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Wednesday, February 26, 2014Area:
Baltimore, MDAn 82-year-old Westminster woman was killed in a car crash in Marriottsville Thursday evening when her car veered off the road and struck a tree, Howard County police said.
Doris Lee Johnson, of the 2200 block of Bluebird Dr., had a "serious medical emergency," an investigation found, and lost control of her car while driving northeast on Marriottsville Road near Driver Road just after 5 p.m.
Johnson's Toyota Rav4 hit a tree and rolled onto its side, police said. She was wearing her seatbelt, and neither speed nor alcohol appeared to be a factor in the crash, police said.
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Sunday, February 23, 2014Area:
Las Vegas, NVThe woman who died after her car crashed into a chain-link fence Monday night died of natural causes, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.
Aleta M. Doran, 68, was driving slowly in a parking lot at 2875 Nellis Boulevard when she had a medical episode and ran her car into a fence just after 9:30 p.m.
Doran was transported to Desert Springs Hospital and pronounced dead. The coroner’s office said the Las Vegas resident died from athroscleroic cardiovascular disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Sunday, February 23, 2014Authorities say an 86-year-old woman has died after a collision involving a school bus in the Grand Rapids area.
Ione Potter of Cannonsburg died in the crash, which happened Monday afternoon in Kent County's Cannon Township.
The Rockford Public Schools bus was making a turn at the time and had five or six Cannonsburg Elementary School students on board. They weren't injured.
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Friday, February 21, 2014Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLA 69-year-old Manatee County woman died Friday afternoon from injuries sustained in a parking lot accident.
Susan Roberts Murphy was pronounced dead at the scene just after 4:30 p.m.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report Murphy has just finished shopping at BJ’s Wholesale Club and was loading items into the front passenger side of her 2001 Chrysler Town and Country van when the vehicle started moving in reverse for unknown reasons.
Murphy fell under the vehicle and was struck on the head and body by the front right tire.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014Area:
Chicago, ILAn Amtrak train struck a vehicle near Harlem Avenue on the border of west suburban Riverside and Berwyn on Thursday, delaying Metra BNSF line trains.
The Amtrak train was running on the BNSF tracks when it hit a vehicle near Harlem Avenue about 2:30 p.m., Metra spokesman Michael Gillis said.
Metra’s BNSF line trains between Chicago and Aurora use those same tracks, and were temporarily stopped, the rail agency said. The crash happened near the Harlem Metra station in Riverside.
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Monday, February 17, 2014A man riding a moped was killed in a collision with another vehicle Tuesday night.
Daniel Bruce Frost, 66, of Burlington, was killed around 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of South Church Street and Gurney Street.
Frost was driving a 2009 Honda moped west on South Church Street when he collided with a 2008 Chevrolet going north on Gurney Street, Burlington police said.
Frost was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the car wasn't injured.
The investigation continues. Two witnesses told police Frost ran a red light.
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Friday, February 14, 2014Orren G. Clark is 97, and says he’s often mistaken for being in his 60s. His driving record is clean.
He said he can explain why he backed his car into the side of a McDonald’s restaurant on 28th Street SE on Saturday.
“I put it in reverse, and I stepped on there (the gas pedal), and I didn’t pull my foot off because of being fatigued,” he told 24 Hour News 8 on Tuesday.
Clark said the crash, which left a gaping hole in the restaurant, had nothing to do with his age.
In fact, he said, once his car is fixed, he plans to return to the road. He said he isn’t like some others his age.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014Area:
Biloxi-Gulfport, MSAuthorities say an 83-year-old man died after the four-wheeler he was driving collided with a vehicle.
A spokeswoman for the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, stated that the accident happened about 4:45 p.m. Thursday at Chatsworth and Forts Lake roads.
Coroner Vicki Broadus identified the victim as Robert Ladnier Jr. of the Forts Lake community.
She said Ladnier died of a closed-head injury from blunt-force trauma.
The accident remains under investigation.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014Area:
Denver, COThe pilot of an experimental plane died when he crashed in Boulder County.
A witness called 911 Wednesday afternoon and said a plane had crashed in a field and creek off 109th Street between Lookout and Jasper roads," Boulder County officials said in a news release.
Emergency personnel said they found a Smyth Sidewinder experimental aircraft had crashed.
The sole occupant, 66-year old David Biesemeier of Loveland, died.