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Thursday, April 24, 2014Three teenagers died when a stolen car crashed into a tree and caught fire after a chase early Friday, authorities said. The names of those killed have not been released, but police say they were a girl and two boys, all 16 and all from Modesto. According to Modesto Police Sgt. David Chamberlain, a police officer in central Modesto tried to stop a car after seeing the driver violate a vehicle code at 11:40 p.m.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014Area:
Columbus, OHTwo people were injured in a helicopter crash in the area of Welch and Neel roads near the Union/Delaware county line Thursday afternoon.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to the scene where a 2006 Rotorway International EXEC 162F helicopter crashed at about 12:45 p.m. Thursday.
The crash triggered a fire of dried cornstalk clippings that spread across nearly three acres before being extinguished by local firefighters.
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Sunday, April 20, 2014Area:
Boston, MAWitnesses to a crash on Interstate 95 pulled a woman from a burning pickup truck Monday afternoon, state police said.
Amy Strong, 20, of Hampton was driving on I-95 when her 2008 Ford Ranger left the road, struck construction equipment and caught fire around 12:25 p.m., police said.
Witnesses smashed out the rear window of the truck and pulled Strong from the fiery wreck, police said.
Strong was taken to Portsmouth Regional Hospital with serious injuries.
Police are investigating the crash.
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Monday, April 14, 2014Two women from Oklahoma who were killed in a fiery crash on the Kansas Turnpike in south Wichita on Tuesday night have been identified, according to the Kansas Turnpike Authority.
Lori Uchiyama, 38, of Blackwell and her passenger, 33-year-old Elizabeth Goodno of Ponca City, were driving north on the turnpike at about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday when their Pontiac G-6 was hit by a Ford F-150 south of the exit for 47th Street South. Uchiyama and Goodno died at the scene.