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Wednesday, December 4, 2013Area:
San Diego, CAA 22-year-old driver suspected of being under the influence of drugs and alcohol was arrested early Wednesday morning in a crash on the Rincon Indian Reservation.
The man was headed east on North Paradise Creek Lane near Valley Center Road about 6:15 a.m. in a Honda Civic when he drifted into westbound lanes and sideswiped a Toyota Tacoma, a California Highway Patrol Officer said.
The man told officers he had just taken off his seat belt and was reaching for his iPod.
He said the collision sent the Honda driver, Cory Allen of Valley Center, into the windshield.
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013Area:
Indianapolis, INOne person was critically injured, two others seriously hurt in a head-on crash in Greenfield late Wednesday.
The crash happened shortly before 11 p.m. in the area of State Road 9 and Chapman Drive.
Two passenger vehicles were involved in the crash.
The first vehicle was driven by 26-year-old Jeffery M. Franklin of Greenfield.
The second car was driven by 18-year-old Dillon Woods from Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Woods had a passenger with him identified as 21-year-old Christopher J Ryan from Greenfield.
Investigators say Franklin was heading north on State Road 9 at the time of the crash.
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013Area:
Philadelphia, PAAn unidentified man suffered serious injuries when he was hit in Kingsessing early Wednesday morning.
A suspected DUI driver smashed into a man overnight before trying to get away.
The crash near 54th Street and Woodland Avenue in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia left the victim in critical condition.
According to police, a man in his 20s was behind the wheel around midnight.
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013Area:
San Diego, CAThe California Highway Patrol said all lanes of southbound Interstate 5 near the Coronado Bridge have been reopened after a pedestrian was struck and killed on the freeway Wednesday night.
The lanes were closed for about six hours and reopened at 2 a.m.
The incident was reported shortly after 7:30 p.m. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the CHPl, the pedestrian was struck by at least three vehicles. One of the vehicles stopped, and its driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI.
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Monday, December 2, 2013Area:
Charlottesville, VAWashington & Lee University says a traffic accident has killed one student and injured nine others. A university spokesman says in a statement posted on the school's website that Kelsey Durkin of New Canaan died in a single-vehicle accident Tuesday in Rockbridge County. Ruscio says six students were treated at a hospital in Lexington and released. Three students were transported from the Lexington hospital to other area hospitals. The driver of the car has been charged with DUI.
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Sunday, December 1, 2013Area:
Spokane, WAAn Idaho man was killed Sunday morning when his car was struck by a suspected drunken driver in Lewiston.
Paul W. Stuk, 53, of Peck, Idaho, died at the scene of the 4:39 a.m. collision at 21st and East Main streets.
Kyle N. Rios, 24, of Lewiston, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicating beverages or drugs and leaving the scene of an injury accident, Lewiston police said.
The Lewiston police Major Accident Investigation team was investigating.
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Thursday, November 28, 2013A 16-year-old is in trouble with the law after Upper Allen Township police in Cumberland County say the teen fled the scene of a crash and was driving under the influence.
Police responded to a hit-and-run crash around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday along the 1700 block of North Meadow Drive.
"The striking vehicle fled the scene and was located by police several blocks away. The 16 year old juvenile driver admitted to having been driving at a high rate of speed, causing the vehicle to strike a curb which caused property damage and disabling damage to the vehicle," a police news release states.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013Authorities have arrested a man they say sped through a red light and crashed into vehicle, killing an Ocala couple.
The Florida Highway Patrol arrested 30-year-old Allen Cole Godwin on Thanksgiving Day. He's charged with two counts each of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide in the Oct. 24 crash that killed 67-year-old Ray Allen Kraus and his 64-year-old wife Pamela Jean Kraus.
The FHP estimates Godwin was travelling 78 mph when he ran the red light. Tests revealed his blood-alcohol level was .19, well above the state's legal limit of .08.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013A Mechanicsburg teenager was arrested Thursday night after police in Upper Allen Township said the 16-year-old was found driving under the influence of drugs in a hit-and-run crash.
The incident occurred around 8:25 p.m. in the 1700 block of North Meadow Drive. A BMW Sedan, which was located by police several blocks away, struck a curb and caused property damage in the area of the crash. The sedan also sustained disabling damage in the incident.
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013Area:
Chicago, ILA Chicago police officer and two others were injured in an alcohol-related crash in the Englewood neighborhood early Wednesday.
The crash, which involved a squad car, occurred about 12:45 a.m. in the 7400 block of South Halsted Street, police said.
Two police officers from Gresham District were standing on the street conducting a traffic stop when a dark-colored SUV struck the passenger door of the officers’ squad car, police said. One officer and the two men who were initially stopped were struck by the car, police said.