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Monday, May 26, 2014

A roadside memorial grew Wednesday morning on Old Statesville Road, scene of a single-vehicle wreck Tuesday that killed a 4-month-old girl.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the infant was not in a child seat and was being held by a passenger in the back seat, and they accuse the driver of speeding and DWI.

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Monday, May 26, 2014

A driver was killed and his passenger injured when his SUV and a Ford pickup truck collided on North Tustin Street in the city of Orange on Tuesday, May 27, 2014.

Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver involved in a collision that killed a man and injured a woman in Orange Tuesday night.

The victims were traveling in a Ford Explorer in the 1500 block of North Tustin Street around 9:40 p.m. when their sport utility vehicle collided with a Ford pickup truck, Orange Police Sgt. Bryan Meissner said.

The SUV overturned and the Ford pickup truck fled the scene.

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Monday, May 26, 2014

Illinois State Police say Roger Hein, 56, crashed into a tree around 8:00 a.m. Tuesday between Stockton and Lena on Highway 20. Investigators say early reports show he may have suffered some kind of medical attack before the crash. Police are still trying to figure out what went wrong. The highway was closed for nearly ten hours.

UPDATE: A busy Stateline highway is expected to re-open soon. Police say a semi-truck driver is killed after slamming into a tree.
All lanes on U.S. Route 20 between Stockton and Lena have been closed for nearly eight hours.

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Monday, May 26, 2014

Enfield Police responded to a fatal crash involving a pedestrian.

It happened on Route 190 by Cooper Street. Police say a car was traveling westbound when it collided with a pedestrian.

That person was taken to an area hospital where she later died from her injuries.

Right now, that collision is under investigation by the Enfield Police Department. Anyone with information is asked to call police.

Date: 
Monday, May 26, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ

Two people were killed and several others were injured when a New Jersey Transit bus and a car collided in southern New Jersey.

Authorities say the crash occurred shortly before 2 p.m. Monday in Pleasantville. It wasn't immediately known if the people killed were in the car or the bus.

The Press of Atlantic City reports the car was heading north on Franklin Boulevard when it swerved for unknown reasons and struck the bus. The car then flipped around but remained upright.

Date: 
Monday, May 26, 2014

A vigil was held at Etowah High School Wednesday evening to honor a young woman killed in a car crash Tuesday night.

Lucy Boettcher, an Etowah High senior, was killed in the single-vehicle crash. Boettcher was set to graduate Friday evening.

Anthony White, Boettcher's boyfriend, survived the car accident and was amongst the many students mourning her loss at the vigil.

"She was always a bright, brilliant person, she could light up a room with her smile," said White.

Close friends who loved her joined strangers who barely knew her.

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Monday, May 26, 2014
Nichols, NY (WBNG Binghamton) New York State Police identify the Tioga County woman who was killed in a head-on crash on State Route 17 East. Shirley McGee, 79, of Candor died in the crash Tuesday afternoon. It happened around 2:40 p.m. by exit 62 in Nichols. According to state police, McGee was driving west on the eastbound lane of State Route 17. Her gray 2001 Ford Escort collided head-on with a 2010 white pick-up truck driven by Nickolas Little, 34, of Ceres, NY. McGee was pronounced dead at the scene by the Tioga County Assistant Coroner.
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Monday, May 26, 2014
The man killed in a two-car accident Tuesday night at Main and Berkshire streets in Holyoke has been identified as Danny Lugo, 25, of Springfield, according to Massachusetts State Police. Lugo was killed when he crashed his black Honda head-on into an SUV operated by a 61-year-old Holyoke man. The impact left the Holyoke man with serious injuries, and he is being treated in the Intensive Care Unit at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, said Lt. Daniel G. Richard of the state police Media Relations Bureau.
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Monday, May 26, 2014
A man has died after a wrong way driver in Sarasota, Florida plowed into a taxi filled with passengers from Acushnet. James Elias, 51–year-old, was one of four passengers in the taxi. The other passengers, who are also from Acushnet, were taken to a Sarasota Hospital. Two are still receiving treatment at a local hospital. The driver of the car that hit the taxi is facing several charges including a felony for leaving the scene of an accident.
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Monday, May 26, 2014
A 50-year-old Yonkers man was killed in a fiery automobile crash on the Grand Central Parkway, New York City police said Wednesday. Police identified the man killed as Dale Tulloch of Yonkers. Tulloch was a passenger in the back seat of a sports utility vehicle when it erupted into flames, police said.