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Tuesday, December 31, 2013Area:
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MNThirteen people were injured, six critically, early Wednesday morning after an explosion caused a major fire at a grocery store and apartment building in the bustling Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in south Minneapolis.
At a morning news conference the Minneapolis Fire Chief said they do not know yet if all the residents are accounted for. Some made it out on their own into the subzero temperatures, but others had to be rescued with ladders.
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Monday, December 30, 2013North Carolina Highway Patrol says an infant was one of three people who died because of a vehicle crash in Bertie County Friday night.
Two adults and a baby were traveling west on State Road 1001 near Colerain when their vehicle strayed to the right of the road, struck a ditch and crashed into a tree.
Troopers say the vehicle caught fire, and 48-year-old Willie Lee Perry, 52-year-old Phyllis Perry, and 1-year-old Madison Perry passed away.
Highway Patrol said the three shared the same home address, but it is not clear the exact relationship between them.
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Monday, December 30, 2013A stretch of Interstate 95 in Flagler County reopened Tuesday evening after being closed for more than 13 hours when a driver was killed in a fiery crash that damaged the roadway, officials say.
Florida Highway Patrol crews were called around 4 a.m. Tuesday to I-95 northbound near Palm Coast Parkway in Palm Coast in reference to a crash.
Troopers said a big rig transporting fuel and a tractor-trailer collided. The truck carrying fuel exploded, killing the driver Christopher Mceuen, 41, of Jacksonville according to the FHP.
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Monday, December 30, 2013Area:
Chicago, ILTwo people were injured and two trucks caught fire Tuesday morning after three semi-trucks crashed in Northwest Indiana.
The crash shut down all northbound lanes, and police had opened one lane by 8:15 a.m.
The three semis crashed while traveling northbound on Interstate 65 near Ridge Road around 3:24 a.m., Indiana State Police said.
A driver and passenger in one of the trucks were transported to an area hospital, but details on their conditions were not immediately known.
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Sunday, December 29, 2013Area:
Fargo-Valley City, NDAuthorities urged residents to evacuate a small North Dakota town late Monday after a mile-long train carrying crude oil derailed nearby after colliding with another train.
The Cass County Sheriff's Office said Monday night it is "strongly recommending" that people in the town of Casselton and anyone living 5 miles to the south and east evacuate to shelters set up in Fargo, which is about 25 miles away. Casselton has about 2,400 residents.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013The scene of a deadly tanker crash on Interstate 95 just south of 45th Street is now clear following a night of traffic backups on the interstate, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. All lanes were reopened just before 11:00 p.m. Friday night, close to seven hours after the accident occurred.
Warner Letterman, 41, of Greenacres died after the front tire of the septic truck he was driving blew out causing him to lose control of the vehicle and crash into a tree, said an FHP spokesperson.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013Area:
New York, NYA tanker carrying thousands of gallons of fuel overturned and burst into flames on a Long Island highway just before midnight Tuesday, causing two injuries and an inferno that charred several cars, damaged four homes and a Harley-Davidson dealership, Nassau County authorities say.
The tanker was traveling east on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore when it rear-ended another vehicle at a stop light, Nassau County police say. After the collision, the tanker turned on its side and spilled fuel as it skidded down Sunrise Highway before coming to a stop at Brevoort Place.
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Friday, December 13, 2013Area:
Nashville, TNA man was killed in a fiery ejection crash in North Nashville Saturday night.
It happened around 10 PM in the 900 block of West Trinity Lane.
Police say the driver was thrown from his vehicle when it swerved off the road and into a steel utility pole.
The vehicle caught fire after the driver was ejected.
The Nashville Fire Department responded to extinguish the blaze.
Authorities are not sure what caused the accident.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013A motorist who rear-ended and killed another driver on Interstate 580 in Livermore on Thursday was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and vehicular manslaughter, authorities said.
The collision happened shortly after 10 a.m., when Primitivo Garcia, 53, of Livermore failed to slow his Hummer for traffic and rear-ended a Jeep, causing the Jeep to burst into flames in the westbound lanes near North Livermore Avenue, said the CHP.
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Friday, December 6, 2013Area:
Charlottesville, VAVirginia State Police are investigating a fatal accident late Saturday that claimed two lives on Interstate 95’s northbound HOV lanes in Springfield, a police spokeswoman said Sunday. Two people were killed when their four-door vehicle ran off the right side of the road near Exit 170 about 8:30 p.m., hit an unoccupied backhoe in an inactive construction zone, and caught fire, a state police spokeswoman said. Two bodies were removed from the vehicle, which was destroyed by fire, and taken to the Office of the Medical Examiner. No identification of the victims had been made as of 3 p.m.