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Thursday, April 10, 2014Area:
Salisbury, MDPolice say 46-year-old Donald Davis of Millsboro was riding a scooter southbound on Cooper Road. While turning at a sharp left curve, investigators say he crossed into the northbound lanes, lost control and was ejected from the scooter, crashing into a ditch.
Davis, who police say was not wearing a helmet, struck his head on the pavement and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014Area:
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MNSix people, including three children, were seriously hurt after a major accident involving at least two vehicles in St. Paul on Wednesday, St. Paul Police say.
The crash was reported near Maryland Avenue East and Johnson Parkway around 8:45 p.m.
St. Paul police say 23-year-old Jim Xion was driving with one passenger. According to police, Xion collided with 44-year-old Tou Lee, who had his three children in the car.
Lee and his 10-year-old son were ejected. All victims were taken to Regions Hospital and were in serious condition when they arrived Wednesday, police said.
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Saturday, April 5, 2014Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLThe Hernando County Sheriff's Office says a woman was killed after being thrown from a four-wheeler she was driving on Sunday.
The Sheriff's Office says Jessica Oras was with a group of people celebrating a birthday at Whitehurst Pond in Brooksville Sunday afternoon when the accident happened.
Hernando County deputies and Fire/Rescue personnel responded around 5 p.m. where an investigation reveled Jessica Oras was driving the four-wheeler with her cousin Rachel Gernaat on the back.
They were driving around the pond and as Oras sped up, they hit a bump and were both ejected from the ATV.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014Area:
Indianapolis, INThe Anderson Police Department is investigating a deadly crash that occurred late Thursday night.
According to a release from the Anderson Police Department, the crash occurred in the 1400 block of Main Street just before 11:30 p.m.
Police officials say the driver of the 2011 Chevy Cruz was traveling at a high rate of speed the wrong way on Main Street prior to crashing the car into a rail road crossing arm.
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Sunday, March 30, 2014A man was airlifted to the hospital Monday morning after he fell off an ATV and hit his head, according to the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department.
It happened just before 10 a.m. Monday in a cornfield near the 12000 block of M-40 in Bloomingdale Township, northwest of Paw Paw.
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Thursday, March 27, 2014One person is dead and another was badly hurt in an ATV accident in Seminole County.
The accident happened Friday night in the area of East First Street in Chuluota, not far from County Road 419.
Witnesses said the four-wheeler with two men in it, later identified as 22-year-old Daniel Huffman and 23-year-old Wayne Badertcher, was speeding down the road when it hit a sign, flipped and threw both passengers into the trees.
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Thursday, March 27, 2014Area:
Atlanta, GAA toddler was hospitalized after a single-vehicle crash in South Fulton County on Friday. According to Georgia State Patrol, the accident happened after a Lincoln Navigator, carrying six people, traveling north on I-85 hit the median. Authorities say a three-year-old child was ejected during the accident and landed in the opposite direction. The child was transported to Egleston in serious condition.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014Area:
Anchorage, AKAlaska State Troopers say a 32-year-old Mentasta man has died in a single-vehicle crash on the Old Richardson Highway.
Charles David III was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash Thursday at Copper Center.
Troopers say David was heading north near mile 105 of the highway when his Chevrolet Monte Carlo left the roadway and overturned. David was ejected.
Troopers say it doesn't appear a seatbelt was used. Road conditions were dry at the time of the crash.
The state medical examiner's office will conduct an autopsy.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014Alcohol appears to have played a role in a fatal wrong-way two-car accident that occurred early Thursday on Interstate 5 near Medford.
Oregon State Police is asking witnesses to come forward in connection with the crash, which took place around 3:15 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-5 about five miles south of Medford.
OSP, Jackson County Sheriff's Office, local fire and medical personnel, and ODOT were dispatched to milepost 24, said Lieutenant Gregg Hastings, an OSP spokesman.
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Monday, March 24, 2014Area:
Houston, TXA street racing crash on Tuesday in Sunnyside killed one person and injured several others, police said.
Two cars were apparently racing about 2 p.m. in the 9100 block of southbound Scott when one of the drivers lost control and struck a tree, authorities said.
Police said one of the people in a Pontiac Grand Prix was thrown from the car and died.
At least five others were taken to Ben Taub General Hospital and Memorial Hermann Hospital.
Their conditions weren't known later Tuesday.