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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

A three-vehicle crash sent a motorcyclist to the hospital with injuries Thursday.

Officers and paramedics are at the scene of the crash near Louisiana Boulevard and Constitution Avenue.

All traffic through the intersection has been closed except for one southbound lane. Drivers should expect delays as the crash is investigated and the scene is cleaned up.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Two lanes of a freeway in Corona were shut down on Thursday after a tour bus returning from a casino trip during a rain storm crashed, injuring 22 passengers, the CHP said.

The passengers were quickly taken to hospitals after the crash. Most suffered minor injuries, fire officials said. All of the passengers were adults.

The crash was reported at 2:43 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the Ontario (15) Freeway at Magnolia Avenue, officials said.

The bus was returning from Pala Casino in San Diego, headed back to Westminster, Corona Fire Chief John Medina said.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

An explosion has been reported at the Gill Rock Drill Company in Lebanon.

One person was transported to the hospital with unknown injuries, according to a Lebanon County 911 dispatcher. The drill company is located in the 900 block of Cornwall Road.

The explosion was reported at 8:58 a.m. There was no other information immediately available.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

According to SEPTA, a pedestrian was struck by a train late Thursday morning.

The incident occurred at 5th and Market Streets on the Market/Frankford Line by the 5th Street station exit.
The victim’s condition is unknown at this time.

Emergency personnel and police are all on the scene of the accident.

Around noon, SEPTA released the following statement: Normal train service has resumed on SEPTA’s Market-Frankford Line. A person was removed from the track area at 5th Street Station westbound and taken to a local hospital with unknown injuries.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Two people were injured after a METRO bus was involved in an accident in southwest Houston.

It happened in the 9900 block of South Main Street near the 610 South Loop around 11 a.m. Thursday.

METRO officials said a vehicle was exiting a private drive when it hit another vehicle. The second vehicle then hit the METRO bus.

Officials said a passenger from one of the vehicles and a bus passenger were taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

A Westminster man died Thursday when the car he was driving collided head on with a tractor trailer on Route 30 in Manchester, according to Maryland State Police.

Sam Amling, 52, sustained life threatening injuries and was pronounced dead on scene, police said.

According to police, Amling's silver Hyundai was traveling southbound on Route 30 in the area of Mt. Ventus Road when it crossed the double yellow center lines, striking the 2009 Mack tractor trailer traveling northbound head on.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

A Vici man died Thursday in a wreck on U.S. 270 in Dewey County, Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers said.

Michael D. Morris, 33, was declared dead at the scene of the wreck about 6:40 p.m. just southeast of Oakwood.

Morris was driving a sport utility vehicle northwest on U.S. 270 when he crossed the center line. Margie M. Palmer, 48, of Tampa, Fla., was driving a tractor-trailer in the southeast-bound lane. She swerved to avoid Morris, but the tractor-trailer collided with the driver's side door of the SUV.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Area: 
Boston, MA

A woman jogging along Route 117 was seriously injured Friday morning when a vehicle struck her from behind, the police said.

At about 8:56 a.m., police received a 911 call reporting a pedestrian had been struck on Route 117 westbound near the intersection with Route 110. When officers arrived, they found a 39-year-old Bolton woman had been hit while she was jogging in the breakdown lane.

The driver stopped immediately to help provide first aid, the police said.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Thurston County sheriff's deputies arrested a 31-year-old man about 6:30 a.m. Thursday morning after he rammed a deputy's patrol car during a pursuit in Rainier, according to a news release.

A deputy attempted to stop the erratically-driven vehicle in the area of Tipsoo Loop SE near Rainier. The vehicle refused to stop and a chase ensued at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

A 58-year old woman pleaded not guilty Thursday afternoon in San Francisco Superior Court to felony gross vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving charges in connection with a crash that killed a 16-year-old boy in September.

Jennie Zhu, a San Francisco resident, was arraigned Thursday afternoon on the manslaughter charge and two felony counts of reckless driving causing injury after hitting a car on Pine and Gough streets on the morning of Sept. 27.