed into the house where Dean Rottini, his dog Nicki and his friend Tommy Gonzales were watching TV.