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Friday, January 31, 2014Area:
Austin, TXA man is dead after an ATV accident in Marble Falls on Saturday.
Officials say a man in his early 30s was involved in an accident at Hidden Falls Adventure Park. He was driving around with his son and friends in a homemade ATV-type vehicle when he was involved in an accident.
Officials say the man was partially ejected from the ATV and it landed on his chest, pinning him under. When the Marble Falls Volunteer Fire Department arrived, they pronounced him dead at the scene. Firefighters say the man was not wearing a seatbelt.
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Thursday, January 23, 2014Area:
New Orleans, LAAn Avondale man was killed after he was ejected from his pick-up truck in a crash Friday morning (Jan. 24). Tyler Bourgeois, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred at Highway 90 and West Tish Drive in Avondale, said a spokeswoman for the State Police.
Bourgeois was driving southbound on West Tish about 6:30 a.m. when investigators said he disregarded a stop sign and tried to cross the westbound lanes of Highway 90, Matey said.
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Thursday, January 23, 2014A Williamston woman died in surgery after being involved in a single-vehicle accident early Friday on Beaverdam Road, authorities said.
Tracy Elbertson, 48, of 1602 Anderson Drive, died at 7:29 a.m. of multiple system failure, said the Anderson County Coroner.
She was the driver of a 2004 Tahoe that went off the right side of Beaverdam Road about a mile north of Williamston at about 2:30 a.m., said the Highway Patrol.
The Tahoe overturned and Elbertson was ejected, Rhyne said. She was not wearing a seat belt, he said.
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Monday, January 20, 2014Area:
Jacksonville, FLJake Hansen was riding his motorcycle north on State Road 47 and attempted to pass several vehicles. He was struck by a Jeep turning left onto Southwest Sunview Street and thrown from his motorcycle. He was taken to a local medical center where he later died. The driver of the Jeep, Rafael Comesana, 51, was not injured.
Joshua P. Smith, 38, seriously injured after crashing his snowmobile into tree in Dunkirk, Wisconsin
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Monday, January 20, 2014Area:
Madison, WIA 38-year-old Stoughton man was seriously injured Monday night when his snowmobile crashed into a pine tree.
Joshua P. Smith was snowmobiling about 10 p.m. on private property in the Town of Dunkirk when he tried to cut between some pine trees, according to the Dane County Sheriff's Office.
He hit one of trees, was thrown from the snowmobile and flew head-first into another tree. Smith was taken to the University of Wisconsin Hospital. He was wearing a helmet and is expected to recover.
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Saturday, January 18, 2014Area:
Hartford & New Haven, CTPolice investigating a two-car crash at South Main Street and Boulevard in West Hartford on Sunday afternoon said a 17-year-old driver ran a red light and struck a Toyota SUV.
Police said the teen was driving a red Subaru on South Main Street, ran a red light and hit a Toyota Sequoia that was traveling west on Boulevard.
Police said the impact caused the Toyota to roll over and hit a Mercedes that was parked in the lot of 81 South Main Street, shearing off a large traffic control box.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014A man has died after crashing his moped Thursday night in High Point.
Police said Keith Even Martin, 56, of High Point, was traveling south on Old Plank Road around 7 p.m.
Officers said he collided with a traffic circle at the intersection of Old Plank Road and Hitchcock Way.
Martin was thrown from his moped and died at the scene of serious head injuries, police said.
Authorities said Martin was wearing a DOT approved helmet, but the helmet wasn't properly fastened to his head.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014Area:
Louisville, KYOne person was killed early Thursday morning in a single-vehicle accident on Veterans Memorial Parkway in Crestwood. Cody McHenry, 19 of Prospect, was driving a gold 2005 Ford sport utility vehicle northbound on Kentucky Veterans Memorial Highway, according to a news release. As he approached the intersection at Hwy.
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Saturday, January 11, 2014Six people were injured in a head-on collision Sunday evening in Anderson.
The crash happened along Williamston Road between the Old Fair Grounds and the Fairview Garden Apartments.
Authorities answered the call for help around 7:30 p.m.
Investigators said a Toyota with four passengers crashed into a Kia with two people inside.
It was unclear which vehicle crossed the center line.
Police said both drivers were trapped in their vehicles and suffered what were described as life-threatening injuries. Some of the passengers were ejected from the Toyota.
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Saturday, January 11, 2014Area:
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TXArlington police are investigating an accident that killed a woman in the morning on Sunday near Interstate 20 and State Highway 360.
An Arlington Police Department spokeswoman said APD officers responded to the call of a major accident around 5:45 a.m. When they arrived, a female driver was found ejected from her vehicle.
Police said early investigation into the crash points to the woman losing control of her car, and rolling down an embankment.
As the car rolled, it was hit by another vehicle, ejecting the woman.
Emergency crews attempted to revive the ejected driver without success.