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Sunday, January 26, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZTwo people were injured during a hit-and-run collision early Monday morning in Tempe that led to the arrest of one suspect, according to Tempe police.
Officers were called to the area near University Drive and Loop 101 shortly after 12:30 a.m. Monday after receiving reports that a pickup truck had collided with a Corvette, and that the truck’s driver had fled on foot, said a Tempe police spokeswoman.
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Saturday, January 25, 2014Area:
Ventura, CAA bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash involving a DUI suspect in Oxnard on Sunday, police said. The suspect was later arrested.
Gerald Zoleta Garcia, 43, was hit and killed near Rose Avenue and Raiders Way shortly after 2 a.m. According to police, Garcia was one of two bicyclists riding southbound on Rose Avenue in the bicycle lane. The suspect, later identified as 29-year-old Policarpio Diaz, was driving a black 2000 Volkswagen GTI.
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Friday, January 24, 2014Area:
Green Bay-Appleton, WIA 39-year-old Colfax man was killed while snowmobiling when he crashed into a tree in Chippewa County.
Jason D. Schauer died in a crash at 2284 Highway 40 in Howard that occurred about 2:40 a.m. Saturday.
Two other people who were snowmobiling with Schauer, but on separate vehicles, were cited for being drunk while snowmobiling. The incident remains under investigation.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014Area:
Columbia, SCAuthorities say three people have died in a wreck caused by a 28-year-old woman who was drinking on her birthday and drove the wrong way on Interstate 77 in Fairfield County.
Investigators said Takeya Taylor, of Columbia, was driving the wrong way around 2:30 a.m. Thursday in the southbound lanes of I-77 about five miles from Winnsboro when she hit another vehicle head on.
The coroner's office said Taylor was killed, along with the driver of the other car, 48-year-old Lisa Jefferson, and one of her passengers, 46-year-old Wallace Green. A second passenger in the car remains in the hospital.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014Area:
Los Angeles, CATwo Los Angeles police officers are recovering after a suspected drunken driver crashed into them, then sped away from the scene.
Investigators say the officers were traveling northbound on Vermont Avenue, just south of 74th Street, when they were rear-ended by a white BMW around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The officers' vehicle was disabled in the crash, and the suspect's car received front-end damage and a broken rim.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014A Winston-Salem woman was charged with DWI after a crash into a utility pole downed power lines early Wednesday morning.
Heather Pearce, 29, was cited following the collision around 2:50 a.m. in the 2000 block of Hawthorne Road just north of Forsyth Medical Center.
Pearce was evaluated for injuries and was released pending a March 20 court appearance.
Winston-Salem police said Pearce was driving in a 1994 Lincoln Contintental when she left the road and hit a utility pole. The pole had extensive damage, leading to downed power lines, police said.
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Monday, January 20, 2014Area:
Spokane, WAA chaotic scene unfolded in Coeur d’Alene this morning after a woman, Identified as Kara L. Powers 33, reportedly caused a crash, stole a car with three children inside and then caused another crash. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash at Silver Beach Loop Road and Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive at 7:30 a.m. this morning. A silver Mercedes SUV was reportedly driving east in the westbound lane and hit a Subaru driven by a 61-year-old Coeur d’Alene woman. An uninvolved driver with three children in her Volvo stopped to help.
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Sunday, January 19, 2014Area:
Hartford & New Haven, CTA West Hartford mother faces drunken driving and risk of injury to a minor charges after Canton police stopped her Monday.
Christine Cornachio, 50, was released and is to be arraigned Jan. 29 at Superior Court in Hartford for the drunken driving case and Jan. 30 for the risk of injury to a minor case.
Canton police said they had been alerted by Winsted police to be on the lookout for a car that had been involved in an accident that left the scene.
Winsted police also said the car's driver appeared to be intoxicated and had two children in the car. Police said the children were Cornachio's.
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Sunday, January 19, 2014Area:
San Diego, CAAn 89-year-old man was struck and killed on a South Bay street Monday morning and police say the driver that hit him was under the influence of drugs.
The fatal accident happened shortly before 9 a.m. in the 500 block of East Eighth Street.
According to police, the driver drifted off the road, went up onto a sidewalk and hit the 89-year-old. The victim initially survived, but died shortly thereafter at the scene. His identity has not yet been released.
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Saturday, January 18, 2014Area:
Buffalo, NYA one-car crash into a utility pole in the 5900 block of Robinson Road at 4:35 p.m. Sunday is being blamed on speed and drunken driving.
Michael A. Neuland, 20, of Saunders Settlement Road, was charged by Niagara County sheriff’s deputies with driving while intoxicated, moving from a lane unsafely, reckless driving and speeding.