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Monday, May 26, 2014Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLA man has died after a wrong way driver in Sarasota, Florida plowed into a taxi filled with passengers from Acushnet.
James Elias, 51–year-old, was one of four passengers in the taxi.
The other passengers, who are also from Acushnet, were taken to a Sarasota Hospital.
Two are still receiving treatment at a local hospital.
The driver of the car that hit the taxi is facing several charges including a felony for leaving the scene of an accident.
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Friday, May 23, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZThree people were injured after their vehicles collided head-on in the fourth wrong-way crash in two weeks, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said Sunday.
DPS officers said alcohol is likely a factor in the collision on Interstate-17 near New River.
DPS said it began receiving calls around 11 p.m. Saturday that a Jeep was traveling the wrong way on I-17.
The Jeep slammed head-on into an oncoming pickup truck. The front ends of both vehicles were crunched beyond recognition.
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Thursday, May 15, 2014Area:
Seattle-Tacoma, WAThe Washington State Patrol says a wrong-way driver was responsible for a crash early Friday on Interstate 5 near Lacey. The patrol said Michael R. McDonald, 44, of Longbranch was driving a 2013 Hyundai north in the southbound lanes for three miles before hitting Saul Cabreracarillo, 47, of Seattle at the Nisqually Exit 114. Both drivers and a passenger in Cabreracarillo’s car were injured, and the southbound lanes were closed for about three hours. The patrol said the wrong-way driver was booked into the Thurston County Jail for investigation of vehicular assault.
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Thursday, May 15, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZThree people are dead and four others in critical condition after a head-on collision caused by a wrong-way driver and involving a family in a van on southbound Interstate 17 Friday morning, said an Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman.
The driver of the wrong-way vehicle was among three adults injured and flown to John C. Lincoln-North Mountain Hospital in Phoenix, said Raul Garcia of DPS. An injured child was flown to Phoenix Children's Hospital, he said.
The wrong-way driver has not been named however police said they would recommend vehicular homicide charges to prosecutors.
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Monday, May 12, 2014Area:
Ft. Myers-Naples, FL24-year-old man died in a wrong-way crash on US-301 Monday night.
Joshua Odom of Fort Myers was driving northbound in the southbound lanes just north of NE 185th Street around 11:25 p.m. in a silver Nissan Altima, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Trooper D. Komorek reported, Jerry Foust Sr., 60, was traveling southbound on US-301 in a Freightliner CasCadia. Foust noticed that Odom was driving in the wrong direction and tried to avoid from colliding into him by swerving but Odom's car ended up hitting one of Foust's axles.
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Friday, May 9, 2014Area:
Jacksonville, FLA driver was hospitalized after a wrong-way crash on I-10, according to Florida Highway Patrol troopers. Troopers say 38-year-old Leslie Brenning of Jacksonville was westbound in the eastbound inside lane of I-10 around 2 a.m. Saturday. The crash report released by the Florida Highway Patrol says Talia Lampley of Tallahassee was eastbound on I-10; the cars collided head-on. Brenning was taken to Shands Gainesville in critical condition.
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014Area:
Cleveland-Akron, OHAn early morning crash on I-77 southbound caused by a wrong-way driver claimed a life and closed a large section of the Interstate for hours Wednesday.
Police said a driver entered the freeway, possibly from Fleet Avenue, going the wrong way and collided with another vehicle.
Jack W. Dixon, age 48 and of Eastlake was driving the car that was struck and was pronounced dead on the scene, Cleveland Police said.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014Area:
Des Moines-Ames, IAA wrong-way accident on the Highway 65 bypass claimed the life of one person and injured another Thursday morning.
The accident happened around 8:45 a.m. near the Vandalia Road interchange in Pleasant Hill. Officials say 20-year-old Austin Ruppert of Carlisle driving southbound in the northbound lane when he realized the mistake and tried to get into the correct lane.
While trying to maneuver the car it was T-boned by a vehicle heading northbound.
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Sunday, April 20, 2014Area:
New York, NYA 32-year-old woman is facing charges after police say she drove the wrong way down a Long Island street and struck another vehicle, killing a passenger in that car, and then fled the scene.
The incident happened just after 4:40 a.m. Monday on Greenwich Avenue in Hempstead.
According to detectives, Gregoria Canales-Bonilla was operating a 2000 Ford Explorer when she crossed over the double yellow line, striking a 2008 Ford.
A 24-year-old male passenger in the backseat suffered fatal injuries as a result of the accident.
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Saturday, April 19, 2014Area:
Kansas City, MOA man riding a mini-bike the wrong way on a one-way street Sunday afternoon slammed into a car at an intersection, knocking out several of his teeth and causing critical head injuries, police said.
The man, who turned 21 Monday, was not wearing a helmet during the 1:58 p.m. crash at East 25th Street and Chestnut Avenue, according to police.