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Friday, April 25, 2014Area:
Baton Rouge, LAA St. Francisville man died Saturday night after he drove his 2007 Toyota pickup off Solitude Road in St. Francisville and struck a tree, the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office reported.
The accident occurred at about 10:50 p.m. Saturday.
Christopher P. Pecora, 23, 5720 Mahoney Road, St. Francisville, was pronounced dead at the scene, while his passenger, Ty Gilleon, 20, of Ethel, sustained minor injuries and was treated and released from West Feliciana Parish Hospital, deputies reported. Neither was wearing his seat belt.
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Friday, April 25, 2014The victim of a car crash in Westport last weekend has been identified as a 16-year-old high school sophomore and the daughter of a local pastor.
Police say Erika Hall was pronounced dead at the scene of the single-vehicle crash late Saturday night.
Hall was a rear seat passenger in a car driven by a 16-year-old boy that struck a utility pole and flipped over. She was not wearing a belt and was ejected. The driver and two 18-year-old male passengers were injured.
The crash remains under investigation and no charges have been filed.
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Friday, April 25, 2014A single vehicle crash with severe injuries occurred at approximately 2:40 p.m. Saturday about of mile north of Lockhaven Road on Illinois Route 100, also known as the Great River Road, in Jersey County. A motorist driving a Chevrolet Corvette apparently lost control and rolled over on Illinois Route 100; no other details were known as to what caused the crash at 11 p.m. Saturday. The driver perished from injuries sustained in the crash.
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Friday, April 25, 2014Four people were injured, one seriously, Saturday morning in a head-on collision on state Highway 12 caused by an allegedly drunk driver, Santa Rosa police said Saturday.
The collision occurred just after 10:30 a.m. on Highway 12 at Melita Road, when an eastbound Ford Mustang crossed the center divider and struck a westbound Nissan Sentra head-on, according to police.
The Sentra overturned and landed in the westbound lane with people trapped inside.
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Friday, April 25, 2014Area:
Ft. Myers-Naples, FLA southwest Florida baby is hospitalized after being injured during a car crash. The 15-month-old child was not restrained at the time of the accident.
Deputies with the Lee County Sheriff's Office Traffic Homicide Unit were called in Saturday morning to investigate the crash on State Road 82.
Bryan Stevens was driving a 2004 black Chevrolet 1500 when he crossed into oncoming traffic and struck Victor Perez Gomez's 2000 red Ford 150. The two trucks collided nearly head on, but alcohol did not play a role in the accident.
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Friday, April 25, 2014Area:
Seattle-Tacoma, WAPart of Vashon Highway was blocked Saturday afternoon after a fatal collision between a car and a motorcycle. The collision happened at about 4:30 p.m. The King County Sheriff’s Office said the motorcyclist was stopped and waiting to make a left turn and was rear-ended by a vehicle. Investigators had to take a ferry to reach the scene. Ferry traffic was delayed. Deputies expected to have the highway blocked at least until 8 p.m.
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Friday, April 25, 2014A driver killed in a two-car crash on Interstate Highway 780 in Benicia early Saturday morning has been identified as a 29-year-old Vallejo man, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Eric Deleon Sopang was pronounced dead at the scene following the crash around 12:40 a.m. on westbound Highway 780 just west of the Interstate Highway 680 connector, according to the CHP.
A 29-year-old woman from Vallejo riding in the passenger seat of Sopang’s car suffered a broken arm in the crash, and a third passenger was unharmed, the CHP is reporting.
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Friday, April 25, 2014Area:
Austin, TXA man was struck by an SUV and killed early Saturday three blocks from his home in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Artiz McBride, 20, was struck by the SUV while he was crossing the street about 12:45 a.m. in the 0 – 100 block of South Central Avenue, authorities said.
The SUV then sped away, police said.
McBride, of the 0 – 100 block of North Long Avenue, was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead at 2:23 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
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Friday, April 25, 2014Area:
Charlotte, NCA small plane crash-landed right onto a man riding a lawn mower, chopping off his hand.
Edward Eugene Sisson, the 84-year-old pilot of the single-engine plane, collided with a lawn mower operator while landing at North Carolina’s Taylorsville Airport Saturday afternoon.
Sisson is an experienced pilot who was flying in from Crossville, Tenn., to visit family in Taylorsville, State Highway Patrol Sergeant Brian Owenby stated.
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Friday, April 25, 2014A 45-year-old Manheim man was admitted to hospital Saturday morning with life-threatening injuries after he was thrown off his motorcycle during a crash with a car. Two other people were injured, but released from hospital.
The crash happened just after 11 a.m. at the intersection of Bucknoll Road and Holly Tree Road in Penn Township, Lancaster County.