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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Duluth, MN-Superior, WIAuthorities in Washburn County on Friday reported that numerous vehicles have broken through icy, snow-covered lakes, including one incident in which the driver died of exposure after walking away from the vehicle.
Edward Steinhardt, 30, of Naperville, Ill., was found Friday about a half mile south of Dilly Lake in Potato Creek, according to the Washburn County Sheriff's Office.
Steinhardt was an employee of a St. Louis business and had been reported missing along with a company truck Thursday.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Los Angeles, CAPregerson was found in bushes on the side of the road on the 600 block of Chautauqua Boulevard around 3:20 a.m. Police say the victim was walking home when he was hit by a car and thrown into the bushes. The driver fled the scene. Pregerson was transported to a hospital in critical condition and he later died of his injuries. Friends say the victim was a budding filmmaker and recent UCLA graduate.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Seattle-Tacoma, WAA 21-year-old Renton man was killed early Friday when his car slammed into a utility pole at high speed. Officers and medics responded to the scene, in the 1100 block of South Carr Road, at about 2:20 a.m. after receiving a report of a serious crash. A witness told investigators that the car was heading west at high speed when it veered off the roadway and crashed into a utility pole. The 21-year-old driver was the only one in the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A utility crew had to shut off power before the body could be removed.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Green Bay-Appleton, WIA 38-year-old woman was arrested in Appleton Thursday after police say she drove while drunk, ran a red light and crashed into a pickup truck, leaving one person with life-threatening injuries.
The crash occurred about 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Kensington Drive and E. College Ave. The 72-year-old Green Bay man driving the truck was injured, but is expected to recover.
The female driver and two of her passengers, a 22-year-old Appleton man and a 56-year-old Neenah woman, were injured in the crash. The Neenah woman's injuries were described as life-threatening.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Columbus, OHA father was jailed after he drove away without talking to officers about running over his 4-year-old son who had fallen out of their van near a central Ohio construction site, fatally injuring the boy, according to the State Highway Patrol.
Natividad de Jesus Hernandez, 30, of Columbus, was arrested Thursday after showing up at a hospital where his son, Angel Gustbabo Hernandez, died after the accident earlier in Union County, northwest of Columbus.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
New York, NYA 39-year-old Long Island woman has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk with her two young children in the car, police say.
Suffolk County police say Laquita Brooks was arrested after losing control of the car and striking a signpost and then a tree Thursday night in Huntington.
Police say her 5-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter were seated in the rear and didn't have proper child restraints. The girl suffered a serious head injury and her brother sustained a minor head injury.
The mother wasn't seriously hurt.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013A woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash not far from Homer Friday morning. It happened just after 7:20 a.m. Friday on L Drive near 22 Mile Road in Clarendon Township, according to the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. The driver of an eastbound SUV lost control and hit a tree. The driver, a 51-year-old Homer woman, was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim's name is being withheld pending notification of family members. The crash remains under investigation.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
San Diego, CASan Diego police were looking Friday for a hit-and-run driver who struck two women on a morning walk in University City.
The women were walking along Stresemann Street, near Governor Drive, about 6 a.m. when they passed a parked older-model red pickup, police said. Moments later, the truck struck them from behind and the driver kept going.
Paramedics took the women to two hospitals. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known.
Police said the pickup might be a Toyota and may have damage to the front.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Memphis, TNA Memphis driver was rushed to the hospital after colliding with a train Friday morning.
The accident happened at the railroad crossing on Hollywood Street, near Liberty Bowl Stadium.
Witnesses say the driver hesitated, then decided to drive over the tracks. That is when he was hit by the train.
The impact of the collision pushed the car about 100 yards.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Los Angeles, CAA 19-year-old driver had to be rescued after his car went off a cliff and plunged into the ocean in Palos Verdes.
The incident happened around 2 a.m. Friday on the 1300 block of Paseo del Mar. Responding officers said they could hear someone calling for help, so rescue crews from the fire department were called to the scene.
The 19-year-old male victim was pulled from the car and airlifed to a hospital in Torrance with serious injuries.