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Date: 
Monday, October 27, 2014
Kyle Tilley, 26, Flower Mound swim coach, was killed, passenger Nicholas Bass, 25, was seriously injured, in a collision with Wahid Malik, 19, on Sam Rayburn Tollway, near Josey Lane overpass in The Colony, Texas. Malik was driving at speed down the center lane, and clipped the back end of Tilley's car, which sent it rolling over into the median. Malik and his passenger were not injured.

 

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Monday, October 20, 2014
One person is dead, and three are seriously injured following a head-on collision on Farm to Market Road 455 Monday afternoon. The accident occured around 4:00 p.m. near Sanger High School when a person driving west in a Hyundai Accent crossed into eastbound traffic and collided with a Mitsubishi Endeavor. The driver of the Hyundai died at the scene, and the two passengers in that vehicle, two young children, sustained injuries. One child was taken to Denton Regional Medical Center, and the other was flown to Cook Children's Medical Center.
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Monday, September 8, 2014
A driver has died after being struck by a tractor trailer that was hauling rocks Monday evening in Denton County. The semi crossed into the westbound lanes and struck three other vehicles including another tractor trailer. The driver of a westbound Hyundai Elantra was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. 
Date: 
Friday, May 23, 2014

Two people on a motorcycle were killed Saturday night in an accident in Lewisville.

Police said the wreck involved the motorcycle and another vehicle in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35E just north of Vista Ridge Mall.

The circumstances of the fatal crash were not available late Saturday. The identity of the victims was not released.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

A bicyclist in Denton has been hospitalized Thursday after being struck by the A-Train.

According to the Denton County Transportation Authority, the bicyclist was hit at about 9:15 a.m. near the Lakeview Boulevard crossing.

The crossing is adjacent to a crossing for the Denton Katy Trail.

Officials with the DCTA said the train had just finished its morning schedule and that no passengers were onboard at the time of the collision.

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Friday, April 11, 2014

A wife and mother died after a plane crash in Denton County.

Jennifer Lunow, 35, was a passenger in her husband Danny Lunow’s single engine Beechcraft 24, along with their 5 year old daughter, when the plane crashed less than a mile away from Denton Muncipal Airport Saturday night.

The family was heading to back to Hicks Airfield when Danny Lunow called Denton Municipal Airport to report engine problems, saying he had lost oil pressure and lost control of his propeller, said Lynn Lunsford, spokesperson for the FAA.

The plane crashed in a field near the airport.

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Sunday, March 23, 2014
Denton Police on Monday released the names of the people involved in a head-on crash that left one person dead and two others critically hurt. The deceased was identified as 27-year-old Tessa Butler from Aubrey. She was killed when the Mazda in which she was a passenger was struck by a pickup truck driven by 21-year-old Hector Soto from Garland. The driver of the Mazda, Roger Bryant, age 49, from Denton remains hospitalized at Medical Center of Plano.
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

A driver has been transported to the hospital after crashing off a bridge to the underpass below.

The crash closed southbound I-35 between Frankford Road and the Sam Rayburn Tollway in Lewisville around 11:30 a.m.

Careflight confirmed that the driver was trapped in the car and was taken to Medical Center of Plano.

The condition of the driver or the severity of injuries is not known.

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

A flight instructor and a student pilot have escaped injury in the belly landing of their small plane at a North Texas airport.

The incident happened Wednesday night at Denton Enterprise Airport. Airport officials say one of the men on board had radioed to say part of the landing gear on the Cessna 182 would not lock. Emergency responders were on hand during the landing.

The airport operations manager said Thursday that the plane was safely removed and the airport’s lone runway reopened about an hour after the incident.