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Thursday, December 26, 2013A man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Santa Rosa Friday evening after allegedly causing a five-car crash that left three people injured, police said Saturday.
Police said the collision occurred around 5:15 p.m., when a Toyota Tacoma speeding down Hoen Avenue toward Yulupa Avenue rear-ended a car stopped at a red light.
The force of the crash caused three more cars stopped at the light to collide, causing major damage to each of the cars and leaving three drivers with minor injuries, police said.
One of the drivers was taken to a hospital to be treated for their injuries.
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013Area:
Philadelphia, PANewark Police are investigating a serious six-car crash that left an eight-month-old girl hospitalized in critical condition Thursday.
It happened around 11 a.m. on Capital Trail at the Windy Hills Bridge.
Police say a southbound Dodge Neon operated by a 36-year-old woman, with two small children inside, slid on the icy roadway and into the path of a northbound Honda Accord, operated by a 75-year-old man with a 75-year-old female passenger. The Neon was struck on the passenger side by the front of the Accord.
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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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Thursday, December 12, 2013Area:
Detroit, MIWestbound I-96 in Detroit has reopened after a hit-and-run crash involving eight vehicles this morning, according to Michigan State Police.
Three people were treated by emergency workers at the scene and taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The crash happened about 5:48 a.m. at I-96 and Wyoming Street. A silver Chrysler Sebring with an unknown driver struck a four-door Pontiac sedan, forcing the Pontiac into a Ford Ranger, which overturned, police said. The Ranger was then struck by five other vehicles, including a Mini Cooper and a tractor-trailer.
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Monday, December 9, 2013One person was killed another injured Tuesday afternoon in a three-vehicle accident in Roseville.
The incident occurred at 3:17 p.m. Roseville police and fire personnel responded to a call of a crash on southbound Foothills Boulevard at Chignahuapan Way.
The investigation revealed that the driver of a 1995 Chrysler sedan eastbound on Chignahuapan Way was attempting to make a left turn onto northbound Foothills Boulevard, when the car crossed in front of a 1996 Ford pick-up truck southbound on Foothills.
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Saturday, December 7, 2013Area:
Milwaukee, WIMenomonee Falls police report one person died as a result of Sunday's pileup crash on Highway 41/45.
A quick burst of heavy snow late Sunday morning created dozens of crashes and several highway closures.
Police said a 63-year-old man from Franklin died as a result of the chain reaction crash that occurred around 11:15 a.m.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013Area:
New Orleans, LANew Orleans police arrested a 44-year-old man Saturday evening for his alleged involvement in a multiple car pile-up that sent a 29-year-old woman and her 2-year-old nephew falling off the Interstate 10 high rise bridge in eastern New Orleans a week ago.
Police booked Ervin Freeman into Central Lockup around 9 p.m. with two counts of manslaughter and one count of felony hit-and-run.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013Area:
New York, NYFour people have been taken to the hospital and cars were backed up all the way to Staten Island during Wednesday morning rush hour after a multiple-car pileup on the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn.
Traffic was at a near-standstill after the crash about 4:30 a.m. near the Third Avenue exit. Hours later, the lanes were cleared but there were residual delays.
All the victims taken to the hospital suffered non-critical injuries.
Inbound high-occupancy-vehicle lanes were completely closed and delays stretched over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013Area:
New York, NYA 13-car pileup on the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn slowed Manhattan-bound traffic to a crawl early Wednesday, authorities said.
Four people were taken to Lutheran Medical Center for minor injuries after the 4:30 a.m. crash, which left the baker's dozen of smashed cars in a jagged line near the Third Ave. exit in Sunset Park.
Cops and firefighters were clearing the scene near the Third Ave. exit in Sunset Park on Wednesday.
Firefighters and cops were clearing the scene.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013Area:
Denver, COA semi truck was hauling a long flatbed trailer westbound on Highway 285/Hampden bypass when the driver failed to stop at South Clarkson Street, possibly because of a medical condition. The semi plowed into the back of cars that were parked at the intersection, and went on to knock over a power pole. Four people were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The semi-truck is from Winslow Crane Service Co., based in Englewood.