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Tuesday, March 4, 2014Area:
Chicago, ILEight children and one adult were injured when a Megabus and a day care van collided Wednesday morning on Chicago's south side.
Another 28 people declined medical treatment after the 7:30 a.m. crash on Interstate 90/94 -- the Dan Ryan Expressway -- near 51st Street, according to officials from the Chicago Fire Department and the Illinois State Police.
Three were taken to Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center, three were taken to Mercy Hospital and Medical Center and two were taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, said a fire department spokesman. All the injuries were minor, he said.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZThree people, including a 36-month-old child, were transported to a hospital after a head-on collision in north Phoenix on Wednesday, according to Phoenix fire officials.
Phoenix police received the call for the head-on collision between two vehicles near Dynamite Boulevard and Pyramid Peak Parkway just before 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to a Phoenix Fire Department spokesman.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014Area:
Orange County, CAPolice are searching for one of the hit-and-run drivers who struck a 14-year-old girl who darted into traffic in a busy Orange County intersection. The crash happened Monday in Santa Ana. Surveillance video released Tuesday shows the teen trying to dodge cars at 17th and Bristol streets. First, she is struck by a red pick-up truck, and the driver speeds away. She is then struck again by a black car. Though the video shows her flying into the air and appearing to land on her upper shoulders, the girl suffered leg injuries and has been released from the hospital.
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Monday, March 3, 2014Area:
New Orleans, LATwo buses full of band members crashed into each other on their way to the parades this morning, according to an official with New Orleans Emergency Medical Services.
Three students suffered non life-threatening injuries and were transported to Children's Hospital of New Orleans, said a spokeswoman for New Orleans EMS. The three students were from Martin Behrman Charter School, according to NBC affiliate WDSU.
The buses, one of which appeared to suffer heavy damage to its engine block, were headed westbound on Interstate 10 near the Claiborne Avenue exit when they crashed at about 8:01 p.m.
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Monday, March 3, 2014Area:
Charlotte, NCA school bus full of elementary school children was hit by a car in Rowan County Tuesday morning.
The crash was reported around 9:45 a.m. on Woodleaf Road in Rowan County just outside of Salisbury near W. Ridge Road.
The school bus was bringing back 28 students from Woodleaf Elementary School who had gone to see a play at the Norvell Theater in downtown Salisbury.
A car crossed the center line of the road hitting the bus head-on. A second bus full of students was behind the first bus, but it was not involved in the accident.
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Monday, March 3, 2014Area:
Chicago, ILPolice say a woman was trying to commit suicide by intentionally crashing into two cars Tuesday with her baby strapped into a car seat in her SUV.
Elizabeth Kruger, 28, of Evergreen Park is charged with one count of attempted murder, two counts of aggravated battery, one count of aggravated fleeing and eluding, one count of leaving the Scene of a personal injury accident, one count of endangering the life of a child and several more traffic offenses.
Police say Kruger purposely crashed her BMW SUV into a car at 79th Street and New England in Burbank, and drove away.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014Area:
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TXA Fort Worth Independent School District school bus was involved in a crash Monday morning.
According to MedStar Mobile Healthcare, which provides mobile ambulance service in Fort Worth and 14 other Tarrant County cities, the school bus and another vehicle, a black Nissan, collided at about 10:15 a.m., injuring seven people.
MedStar said three children, an adult from the bus and the adult driver of the second vehicle were all transported to area hospitals. One adult and another child were treated at the scene. The conditions of all of those involved were not released.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014Area:
Birmingham, ALThe Etowah County Deputy Coroner said three people died as a result of a wreck on Alabama 77 in Attalla this morning.
The accident occurred in front of Wendy's near the Walmart Supercenter at 7:26 a.m. today.
Head said multiple witnesses saw a Toyota Camry traveling north on Alabama 77 veer into the southbound lane for reasons that are unclear. Traveling south was an 18-wheel truck carrying a mobile home. The car struck the underside of the mobile home, sheering the top of the car.
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Friday, February 28, 2014Rescue crews responded to a four-vehicle crash at 56th and R streets Saturday morning.
Lincoln Police say it happened just before 10 a.m. They say a pickup truck driving west on R Street violated a traffic signal at the intersection and was hit by a southbound minivan. The collision pushed the pickup into two other vehicles stopped at the light.
Lincoln Fire & Rescue officials say all four people in the minivan, two adults and two children, were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police say the driver of the pickup was cited on scene.