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Monday, March 24, 2014Area:
Raleigh-Durham, NCPolice are looking for a white Toyota pickup with blue lettering on its side because they think it was the vehicle that collided with a moped and fled the scene.
They have asked the public’s help after being unable to track down the truck since the accident happened Tuesday evening, sending the moped rider to a hospital with serious injuries.
The truck is a mid- to late-2000s model and is probably still missing its right side mirror and radio antenna.
It was last seen fleeing west on U.S. 70 from N.C. 50 after the crash at N.C. 50 and Umstead Lane, police said.
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Friday, March 21, 2014Asheville police said one person is dead after a crash involving a moped and a car.
Officers said the collision happened at 9:50 p.m. Friday on Patton Avenue at Mimosa Drive.
Police said Graham Smith Shepley, 26, of Asheville, was operating a moped that was traveling east on Patton Avenue.
Officers said Dimitiry Vasil Stynka, 34, also of Asheville, was driving a 1981 Oldsmobile sedan. Police said the sedan collided with the moped when the car began to turn left on to Mimosa Drive.
Investigators said Shepley died at the scene.
At this time, no charges have been filed.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014Area:
Honolulu, HIA 16-year-old girl is dead after crashing her motor scooter on the Likelike Hwy. on-ramp to the west-bound direction of H-3 Fwy. The incident happened at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
“When (officers) got up here, what they found was a father and daughter who were riding their motor scooters heading up to the H-3, when the daughter, who was the lead vehicle, lost control and struck the guardrail,” said Lt. Bobby Towne of the Honolulu Police Dept.
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Monday, March 17, 2014Area:
Las Vegas, NVThe intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Windmill Lane has reopened to traffic after being closed for nearly seven hours because of a fatal crash that left two people dead.
The crash occurred around 1:15 a.m. According to police, the driver of pickup truck was speeding southbound on Las Vegas Boulevard and rear-ended a moped stopped at a red light. Both people on the moped were thrown more than 100 feet. One person died at the scene and the other died at University Medical Center. A third car was also hit by the vehicles.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014Area:
Indianapolis, INOne man is dead after a crash in Logansport involving a moped and a parked car Monday night.
Logansport Police Assistant Chief Bryan Hillis said a moped hit the rear of a parked car, near the intersection of 17th Street and Erie Avenue, at approximately 6:40 p.m. Monday.
A witness behind the moped advised authorities, that he was traveling straight and then appeared to speed up and veer off striking the rear of the parked car.
Hillis said the moped driver was ejected from the seat. He said it is unclear at this time if he was pronounced dead at the scene or at the hospital.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZOne man is dead and a 15-year-old driver is in custody after a scooter and motor vehicle collided in Mesa.
The accident at Alma School and University was initially treated as a hit-and-run.
Mesa police say the unidentified teen appears to have only had a learner's permit to drive and could be facing charges for fleeing the scene after the Wednesday afternoon accident.
The name of the victim, who was in his 20s, has not yet been released.
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Monday, March 10, 2014Area:
Hartford & New Haven, CTPolice have identified the man killed in a moped crash on Route 1/East Main Street in Clinton last night.
According to police, 40-year-old Kenneth Waite of East Main Street was driving his moped westbound in the wrong lane when he collided with an SUV driving in the opposite direction.
It happened on East Main Street around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Police said Waite died at the hospital.
East Main Street was shut down in the area of Marine Avenue while authorities investigated and worked to clear the scene.
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Sunday, March 9, 2014Area:
Panama City, FLA Middle Tennessee man is facing charges after a crash in Florida killed another man from Tennessee. A car collided with a scooter Sunday night in Panama City Beach. The man on the scooter, 22-year-old Brandon Beverly, of Knoxville, was killed. The driver of the car, 18-year-old Bruce George, of Nolensville, was arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter. Police aren't saying whether the two knew each other, but additional charges against George are pending.