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Police investigate fatal crash in Union

Date:

Friday, November 22, 2013

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Authorities are investigating the death of a 21-year-old Dauphin County man who was ejected from his vehicle following a crash on Route 43 in Union Saturday. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Garrick Lackey of Middlestown. A spokesman said the fatal accident happened at 8:14 p.m. The man died at 9:35 p.m. at Jefferson Regional Medical Center.

Empire man, 57, dies in fiery Interstate 70 wreck near Rifle, Colorado

Date:

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Area:

Denver, CO

A 57-year-old man from Empire died early Tuesday morning when his truck rolled on the shoulder of Interstate 70 and burst into flames, according to the Colorado State Patrol. The accident occurred just before 1 a.m. at mile marker 86, which is about 30 miles west of Glenwood Springs and five miles west of Rifle. The truck appears to have swerved for an unknown reason, driven off the right side of the highway, rolled and burst into flames according to the CSP. Both the vehicle and driver, who was ejected from the truck during the accident, were burned in the fire.

Katrina E. Maetzold, 13, dies in crash on way to school with 3 siblings on Highway 23 in Milaca, Minnesota

Date:

Monday, November 18, 2013

Area:

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

A brother driving himself and three siblings in his Milaca family to school north of the Twin Cities pulled his minivan into the path of a semitrailer truck less than a mile from their destination, leaving his 13-year-old sister dead in a broadside collision, authorities said. The crash occurred about 7:55 a.m. Tuesday at the T-intersection of Hwy. 23 and 127th Avenue, just west of Milaca, according to the State Patrol. Killed was Katrina E. Maetzold, 13, the patrol said. No one in the van was wearing seat belts, the patrol added.

State Route 18 truck vs. van collision causes hours of slow traffic

Date:

Monday, November 18, 2013

Area:

Seattle-Tacoma, WA

Two people were injured Tuesday morning when a dump truck and minivan collided off state Route 18 and rolled into a ditch. The incident, which occurred at 6:20 a.m., caused hours of back-ups in the Issaquah area while the scene was cleaned up. Neither driver involved was wearing a seat belt. The truck, driven by a 23-year-old woman from Wasilla, Alaska, was traveling west on state Route 18 exiting to Issaquah Hobard Road. The minivan, driven by a 26-year-old Pacific man, was traveling west on Issaquah Hobard Road approaching the highway.

Chet Atkinson, 26, killed in rollover crash on Highway 36 near Preston, ID

Date:

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Area:

Salt Lake City, UT

A 26-year-old Utah man has been killed in a single-vehicle rollover in Idaho. The Idaho State Patrol says Chet Atkinson of Weston died in the crash on Highway 36 near Preston about 6:40 p.m. Sunday. Troopers say he was headed east in a Dodge pickup truck when he drifted off the south side of the highway near mile marker 132. Investigators say he apparently over-corrected before he crashed through a guard rail and rolled down an embankment. Atkinson was not wearing a seat belt. He was ejected from the truck and died at the scene. The accident remains under investigation.

One dead and one injured in crash on Burn Road in Arlington on Oct 10

Date:

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Area:

Seattle-Tacoma, WA

A man died and another was seriously injured Thursday night after a car crashed into a ravine in Arlington. The wreck was discovered by a passerby about 9:30 p.m. near the 20300 block of Burn Road, Arlington city spokeswoman Kristin Banfield said. The passerby saw tire tracks and found a Chevrolet Avalanche overturned, she said. Both people in the car had been ejected.