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Wednesday, December 18, 2013Area:
Salt Lake City, UTA semi truck and trailer rolled off Interstate 80 Thursday afternoon in Salt Lake County.
The westbound semi rolled off the right side of the interstate about 5:30 p.m. near the border between Salt Lake and Tooele counties, according to Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Todd Royce.
Royce did not know of any injuries. According to Royce, traffic delays were minimal due to the way the trailer slide off the road.
The accident was cleared by 10 p.m. Royce added that the trailer most likely did not open during the accident.
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Monday, December 16, 2013Area:
Houston, TXRescue crews had to pry a driver out of his SUV after a major rollover crash in northwest Harris County.
The accident happened around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when the SUV turned left onto Spring Creek Forest from the eastbound lanes of Louetta.
Officials said it appeared the vehicle turned right in front of another car traveling west, and the car crashed into the side of the SUV, causing it to flip over.
The driver of the SUV was pinned inside the vehicle and had to be pried out by emergency crews. He was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
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Monday, December 16, 2013Area:
St. Louis, MOOne person was arrested after a multi-vehicle wreck shut down Interstate 270 for several hours in north St. Louis County late Tuesday night. The wreck happened on I-270 at Route 370 in Bridgeton around 11:45 p.m. According to police, Javier Hernandez was driving eastbound when he lost control of his 2001 Grand Prix and struck a 2000 Ford Explorer, causing it to roll over. Hernandez was taken into custody and later charged with driving while intoxicated and 2nd-degree felony assault. The driver of the Explorer suffered minor injuries.
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Friday, December 13, 2013Area:
Houston, TXA rollover crash on the East Freeway caused several additional crashes and prompted an hours-long freeway closure Saturday morning.
It started around 2:15, when a driver in an SUV lost control of the vehicle and rolled over near Oates. A wrecker arrived to assist in removing the SUV. Police said no one was injured in that crash; however, an 18-wheeler attempting to avoid the wrecker and the crash site ended up hitting the wrecker truck, sending it into a concrete wall and a Mustang.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013Area:
Pittsburgh, PAA man died after a single-vehicle crash this morning on Interstate 376 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania State Police said.
No other injuries were reported in the rollover crash, which happened just before 11 a.m. in Center, state police said. The crash occurred in the westbound lanes between the Monaca and Center exits.
The driver's name was not immediately available.
UPDATE: Scott Burson has been identified as the fatality in this accident. 12/12/13.
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Sunday, December 8, 2013Area:
Indianapolis, INA semi driver was injured this afternoon in a rollover on I-65 in Boone County.
The accident at 4:24 p.m. also has closed the right-hand northbound lane of the interstate, according to a news release from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.
Witnesses said the semi was traveling northbound when it drifted into the middle lane and then abruptly turned into the right lane before crossing a side ditch and striking a guardrail. The semi then rolled over onto its side, before stopping on Perry Worth Road, near the 136-mile marker, the release said.
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Saturday, December 7, 2013Area:
Kansas City, MOOne person was killed in a rollover crash on westbound Interstate 435 at State Line Sunday night.
The vehicle rolled down an embankment, causing critical injuries to the victim. Police stated that the victim died at an area hospital.
Icy roads may have been a factor, according to authorities.
Police are continuing to advise drivers to slow down and use caution after several crashes around the metro over the weekend.
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Saturday, November 30, 2013A Pittsfield woman was killed early Sunday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Canaan Road, the Massachusetts State Police reported.
Shortly after midnight, troopers from the Massachusetts State Police Barracks in Lee were dispatched a single-vehicle crash near 151 Canaan Road. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, Amy Cavanaugh, 36, died from injuries sustained in the crash.
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Saturday, November 30, 2013Area:
Portland, ORA 26-year-old woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash Sunday morning in Gresham, police said.
Just after 7 a.m., Nichole Anstaett rolled her car after clipping the back of another car that was turning on Southeast Orient Drive near Southeast Salquist Road, said a spokesman with the Gresham Police Department.
Anstaett was not wearing a seatbelt and was partially ejected from her car. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
No one else was injured in the crash. Gresham police's crash team was continuing its investigation.
Police have not said if speed or alcohol were factors in the crash.
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Friday, November 29, 2013Area:
Kansas City, MODeputies are investigating the cause of a rollover accident that left one person dead early Saturday morning.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Department stated that the accident happened around 7:30 a.m. near NE Mt. Olivet Road and Scottsdale Road, just south of Smithville, Mo.
The female driver was pronounced dead at the scene. It’s unclear what may have caused her to go off the road.