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A school bus was involved in a two-vehicle wreck in Eureka on Thursday. The bus came to a stop in a ditch after it apparently hit a pickup truck on Rt. 109 just south of Interstate 44 around 6:50 a.m. It appeared the bus may have also hit a yield sign, which was seen on the ground at the scene. No students were onboard the bus. Two people were transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
A 65-year-old woman was clinging to live after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn Thursday. The victim, whose name was not immediately released, was crossing Eastern Parkway midblock near Utica Ave. in Crown Heights when she was hit by a westbound Nissan Murano with New Jersey plates about 10:50 a.m., officials said. She was rushed to Kings County Hospital with life-threatening injuries, cops said. The SUV sped away south on Schenectady Ave., police said.
A three-car collision in north Spokane on Thursday night around 8 p.m. injured two people. Two cars were driving north on Nevada Street at high speed when one struck an SUV attempting to turn in front of the cars. The first collision caused the first car to fly into the other speeding car at the intersection with Cozza Drive. The drivers of the two northbound cars were taken to the hospital, one with critical and the other with serious injuries. The driver and a passenger of the SUV were not injured. Nevada was closed for several hours as investigators worked at the scene.