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Tuesday, December 31, 2013A 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.
4-year-old Vincent Huynh killed when father backs over him with car in driveway in Burlas, Louisiana
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013Area:
New Orleans, LAA 4-year-old child died after he was run over on a private driveway in Buras on Wednesday, authorities said.
The preliminary investigation revealed that Hai Hoang Thanh Huynh, 32, of Buras, was backing out of his driveway at 125 Circle St. when he struck his son, identified as Vincent Huynh.
The man attempted to drive his son to a hospital but was stopped by a Plaquemines Parish sheriff’s deputy for speeding. During the stop, the deputy discovered that the child had died.
Speed and impairment are not suspected as factors of the accident, authorities said.
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Monday, December 30, 2013Fremont police reopened a major intersection nearly six hours after a vehicle killed a woman and injured two others on Tuesday evening.
Officers responded to a report of an injury vehicle collision at Paseo Padre Parkway and Mowry Avenue around 9:55 p.m., police said.
A 19-year-old woman, who was holding a 3-month-old boy, and 17-year-old girl were walking west across Paseo Padre Parkway when they were struck by a vehicle south past Mowry Avenue, according to police.
The driver was a 64-year-old man who cooperated with officers, according to police.
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Monday, December 30, 2013A man accused of driving under the influence was arrested after crashing into a pole in Stockton’s Seaport District.
Andrew Lopez, 23, was arrested for DUI, child endangerment and other traffic-related charges after he crashed while racing with another vehicle, according to Stockton police. He was driving with two juveniles in the area of Sonora and Lincoln Street at around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday when he lost control of his vehicle and hit the pole.
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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, 2013Area:
Charlotte, NCAn 18-wheeler hit and killed a little boy as he rode a dirt bike his parents gave him for Christmas.
Seven-year-old Tristan Mericle died after a tractor-trailer struck him Tuesday evening.
Troopers and say the seven-year-old was riding a dirt bike in his front yard and drove onto Highway 97, right into the path of the big rig, as he tried to turn the bike around.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013Area:
Seattle-Tacoma, WAA 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.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013An 8-year-old boy and 65-year-old woman were killed Sunday morning in a head-on crash in Oviedo, in the area of S.R. 434 and the 417.
Three children were involved in the crash, according to Seminole County Fire Rescue officials.
An 8-year-old boy died, two other children in the vehicle, Kyle Deuter and Courtney Deuter, ages 6 and 9, only suffered minor injuries, troopers said.
Danielle Deuter, 28, the woman driving the vehicle with the children, was listed in critical condition. The woman driving the other vehicle, Marie Radford, 65, died from her injuries, troopers said.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013Area:
Austin, TXA crash Sunday in Northeast Austin seriously hurt five people.
It happened around 6 p.m. on Dessau Road near Parmer Lane.
Of the five seriously hurt, a man and a woman were flown from to University Medical Center Brackenridge in critical condition. Two children were taken by ambulance to Dell Children's Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of another vehicle was taken to a Round Rock hospital.
One vehicle was going eastbound on Bradbury with only one person in the car. The second vehicle was heading northbound on Dessau and had four people in the car.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013Area:
Jacksonville, FLA 3-year-old died in a crash in Putnam County on Sunday morning.
It happened on U.S. 17 at Clifton Road near Crescent City around 9 a.m.
Troopers said Gerard Buchan, 74, was driving a 1999 Ford Explorer westbound on Clifton Rd. when he stopped at a stop sign. When he started moving again, he didn't yield to a Dodge Caravan, according to the Florida Highway Patrol report. The vehicles crashed in the intersection.
Ashley Thomas, 29, was driving the Caravan and sustained serious injuries.