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Saturday, September 13, 2014Area:
Bangor, MEPolice say 59-year-old Robin Rie died late last week after getting injured in a crash Sept. 13. Sheriff's deputies say Rie was on Route 15 when she slowed down to make a left turn and another vehicle struck her from behind. The Penobscot district attorney's office is reviewing the case.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014Area:
Jacksonville, FLThe Florida Highway Patrol is searching for a vehicle that hit a school bus on the Westside on Wednesday morning, then drove away.
At 6:40 a.m. a school bus was rear-ended by an unknown Jeep Wrangler, according to FHP. The vehicle then fled the scene after the crash.
Thirty-five students were on the bus at the time of the crash, but no injuries were reported according to FHP.
The crash happened in the northbound lanes of Blanding Boulevard at Longchamp Road. The crash did not block any lanes of traffic, according to FHP.
FHP is investigating the crash as a hit-and-run.
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Monday, March 17, 2014Area:
Las Vegas, NVThe intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Windmill Lane has reopened to traffic after being closed for nearly seven hours because of a fatal crash that left two people dead.
The crash occurred around 1:15 a.m. According to police, the driver of pickup truck was speeding southbound on Las Vegas Boulevard and rear-ended a moped stopped at a red light. Both people on the moped were thrown more than 100 feet. One person died at the scene and the other died at University Medical Center. A third car was also hit by the vehicles.
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Friday, February 21, 2014A 27-year-old Stuart man died early Saturday in a wreck on Southwest Martin Downs Boulevard in Palm City, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Philip Wade Harvey Jr. was driving his 2011 Hyundai Accent eastbound near Southwest Mapp Road when a 2009 Acura MDX struck him from behind, FHP said. The Acura continued its forward motion and pushed Harvey’s Hyundai through the intersection and further down the roadway.
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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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Friday, January 17, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZTempe police have arrested a woman after she hit a pedestrian and caused a chain of car collisions in a Walmart parking lot.
Authorities say the female pedestrian is recovering for serious, non-life-threatening injuries after she was hit by 31-year-old Christy Kupper's vehicle Friday.
Police say Kupper collided with a vehicle in the intersection of Rural Road and Southern Avenue at about 6:20 p.m., causing that vehicle to hit another.
They say Kupper then sped away from the scene and into the Walmart parking lot.
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Monday, January 6, 2014Area:
San Diego, CAPolice say four people were injured late Tuesday night following a hit-and-run crash in the Bankers Hill area of San Diego.
The wreck occurred at 10:30 p.m. at the corner of 5th Avenue and Laurel Street, a San Diego Police Department official said.
Witnesses stated that a white Jaguar slammed into two vehicles waiting at a stop light at 5th Avenue then sped off westbound on Laurel Street, leaving a trail of radiator fluid behind.
Some of the witnesses followed the suspect vehicle and called police, until the Jaguar came to a sputtering halt on the 2400 block of Brant Street.