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Friday, December 20, 2013

Two people are in critical condition following a wreck on Interstate 80 Saturday morning. Police say a black car was headed down Parley's Canyon when the driver lost control of the vehicle.

The car crashed into a semi truck and troopers had to extricate both the driver and passenger from the vehicle.The two people were taken to the hospital in critical condition. Officers say speed and wet roads caused the crash.

Date: 
Friday, December 20, 2013

23-year-old Jesus Jose Gaspar of Lake Worth was killed Saturday night after being struck by a car as he lay in the street.

Gaspar was laying in the westbound lane of 7th Avenue North approximately 20 feet east of the CRX train crossing.
His head was facing north and his feet were facing south.

24-year-old Matthew Ecker of Lake Worth was traveling west on 7th Avenue North approaching the rise to the CRX crossing.

Date: 
Friday, December 20, 2013

A motorcyclist was killed in an early-morning crash in Winston-Salem.

Authorities said the crash happened on Reynolda Road about 4 a.m.

Investigators said the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as Sean Christian Randolph.

Date: 
Friday, December 20, 2013
A third person has died from injuries in a Dec. 21 head-on collision in Gardendale. Mickie Lynne Farmer, 33, was pronounced dead at 9:05 p.m. Friday, according to the Jefferson County Coroner's Office. She had been at UAB Hospital since the crash one week ago today. The accident happened at 7:06 p.m. on Old Highway 31 at Church Road. A 2002 Ford F-150 driving northbound crossed over the grassy median into oncoming traffic and struck a Chevrolet Lumina head on.
Date: 
Friday, December 20, 2013
A person in a wheelchair was killed by a car on Monterey Road in San Jose Friday evening, according to police. The person in the wheelchair was going north in the southbound lane on Monterey Road while a vehicle was traveling south at about 7 p.m., police said. The two collided head-on near the intersection with Phelan Avenue. The person in the wheelchair was pronounced dead at the scene. Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the collision, police said.
Date: 
Friday, December 20, 2013

A Bellingham man who hit a pedestrian with his car on Samish Way Saturday night, Dec. 21, was booked into jail on suspicion of vehicular assault. Officers received a report that a shirtless man was jumping into the street and screaming at cars in the 1000 block of Samish Way at 10:03 p.m.. A minute later, another caller reported that a southbound Subaru station wagon had struck a man in the same block. The 29-year-old victim was unconscious and bleeding when police arrived, and he was taken to St. Joseph hospital with a head injury.

Date: 
Friday, December 20, 2013
Area: 
Laredo, TX

A Grand Rapids teenager died early this week after he was struck by a car at the U.S.-Mexico border. Noe Parra and his girlfriend were riding with his parents to visit family in Mexico for Christmas on Dec. 21. They had waited more than three hours to cross the border at Laredo, Texas, and were stopped in traffic when the teen and his girlfriend got out to use a nearby bathroom. Noe was struck while walking back to the car. His girlfriend was not injured, family said. Relatives said the crash occurred in a grassy area and the driver had cut through to apparently cut in line or exit.

Date: 
Friday, December 20, 2013

Two drivers were taken to Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon following a head-on collision Friday evening northwest of Burlington on Chuckanut Drive. Calvin H. Long, 54, of Everett was driving a Honda Civic on Highway 11 when he crossed the center line, colliding with a Chevy pickup truck. Bow resident David Crane, 61, was driving the pickup truck. The report shows Long was not wearing a seat belt. It is unknown if drugs or alcohol was involved. As population grows in Skagit County, Washington State, we are seeing more and more collisions, many of them serious or fatal.

Date: 
Friday, December 20, 2013
A pedestrian walking along Interstate 55 on Friday night was struck and killed near Amite. Authorities with Louisiana State Police said a 2008 Dodge Avenger being driven by Sierah Brabham, 25, of Amite, was traveling south on I-55 in the right lane. A pedestrian, Demetrius Ruffin, 46, of Independence, was walking in the right travel lane when he was hit and thrown to the right shoulder, officials said. Ruffin suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Date: 
Friday, December 20, 2013
Area: 
Trenton-NJ
A young boy was killed and a man was injured when their car struck a tree on a southern New Jersey roadway. But it’s still not clear what caused the crash, which occurred shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday in Mullica Township. Police in the Atlantic County community say 10-year-old township resident Jaiden Ohnemuller-Muskett was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. He had been sitting in the car’s rear passenger seat.