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Taniyia Chavez Leann Gambrell, 1, Saryia Unique Patton-Dean, 4, killed, Mellissa Patton, 32, and one other injured in car crash on Wells Highway in Seneca, South Carolina

Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Area: 
Greenville-Spartanburg, SC-Asheville, NC-Anderson, SC
A mother has been charged with driving under the influence after her two young children were killed in a car crash, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Troopers said Melissa Patton, 32, is charged with two counts of felony driving under the influence and driving under suspension. According to troopers, Patton was driving a car at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday on Wells Highway when the car traveled off the road, hit a church sign and overturned.

32-year-old man injured after car crash traps him in vehicle at Goldenrod Road at Valencia College Lane in Orange County, Florida

Date: 
Monday, December 30, 2013
Area: 
Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL
Officials continue to investigate a crash in east Orange County that closed southbound lanes of a busy road. Orange County Fire Rescue said the crash occurred just before 11 a.m. Monday on Goldenrod Road at Valencia College Lane. A 32-year-old man was trapped inside a vehicle and was later taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Man killed when his car leaves road and rolls over in Washington, D.C.

Date: 
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Area: 
Washington, DC
A fatal crash on the northbound lanes of I-295 in the District shut down traffic along a stretch of that interstate earlier Tuesday morning. Continue reading Police said they responded to a call for the accident at 11:46 p.m. Monday night. A police spokesman said the victim was an adult male whose Chevrolet Camaro rolled over into a wooded area near the road. He was found unresponsive by officers and had to be extricated from the car. The victim was transported to Prince George's Hospital Center, where he was declared dead shortly after midnight on Tuesday.

Woman killed, and alleged DUI driver critical after he smashes car into pole on Roscoe Boulevard in Los Angeles, California

Date: 
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Area: 
Los Angeles, CA
A 20-year-old woman was killed Monday when an alleged drunken driver slammed the car she was traveling in into a pole, authorities said. The crash happened about 12:30 a.m. in the 17000 block of Roscoe Boulevard in Northridge, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The driver of a late-model Ford Focus was speeding when he failed to negotiate an S-shaped turn in the road and lost control, according to a LAPD Detective.

Thomasine Maria Smith killed after being pinned against wall by the bus she was driving in Montgomery County, Maryland

Date: 
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Area: 
Washington, DC
An accident near Silver Spring's White Oak Shopping Center sent one Metro bus driver to the hospital with serious injuries. According to Montgomery County Fire Department, crews responded to a Metro bus crash in the 11200 block of New Hampshire Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Monday. The bus driver had exited the bus on New Hampshire Avenue when it began rolling and eventually pinned her against a retaining wall, according to officials. Officials say the bus was not in service at the time. She was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries where she later died.

Driver seriously injured after his truck crashes into tractor trailer on Route 9 in Newton, Massachusetts

Date: 
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Area: 
Boston, MA
A driver survived a horrifying crash on Route 9 in Newton Monday morning as his pickup truck ended up wedged underneath a tractor-trailer. The accident happened just before 7 a.m. in the westbound lanes outside the Chestnut Hill Mall. Police stated that the driver of the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado hit some black ice and could not stop in time to avoid hitting the tractor-trailer which was crossing Route 9 at the time of the accident. Several firefighters were called in to help free him from the pickup with the Jaws of Life.

Stacey-Izaac Holmes, 5, killed when car hits tree at high speed in Auburn, WA

Date: 
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Area: 
Seattle-Tacoma, WA

A 5-year-old was critically injured after a car hit a tree overnight in Auburn. The 21-year-old male driver and an 8-year-old girl have non-life threatening injuries. The car was traveling 90 mph when it ran off the road around 2:30 a.m. and hit a tree on Auburn Way South. Emergency crews had to help free the man and boy after they were trapped in the car. Authorities say the girl managed to get out without help. Police are investigating to determine if alcohol was a factor in the accident.

Man injured after being trapped in car after crash in Indianapolis.

Date: 
Friday, December 27, 2013
Area: 
Indianapolis, IN
A 23-year-old man was taken to IU Health Methodist Hospital early Saturday morning after being trapped inside of a car after it crashed. It happened around 2 a.m. near the intersection of Brookeville Road and South Post Road. Officials say the 1999 Black Chevy Equinox was driving east on Brookeville Road when the driver lost control of the car causing it to roll over. The driver was trapped inside for about 30 minutes. He was taken to the hospital for a medical evaluation. Medics say he didn't complain of any pain and no serious injuries were found.

5 injured, 3 seriously in rollover crash on I-95 in Lantana, Florida

Date: 
Friday, December 27, 2013
Area: 
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL

Five people have been injured, three seriously, in a rollover crash on I-95 near the Lantana Road exit, said a spokesman for Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Rescue crews responding to the 10:17 a.m. crash found that several people had been ejected from their vehicles. An initial report indicated that one person may had been ejected onto the Tri-Rail tracks, causing the rail service to be temporarily suspended. No one was found lying on the tracks, and a short time later Tri-Rail service was resumed.

Two killed, 3 seriously injured when car plunges down ravine off of Ridgeline Drive in San Bernardino, California

Date: 
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Area: 
San Bernardino, CA

Two people were killed and three others were taken to the hospital after a horrific car crash in San Bernardino on Sunday. The accident happened in the 3500 block of Ridgeline Drive around 1 a.m., San Bernardino County Fire said. Three people were ejected from the car and two others were trapped inside after it went 150 yards down the side of a hill and ended up in a ravine, San Bernardino County Fire said. A man and a woman were pronounced dead at the scene. Firefighters found the other man who was ejected. He was immediately rescued and transported to the hospital.