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Thursday, April 24, 2014Area:
Milwaukee, WIA Milwaukee man, 40, was killed in a crash Friday afternoon at 60th Street and Villard Avenue.
Witnesses told police that a car traveling northbound on North 60th Street at a high rate of speed, didn't stop at the stop signal at Villard Avenue.
They said the driver crossed the center lane and struck the center lane light pole. The car then struck the front end of a school bus. The car then flipped over and stopped.
Police said the driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene.
No children were on the bus, but the 68-year-old bus driver was injured, police said.
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Saturday, April 19, 2014Area:
Atlanta, GAPolice in Cobb County were investigating the death of a woman after a crash in a church parking lot.
68-year-old Katie O. Palmer died in Sunday morning wreck at Milford Baptist Church in Marietta.
Authorities say Palmer was in a 1992 Mercury Sable that began “backing rapidly” through the parking lot and crashed into a concrete wall.
Witnesses told authorities Palmer was slumped over the wheel before the 10:50 a.m. wreck. Palmer was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The Cobb County Medical Examiner’s Office is working with police to determine how she died.
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Friday, April 18, 2014Area:
Portland, ORA Vancouver motorcycle rider was critically injured Saturday evening in a crash on state Highway 14 in east Vancouver, according to the Washington State Patrol. Jefrey M. Hargrave, 36, of Vancouver was driving a 2008 Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle west on the highway at a high rate of speed just before 9 p.m. Saturday when he crashed into the rear of an eastbound 2003 PT Cruiser where the highway passes under Interstate 205, according to WSP.
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Friday, April 18, 2014A 28-year-old Grayling man is dead after his car went off the road Saturday morning. Around 2:30 a.m., Muskegon Township officers were called out to South Mill Iron Road just south of Apple Ave. They found a single vehicle that went off the road and crashed. The passenger of the vehicle was out of the vehicle and spoke to emergency responders. The driver of the vehicle, a 28-year-old Grayling man, was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities believe the vehicle was going south on Mill Iron Road when it left the road and struck several trees. Alcohol and spe
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014Area:
Portland, ORA woman was killed Wednesday afternoon in Lyons after running through a stop sign and crashing into truck, police said.
Oregon State Police said the 54-year-old woman was traveling at high speeds northbound on Oregon 226 and failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection of Oregon 22.
The car then traveled through the T-intersection, crashed through a guardrail and flew about 70 feet before crashing into a truck parked in a meat market parking lot.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities are still investigating the crash.
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Saturday, April 12, 2014Area:
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TXA crash in Lamar County early Sunday morning killed three teenagers and sent five others to hospitals.
The Department of Public Safety said the pickup carrying eight people had just crossed over the Pat Mayse Lake dam on Highway 906, north of Paris and just south of the Oklahoma border.
Troopers said the 2005 Chevrolet truck was speeding when it left the road, hit some trees and landed in a ditch. The male driver and two female passengers were killed. The were identified as:
Robert Russell, 18, from Paris
Colbie Miller, 19, from Paris
Bailee Elizabeth Sims, 19, from Paris
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014A man who crashed his car into a house Thursday evening is accused of driving the wrong way down another street minutes earlier — all while being “extremely impaired.”
Burlington police were searching for the 1994 Honda Accord driven by Mario O’Keith Strayhorn, 22, of Roslyn Drive, after it struck another car while going the wrong way down Fisher Street.
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Thursday, April 3, 2014Area:
Jacksonville, FLThe Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a serious crash on State Road 16 in the area of Lewis Speedway. A spokesman with FHP said two SUVs struck each other head-on around 10 p.m. Friday. Police said an SUV was traveling east on SR-16 at a high speed when it hit a curb, lost control and crossed over into oncoming traffic. Two occupants in that SUV, James Hamlin, 30, and Terresa Tomlinson, 58, were airlifted to UF Health in Jacksonville in serious condition.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014Area:
Pittsburgh, PAThursday night, two cars hit head-on along Fifth Avenue in White Oak, killing both drivers.
Police said Michael Bakosh was driving south towards McKeesport -- speeding, and weaving in and out of traffic. Investigators said he crossed four lanes of traffic and hit a 45-year-old woman head-on, killing her.
A friend of one of the drivers, said the tragic accident could have been avoided. A friend was with Bakosh a couple hours before his friend died.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014Area:
Indianapolis, INThe Anderson Police Department is investigating a deadly crash that occurred late Thursday night.
According to a release from the Anderson Police Department, the crash occurred in the 1400 block of Main Street just before 11:30 p.m.
Police officials say the driver of the 2011 Chevy Cruz was traveling at a high rate of speed the wrong way on Main Street prior to crashing the car into a rail road crossing arm.