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Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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Boston, MA

State police say one person was killed and two others seriously injured in an overnight crash in Norwood involving seven vehicles.

State police say three consecutive crashes occurred at the same spot on Route 95 at about 2 a.m. Wednesday.

Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
An Oregon City man was cited for DUI New Year’s morning after he crashed into a tree and hid in a rest stop bathroom with serious injuries, police said. At 7:18 a.m., police got several reports of a suspicious person who was injured at the French Prairie Rest Area near milepost 282, said the Oregon State Police. A responding state trooper then found 22-year-old Chael Jakob Lynch inside the rest area bathroom and called paramedics. They took Lynch to Oregon Health & Science University with serious injuries that were not life threatening, Hastings said.
Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

One person was killed and three people were injured early Wednesday morning in a Burien crash. The collision happened at the intersection of 112th and 12th Avenue before 3 a.m when a vehicle crashed into a tree. There were three men and one woman, believed to be in their 20s, in the vehicle. One person died at the scene and the three others were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Deputies believe speed and fog were factors in the crash and it is unknown if alcohol was involved.

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Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
One person was killed and three others were injured in a one-car crash on Rutherford Boulevard early Wednesday morning. Police say Robert S. Cook, from Burns, TN, lost his life as a passenger in the car that crashed about 3:30 a.m. on Rutherford Boulevard near Prestwick Drive. According to authorities, the driver, Sheila Holmes, lost control of the car on a curve, hit the center median, then hit a utility pole on the other side of the road. Two other passengers in the car were hurt, and police say another passenger, Nicholas Parker, left the scene and hasn't been found.
Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Emergency workers in La Crosse have recovered a body from a car that broke through the ice on a creek. The driver was the only person in the car. A bus driver called dispatchers Wednesday about 1:30 a.m. when he noticed tire tracks leaving the street and heading over a bank toward Swift Creek. The vehicle plunged down a 40-foot embankment but the ice didn't immediately break. The vehicle headed a little south on the ice before breaking through into the water. Rescue divers found the vehicle submerged in 6 to 8 feet of water. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday in Madison.
Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested a Zephyr Hills man and three of his family members in connection with a head-on hit-and-run crash that sent a Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputy to the hospital. Deputy Darren Hill, 29, of Wesley Chapel was seriously injured when his cruiser was hit by a F-150 Ford truck in Wesley Chapel area early Wednesday morning, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

The driver of a pick-up called his girlfriend to complain of chest pains just 10 minutes before his vehicle crossed the center line of State Route 7 and struck another vehicle. The driver is dead and six people from the other car were taken to the hospital after the collision. Both lanes of SR 7 are closed at 316th Street East near Eatonville and traffic is being detoured due to the collision. Two adults were taken to MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital and four children are at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital. Their conditions are not available at this time.

Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
A 22-year-old Lacey man was killed early Wednesday morning crash in Olympia. The collision happened at about 1:15 a.m. in the 2700 block of Pacific Avenue. According to police, a pickup truck was traveling at a high rate of speed when it left the road and hit a tree. The driver, Alex Petermann, was the only person in the vehicle and died at the scene. Authorities said the truck was traveling between 60 and 100 miles per hour.
Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
A deputy was injured in a violent pursuit in Fairfield on Wednesday during the a pursuit of a stolen vehicle. The Solano County deputy’s car sheared off a light pole and hit another pole at Highway 12 and Pennsylvania Avenue. The deputy was taken to the hospital with what are described as non-life-threatening injuries. The accident came at the end of a high-speed chase involving a stolen vehicle. One of the suspects was arrested at the scene, while another fled, but was caught later. How can a lawyer help with an auto accident claim?
Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Emergency workers in Robertson County can't believe a man walked away from a terrible accident without being seriously hurt. Police say Christopher Burnette's vehicle hit a guardrail on Tom Austin Highway in Springfield and then rolled multiple times, all the way down to the bottom of a 50-foot ravine just after midnight Wednesday. Burnette, who had a broken arm but no serious injuries, was able to walk back up to the highway and wait for help. The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating the wreck.