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Passenger killed when wrong-way car collides with two others on the Eagle Way Bypass in Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Date: 
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Area: 
Nashville, TN
A late-night crash caused by a wrong-way driver killed one person on Monday night. Police said the driver was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of Eagle Way Bypass and hit two other cars head-on. The passenger in the wrong-way car died at the scene, and three others were taken to the hospital. Police have not identified any of the victims. At this time, police are not sure why the driver was driving in the wrong lane.

Man killed after driving car the wrong way on I-95 and colliding with a semi in San Antonio, Texas

Date: 
Monday, December 23, 2013
Area: 
San Antonio, TX
A man was killed in a wrong-say crash Tuesday morning when he collided with a semi, police said. San Antonio police first received a call about a black Mazda headed south in the northbound lanes of U.S. 281 near St. Mary's Street. A few minutes later, a call for a wrong-way crash came in at 2:33 a.m. in the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 South at the Cesar Chavez Boulevard exit, police said. The driver of a black Mazda 3 was going south in the northbound lanes and collided with a semi.

Edward Deshazer arrested for DUI after driving wrong way on I-794 for over two miles and crashing in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Date: 
Friday, December 20, 2013
Area: 
Milwaukee, WI
A driver traveled the wrong way for 2.3 miles on Interstate 794 over the Hoan Bridge early Saturday until he crashed into a three-foot median wall just north of Carferry Drive, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office said Saturday. Deputies said that after Edward Deshazer of Cudahy drove a 2007 white Ford Expedition onto I-794 at Lincoln Memorial Drive multiple squads responded to a call that came in about 2 a.m. from a construction worker. Deshazer was cited for driving while intoxicated, a first offense, and recklessly endangering safety, which carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.

Wrong-way driver causes 3-car crash on State Road 528 in Brevard County, Florida

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Area: 
Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL
A wrong-way crash on State Road 528 has lanes closed and traffic backed up for five miles in Brevard County. The crash was reported on westbound SR 528 at mile marker 36 just after 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The Florida Highway Patrol said a vehicle, driven by an elderly woman, was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes, sideswiped one car and and then turned around to travel westbound to the Narcossee Road exit. The car the woman crashed into hit another vehicle, which ignited. The driver of that vehicle suffered minor injuries.

Frances Rosalez Ford, 40, given life sentence for the October 2010 DUI murder of Vigier Belcher in Bexar County, Texas

Date: 
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Area: 
San Antonio, TX
A habitual drunken driver who killed another motorist while driving the wrong way on U.S. 281 was sentenced by a jury Thursday morning to life in prison. It took jurors in the 227th state District Court less than an hour to decide the punishment for Frances Rosalez Ford, 40, who began her trial earlier this week by pleading guilty to murder. Prosecutors opted to charge her with murder rather than intoxication manslaughter because she caused a death during the commission of a felony — her third DWI.

Four people injured in three-car crash caused by one car going the wrong way on Interstate 25 in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Date: 
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Area: 
Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM

Northbound Interstate 25 reopened in Santa Fe early Thursday following a three-vehicle collision that officials said was caused when a vehicle went the wrong way. According to officials, the accident occurred Wednesday evening near St. Francis Road. 

Driver killed after car hits semi head-on on Indiana 44 near Old Franklin Road in Shelbyville, Indiana

Date: 
Monday, December 9, 2013
Area: 
Indianapolis, IN
A head-on crash involving a semi and another vehicle killed one person in Shelby County this afternoon. The crash occurred around 3:50 p.m. on Ind. 44, near Old Franklin Road. Authorities suspect that the passenger vehicle and semi were traveling in opposite directions, when the driver of the passenger vehicle heading west drove into the direction of the eastbound semi. The passenger vehicle’s driver, who has not been identified, was killed. The semi driver was not injured.

W.S.P. cruiser hit by wrong-way driver on U.S. 195 south of Spokane

Date: 
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Area: 
Spokane, WA

A wrong-way driver collided with a Washington State Patrol cruiser on U.S. 195 on Wednesday afternoon. The trooper was attempting to stop the wrong-way driver near Excelsior Road, 3 miles south of Spokane shortly after 2 p.m. The trooper wasn’t injured, but an ambulance was ordered as a precaution to evaluate the other driver, whom the release described as “elderly.” The northbound lanes were partially blocked as investigators worked at the scene, but the roadway is now clear.

Wrong-way crash kills one on Interstate 55 in Darien, Illinois

Date: 
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Area: 
Chicago, IL
One person died Sunday morning after a wrong-way driver collided with a vehicle in the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 near west suburban Darien, state police said. The crash happened about 5:30 a.m. on southbound I-55 at Lemont Road, said Illinois State police. One person, of an unknown age and gender, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. It was not immediately known if there were any other injuries.

Antonio Medina Jr., 23, Nikisha Lynn Farris, 34, and William Othel Maddox, 57, killed in wrong-way car accident on U.S. 81

Date: 
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Area: 
Oklahoma City, OK

Three people died after a car traveling in the wrong direction on U.S. 81 hit another vehicle head-on, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. About 8:15 p.m. Friday, a car with one driver and one passenger was headed north in the southbound lane of the highway about a half mile south of Bison. It struck the car of Antonio Medina Jr., 23, of Enid, who was traveling northbound. Medina, who was wearing a seat belt, died at the scene, troopers said.