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Thursday, December 26, 2013A man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Santa Rosa Friday evening after allegedly causing a five-car crash that left three people injured, police said Saturday.
Police said the collision occurred around 5:15 p.m., when a Toyota Tacoma speeding down Hoen Avenue toward Yulupa Avenue rear-ended a car stopped at a red light.
The force of the crash caused three more cars stopped at the light to collide, causing major damage to each of the cars and leaving three drivers with minor injuries, police said.
One of the drivers was taken to a hospital to be treated for their injuries.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Salt Lake City, UTThe Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that a 10-year-old boy died Friday in a snowmobile crash just east of Woodland in Wasatch County, near Highway 35.
Officials say the 10-year-old was driving the snowmobile with his father and lost control of snowmobile causing it to roll.
The boy suffered fatal injuries while the father sustained only minor injuries. Police say both of them were wearing helmets.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Raleigh-Durham, NCTwo men died in a head-on collision on N.C. 98 in Durham County on Friday morning, and another has been charged with driving while impaired and two counts of felony death by motor vehicle, the Highway Patrol says.
The victims have been identified as Jorge Avalar and his brother, Andreas Avalar, of Durham, according to a statement by the Highway Patrol.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Philadelphia, PAInvestigators say a driver is charged with alleged DUI following a three-vehicle chain reaction crash early Friday morning.
It happened shortly after 12 a.m. at the unit block of East Sharpnack Street in Mount Airy.
According to police, the suspect tried to blend in with a crowd that had formed around the accident. He suffered minor injuries.
A 75-year-old man was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center. His condition is unknown at this time.
Another man suffered a broken arm.
The accident remains under investigation.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
San Diego, CASan Diego police were looking Friday for a hit-and-run driver who struck two women on a morning walk in University City.
The women were walking along Stresemann Street, near Governor Drive, about 6 a.m. when they passed a parked older-model red pickup, police said. Moments later, the truck struck them from behind and the driver kept going.
Paramedics took the women to two hospitals. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known.
Police said the pickup might be a Toyota and may have damage to the front.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013The estranged wife of George Zimmerman was taken to a hospital after her vehicle was struck by a driver suspected of DUI, according to Winter Park police.
Shellie Zimmerman was taken to Winter Park Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after the crash, which occurred at 11:14 a.m. Friday near Aloma and Phelps Avenues.
Winter Park police said Zimmerman suffered abrasions from the air bag and complained of a foot injury. A passenger in Zimmerman's car, Andrea Timko, described as a female friend, was also taken to the hospital.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Augusta, GAA former University of Connecticut women’s lacrosse goalie was killed in a rollover crash in Willington yesterday, according to police.
Police said 24-year-old Brittney Testa, of Bridgewater, Vt., was driving northbound on River Road near Baxter Road when she lost control of her Jeep Cherokee.
The Jeep rolled over onto the northbound shoulder, and Testa was pronounced deceased at the scene, police said.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation. Police documents show Testa was not wearing a seatbelt.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013The scene of a deadly tanker crash on Interstate 95 just south of 45th Street is now clear following a night of traffic backups on the interstate, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. All lanes were reopened just before 11:00 p.m. Friday night, close to seven hours after the accident occurred.
Warner Letterman, 41, of Greenacres died after the front tire of the septic truck he was driving blew out causing him to lose control of the vehicle and crash into a tree, said an FHP spokesperson.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Madison, WIA Michigan man was killed Friday in a snowmobile accident in Columbia County, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
The accident was reported about 1 p.m. near Cambria, and speed and snow conditions may have been factors in the accident, according to the DNR.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Cleveland-Akron, OHTwo accidents involving multiple semi trucks and other vehicles have shut down Interstate 90 eastbound in the same stretch of highway where a 31-car pileup happened on Tuesday during the holiday commute.
Dispatchers say two crashes were reported about 8 p.m. I-90 eastbound is closed at state Route 615, they said. One westbound lane was also closed.
The accident happened near the state Route 44 exit, the same spot of Tuesday's major crash.
The Lake County Sheriff's office said two semi trucks and multiple cars are involved in the crash.