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Thursday, March 27, 2014Police say a school bus crashed on an icy western Michigan road and tipped over, leaving several students with what were described as non-life threatening injuries. State police say in a statement that troopers were dispatched to Montcalm County's Fairplain Township, about 25 miles northeast of Grand Rapids, around 6:45 a.m. Friday for the crash involving a Greenville Public Schools bus. Police say they believe the driver lost control of the bus, which came to rest on its side. No other vehicles were involved.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014Area:
Richmond-Petersburg, VAMaryland State Police said they were investigating a fatal accident Wednesday morning in Prince George’s County, as officials throughout the area warned drivers to slow down because of icy road conditions caused when Tuesday night’s snow melted and freezing temperatures made roads slick.
The fatal accident occurred around 5 a.m. on the westbound side of Route 214 and St. Michaels Drive in Kettering, where police responded to a report of an overturned 1994 Dodge pick-up truck on the road. The driver, an adult male, was pronounced dead on the scene, police said.
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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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Saturday, March 8, 2014Area:
Cleveland-Akron, OHThe Wickliffe Police Department responded to a reported car accident Sunday morning at the Shell gas station.
Upon arrival, police found 34-year-old Benjamin Scholes at the scene of the accident.
Scholes admitting to losing control of his vehicle on a patch of ice.
Scholes' blood alcohol content was a .189. He was arrested and charged with OVI failure to control. He was released after posting a $3,500 bond.
Police say the canopy of the gas station and gas pump received extensive damage from the crash.
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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.
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Thursday, March 6, 2014Area:
Mankato, MNThe Minnesota State Patrol is identifying the four people killed Friday near Sleepy Eye on icy roads.
It happened on Highway 14 in Brown County just after 8 p.m. A 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix was headed westbound on Highway 14, going into a curve heading southbound, when it lost control and entered into the opposite lane of traffic.
It was hit broadside by a 1999 Dodge Ram headed northbound into the curve.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014Area:
Chicago, ILEight children and one adult were injured when a Megabus and a day care van collided Wednesday morning on Chicago's south side.
Another 28 people declined medical treatment after the 7:30 a.m. crash on Interstate 90/94 -- the Dan Ryan Expressway -- near 51st Street, according to officials from the Chicago Fire Department and the Illinois State Police.
Three were taken to Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center, three were taken to Mercy Hospital and Medical Center and two were taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, said a fire department spokesman. All the injuries were minor, he said.
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Monday, March 3, 2014Area:
Chicago, ILThree people, including an Indiana State Police trooper, were injured when a pickup lost control on a snow-covered I-65 in northwest Indiana Tuesday morning and struck a squad car stopped for another accident.
The crash happened about 10 a.m. Monday on I-65 just south of the U.S. 30 exit in Merrillville, a statement from ISP said. Master Trooper Aaron Segrest, 53, was sitting in his unmarked squad car on the side of the northbound lanes when it was hit.