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Friday, April 17, 201559-year-old Harold Heinbigner was driving a Syar Industries street sweeper on Highway 221 near Syar Industries' front entrance shortly after 1:00 p.m., when he attempted to make a u-turn, but drove into the path of an SUV driven by Melissa Alvarez, 33. The collision caused the SUV to suddenly catch fire, but Heinbigner fortunately got both Alvarez and her 3-year-old male passenger from the vehicle. Alvarez suffered serious injuries but is now in stable condition, while Heinbigner sustained more moderate injuries and the child only had minor injuries.
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Saturday, October 4, 2014Area:
Kansas City, MOAll four of the children involved were taken to a local hospital, where the 13-year-old boy later died. The 30-year-old driver of the car containing the children sustained only minor injuries, and the driver of the postal truck, 59, was uninjured.