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Tuesday, March 11, 2014Area:
Toledo, OHA Parma woman killed in a massive pileup on the Ohio turnpike was a victim of the first of two crashes that closed the highway Wednesday afternoon, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.
Three people were killed after an accident in Sandusky County caused a chain reaction that resulted in a pileup that stretched over more than a mile of roadway and involved nearly 50 vehicles, the patrol said Thursday.
The pile-up included two severe crash zones, the patrol said.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014Area:
Cleveland-Akron, OHOhio Turnpike officials are stopping drivers from getting on the toll road at several interchanges after a series of pileups shut it down.
The State Highway Patrol says two people died and a trooper was seriously injured in snowy crashes involving at least 50 vehicles on the turnpike.
A turnpike spokesman says they hope to open one eastbound lane of traffic around 6 p.m.
Pileups stretched across a 2-mile section in the eastbound lanes of the toll road Wednesday afternoon between Toledo and Cleveland.
Turnpike spokesman Adam Greenslade says traffic there is backed up just over seven miles.
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Friday, March 7, 2014Area:
Austin, TXEleven people were injured after a five-vehicle collision on North Lamar Boulevard at 39 1/2 Street around 3:30 Saturday afternoon.
Several EMS crews responded to the rollover accident. The first reports indicated at least one patient was trapped inside a vehicle.
Additional paramedics responded to 39th Street and Medical Parkway for a report of another patient involved in the accident.
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Friday, March 7, 2014Area:
Denver, COA Denver patrol car was hit by another car triggering a 10-car chain-reaction collision on eastbound 6th Avenue near Federal Boulevard early Saturday morning, according to police.
The parked patrol car was struck after it responded to an accident that happened around 7 a.m., said Denver police spokesman.
The police officer was not in the car at the time and was not harmed.
No serious injuries have been reported in any of the accidents.
Jackson said that immediately after the officer's patrol car was hit, another car hit the second vehicle and kept on going.