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Woman hit by car and killed crossing Minneapolis street.

Date: 
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Area: 
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
A 55-year-old pedestrian was hit by a car on the border of Minneapolis and Brooklyn Center Friday night and died shortly after at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, police said Saturday. The driver, an 18-year-old woman, was heading northwest on Osseo Road and hit the woman, who was crossing N. 49th Avenue, said a Minneapolis police spokeswoman. The victim was wearing a dark-red coat, and the driver, who was believed to be driving at or near the posted speed limit, never saw the victim in the darkness police said.

Antonio Escanio struck and killed by two vehicles as he was crossing Amsterdam Ave.

Date: 
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Area: 
New York, NY
A 76-year-old man was fatally hit by two vehicles as he crossed a Washington Heights street Friday evening, cops said. Antonio Escanio was crossing Amsterdam Ave. near his apartment inside the Dunwell Plaza senior home at 1920 Amsterdam Ave. at 5:51 p.m. when he was struck by a white 2009 Toyota SUV traveling south on Amsterdam. The impact sent Escanio into the northbound lane, where a 2012 Chevy Malibu hit him. He was rushed to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, where he died. Both drivers stayed at scene.

Semi crashes into power pole, flees area.

Date: 
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Area: 
Johnstown-Altoona, PA
Police are looking for leads in the whereabouts of a tractor-trailer that apparently struck a PPL Electric Utilities pole in Susquehanna Township earlier Friday, then fled the scene. The crash, which was reported at 3:20 a.m. in the 3300 block of Walnut Street, dragged several power lines into the street and caused widespread outages in the immediate area until it was cleared up earlier Friday afternoon. The truck, possibly a Great Dane trailer, struck the pole at the corner of Walnut and North 34th streets, but continued on its way in an unknown direction of travel, police said.

4 vehicle crash leaves two hospitalized and van in storefront.

Date: 
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Area: 
Washington, DC
Two people were hospitalized following a four-vehicle, chain-reaction crash Thursday around 7 p.m. According to Prince George's County Police, the effect of the crash on Oxon Hill Road caused a van to then crash into a nearby check cashing business. No one in the store was injured, and the two individuals who were hospitalized are expected to be ok. The cause of the crash has not been released.

Noshat Nahian, 8, hit and killed by semi while walking to school on 61st Street onto Northern Boulevard in Woodside, New York

Date: 
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Area: 
Buffalo, NY
An 8-year-old boy was hit by a truck and killed while crossing the street with his sister in Queens on his way to school Friday, the last day before the winter break. The truck hit the third-grader, Noshat Nahian, as it turned from 61st Street onto Northern Boulevard, where he and his 11-year-old sister were crossing. The child was hit by the rear tires, police said. His sister was not injured. He was about a block from his school, PS 152. The driver stayed at the scene. Police are investigating.

One killed when pickup and semi truck collide on U.S. 47

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Area: 
Indianapolis, IN

One person is dead after a crash between a semi truck and a pickup truck in Boone County this morning.

The crash happened on U.S. 47 east of U.S. 39 near Thorntown before 7 a.m.

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department said the crash is still under investigation this morning. It’s unclear how many people were in the pickup truck or whether anyone else was injured in the crash.

Police are asking travelers to find alternate routes this morning as they complete their investigation.

Tayde Murguia killed, 19 injured in casino tour bus crash on I-15.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Area: 
San Diego, CA

One person died, six were seriously injured and 13 others suffered minor injuries when a casino-bound charter bus overturned on south Interstate 15 just south of state Route 76 near Bonsall Thursday afternoon, authorities said. This is the second casino tour bus crash today in California.

The 56-year-old driver, from Compton, said the crash occurred about 2:30 p.m. after the bus started to fishtail, said a CHP Officer. The driver tried to correct, and the bus spun around and fell on its side.

Officers and emergency personnel arrived to find a "quite a chaotic" scene.

Transit bus crashes into concrete divider, 8 suffer minor injuries.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Area: 
Trenton-NJ

8 people suffered mostly minor injuries when a bus crashed on Route 3 in Clifton, New Jersey.

The accident happened around 2:30 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of Route 3 between Passiac Avenue and Main Avenue, with the bus ending up stuck on top of the concrete divider.

Police say eight people suffered minor injuries in the accident. They were taken to two area hospitals.

A crane had to be brought in to lift the bus off the divider.

Police say a car may have cut off the bus while trying to exit.

SUV runs red light, strikes school van. Six students suffer minor injuries

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Area: 
Pittsburgh, PA

An SUV ran a red light and crashed into a school van this morning, injuring six students.

The crash occurred at 9:09 a.m. at the intersection of the West End Bridge and West Carson Street.

A Pittsburgh police spokeswoman said six students from Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5 were in the van and were taken to Allegheny General Hospital with injuries she described as “very minor.”

No one in the SUV was hurt, she said. Its driver was cited for running a red light.

Transit bus crashes into building after being hit by taxi. Minor injuries reported.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Area: 
Trenton-NJ

Ten people were injured after a taxi driver hit a bus and both vehicles ended up in a row of businesses in Newark early Thursday.

The crash happened on Market Street around 12:30 a.m., with the No. 21 bus traveling east toward Newark-Penn Station.