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A 34-year-old Redmond man was struck and killed by a semi-truck on Sunday while crossing U.S. 97 in Redmond, according to the Oregon State Police.
Paul David Donlan walked onto a stretch of the highway just north of Southeast Veterans Way around 9:14 p.m., police said. A southbound semi-truck driven by 37-year-old Jason M. Johnson of Moxee, Wash. swerved but struck the man with one of its trailers, police said.
Two children from North Carolina died in a five-vehicle crash in southwest Alabama.
State troopers said 7-year-old Naziya Gillis and 9-year-old Nadir Gillis of Camp LeJune, N.C., were killed when the Dodge Challenger in which they were riding was struck by a tractor-trailer truck.
The driver of the Dodge, 28-year-old Isom Hodges, and a passenger, 30-year-old Labricia Hodges, both of Camp LeJune, were injured. The driver of another car, 42-year-old William Rousey of Lexington, Ky., was also injured. No other drivers, including the truck driver, were injured.
A man died after his car went off the road, hit a tree, then slid down into a ravine off Kuamo'o Road in Wailua on Kaua'i.
Around 8:30 Sunday morning, a motorcyclist heard the man's cries for help.
The man told him he had been struck for several hours.
The motorcyclist called 911, but by the time paramedics got there, the man had already passed away.
Officials have not released his name yet.
Oregon State Police continues to investigate a fatal crash Sunday afternoon along Highway 20 east of Bend that killed one man and seriously injured another.
The accident occurred around 4:30 p.m., when a 1998 Dodge pickup driven by Matthew A. Dreyer, 35, of Star, Idaho, was negotiating a curve along westbound on Highway 20 near milepost 31. The truck traveled off the side of the highway and when Dreyer over-corrected, trying to bring it back under control, the pickup rolled repeatedly, said OSP Lieutenant Gregg Hastings.
A woman has died after being struck by two vehicles in Brooklyn, police say.
The victim, 32-year-old Nicole Detweiler, was struck by a BMW and an Isuzu box truck at McGuinness Boulevard and Nassau Avenue in Greenpoint Sunday night, according to police. She was hit by the BMW first.
Both drivers stayed on the scene after the accident. The truck's driver, 35-year-old Roberto Amador, was arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
The southbound lane of Interstate 65 was closed near Atmore late Sunday after at least two people were killed and one critically injured in a multi-vehicle accident involving an 18-wheeler.
According to the Alabama Highway Patrol, the southbound lane will remain closed until around 10:30 a.m. Traffic is being rerouted at the 54 mile marker.
The Poarch Creek Tribal Police Department received the first call about an accident at the 51 mile marker at about 10:45 p.m. Sunday night, a dispatcher there said.
A bicyclist was killed and an Orlando police officer was taken to a hospital after a crash Sunday evening.
The crash, involving a marked Orlando Police Department vehicle and an adult bicyclist, happened before 7:30 p.m. Sunday on South Kirkman Road near Pine Shadows, south of LB McLeod, according to police.
Police said the bicyclist, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The officer, identified as Isaias Rivera Montoyo, suffered minor injuries, was taken to a hospital. Montoyo was expected to be released, authorities said.
Three people were hospitalized after being involved in a crash on the city's far east side Sunday night.
Columbus police said the two-vehicle crash occurred in the 1800 block of Woodcrest Road at about 8 p.m.
Three people were transported to area hospitals with unknown conditions.
No charges were filed immediately.
Four people were hurt when a car being chased by police crashed into a power pole in Sun Valley Sunday night, officials said.
The Toyota crashed about 8:45 p.m. in the 9300 block of Glenoaks Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Officers first thought three people were injured until they realized one person was trapped in the wreckage.
The four people were wanted by police for burglary, and they will be taken into custody after medical treatment, LAPD officials said.
One person was hospitalized after a five-vehicle crash in Westerville Sunday afternoon.
The crash occurred at Corporate Drive and Westerville Road near state Route 161 at about 4 p.m.
Westerville fire responded to the scene, where one man was extricated from his vehicle. He was transported to Riverside Methodist Hospital in stable condition.
Blendon Township police said several lanes of Westerville Road were closed during the investigation and cleanup. The lanes reopened at about 5:15 p.m.