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Tuesday, December 10, 2013A 2-month-old child and a pair of adults dodged death when a passing driver clipped their car on an icy road near Klamath Falls on Wednesday and sent both vehicles flying into an irrigation canal, police said.
Howard Kingman, of Sisters, was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe north on U.S. 97 around 1:05 p.m. when he tried to pass a Toyota Prius near milepost 264, Oregon State Police said.
The 70-year-old driver lost control on the icy roadway and struck the Prius, which carried Robert Burton, 56, Bree Burton, 20, and her infant son, police said.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013Area:
Chicago, ILA child was critically injured and four other people were also hurt in a multi-vehicle crash on the Chicago Skyway late Wednesday afternoon.
At least two semi trucks and three other vehicles collided about 4:30 p.m. in the inbound lanes of the Skyway (I-90) near 68th Street, according to police and unconfirmed dispatch reports.
Five ambulances were called to the scene, and paramedics took a child and four adults to hospitals, a Fire Media Affairs spokesman said.
The child was taken in serious-to-critical condition to University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital.
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Monday, December 9, 2013Area:
San Diego, CAA woman and her small daughter died Tuesday when their SUV smashed into the back of a grocery store delivery truck on north Interstate 5 south of the Orange County line.
Many drivers who witnessed the crash or saw the wreckage right after were distraught, one woman posted on Twitter.
Northbound traffic was halted for nearly an hour. Even after two lanes opened, the backup worsened and extended as far south as Oceanside Boulevard.
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Sunday, December 8, 2013Area:
Oklahoma City, OKOklahoma City police said a crash that killed a father of four young children was caused by a man who was high on drugs. Oklahoma City police said Dustin Hall, 31, caused a crash Monday night near NE 10th and N. Standish. According to officers, Hall was high on drugs and admitted to looking down at his phone. Ronald Banton, 27, was killed in the crash. His 5-year-old son JaeRon was in the car with him but was not hurt. Hall was arrested and police said he could be charged with second-degree murder.
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Sunday, December 8, 2013Area:
San Diego, CAA woman and a child were hit by a car in Bay Terraces Monday morning.
The pair were walking on Paradise Valley Road near Deep Dell Road when they were struck about 7:10 a.m., San Diego police said.
Witnesses said the woman and the child were thrown onto the hood of the car and then up and over, police said. Both victims were hospitalized.
The driver of the vehicle stopped. Police are investigating and have not said what caused the crash.
Officers are conducting traffic control in the area.
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Sunday, December 8, 2013Area:
Pittsburgh, PAThe Allegheny County medical examiner's office this morning identified a woman killed in a single-vehicle crash on Bigelow Boulevard Sunday night that also injured a child.
Nicole Albright, 22, of Pittsburgh, died in the crash in the 2200 block of Bigelow just after 9 p.m., a supervisor from that office said.
The crash shut down the road between Interstate 579 and Herron Avenue and rerouted traffic, Allegheny County emergency dispatchers said.
Rescue crews cut a 2-year-old girl from the vehicle. She was transported to UPMC Mercy, treated and released, the station reported.
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Saturday, December 7, 2013Area:
Springfield-Holyoke, MAA man suspected of driving while drunk crossed into on-coming and crashed into a truck, killing his 3-year-old daughter and the other driver, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said Sunday.
The crash occured about 3:30 p.m. Saturday on Hendrick Street in Easthampton, authorities said.
Mauricio Velasquez, 32, of Springfield, charged with motor vehicle homicide, operating under the influence alcohol, and child endangerment, among other charges.
He was being held Sunday on $50,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Northampton.
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Thursday, December 5, 2013Area:
Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NMSan Juan County deputies responded to a traffic accident that occurred at about 6 a.m. Friday.
Authorities said a white pickup truck was traveling eastbound on U.S. 64 when it crossed the median and struck a black SUV traveling westbound.
The driver of the pickup, a 40-year-old man, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to San Juan Regional Center.
The SUV had three occupants in it at the time of the accident.
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013Area:
Boise, IDA child has died and four more are injured after a dump truck and school bus crashed near Deer Flat and Happy Valley roads south of Nampa just before 8 a.m.
According to the Canyon County coroner, 11-year-old Daniel Robert Cook from Nampa died at the scene of the crash. The names and conditions of the remaining injured children have not yet been released.
Police say two of the four children were transported to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, while the remaining two more were taken to Saint Alphonsus in Nampa.
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013Area:
Birmingham, ALAuthorities on Friday identified a man killed in a head-on collision on Narrows Road near Alabama 79 in Pinson Thursday night.
The Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified the man as Daniel Clayton King, 35, of Trussville. Authorities said King was driving east on Narrows Road around 7:16 p.m. when he crossed the center line and hit another vehicle head-on. He was pronounced dead on the scene.