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Saturday, May 24, 2014

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — The southbound Sprain Brook Parkway was closed for nearly five hours in Greenburgh on Sunday after a fatal accident that occurred at approximately 1 p.m. just north of the I-287 interchange.

Motorcyclist Scott Phillips, 45, of West New York, N.J., was killed and another motorcyclist critically injured in the accident, according to LoHud.com.

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Saturday, May 24, 2014
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Macon, GA

A head on collision between a Suburban and Range Rover in west Bibb County yesterday morning leaves one man dead and four others injured.

Date: 
Saturday, May 24, 2014

A Pensacola, Florida, man has died in a crash on a Nebraska roadway.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that 45-year-old Frank Schofield died Sunday afternoon in a single vehicle crash on Interstate 80 two miles east of Elm Creek in central Nebraska.

The Nebraska State Patrol says Schofield was driving a pickup eastbound when it crossed the median and both lanes of westbound traffic, then rolled.

The Patrol says Schofield was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the pickup.

He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, where he was pronounced dead.

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Saturday, May 24, 2014

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials say it may be a while before they know what caused a deadly plane crash in Lincoln County.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the 1971 fixed wing, single-engine plane belonged to James B. Thomas from Denver. Officials say Thomas took off from the Laney Airport just minutes before the crash.

Authorities in Catawba County say Thomas was killed when the plane crashed in a wheat field near Balls Creek School Road in Newton. Investigators say he was the only person on board.

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Saturday, May 24, 2014

The woman who died after a car careened off a cliff at Edgewater Park Sunday has been identified.

Edith Pandur, 88, of Medina, died at the Perkins Beach area about 1:30 p.m. Sunday, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner said.

The car Pandur and her daughter were in plummeted over the edge of a cliff in the park's western end, landing upside down on boulders about 30 feet below. The car never hit the water, Cleveland fire department assistant chief Brent Collins said.

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Saturday, May 24, 2014

Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong tells us a fatal two vehicle accident happened just after midnight Saturday night. 27-year-old Maurice Hall, of Vicksburg, was driving northbound on Washington Street near Bowmar Avenue when another vehicle driven by 22-year-old Dakota West, of Vicksburg, was traveling southbound on Washington Street.
Chief Armstrong says one of the vehicles crossed the line and caused the head on collision.

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Saturday, May 24, 2014

A 25-year-old man is dead after the vehicle he was riding in was hit from behind in southeast Charlotte on Sunday evening.

Early Monday morning, Charlotte police identified the man as Barnette White, Jr.

According to police, White was thrown from a 1999 Toyota 4 Runner after it was hit from behind while turning onto Independence Boulevard near Village Lake Drive. This is along the 7200-block of Independence.

Officers say the wreck occurred around 7:21 p.m.

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Saturday, May 24, 2014

New York State Police say a Virginia man was killed, and a passenger injured, in a one- car crash at about 8:11 p.m. Sunday on Hall Road in the Town of Oswego.

Neither victim was wearing a seat belt, police said.

Dennis J. Malone, 28, of 19 Hatteras Landing, Hampton, Va., was driving his 2013 Ford Fusion at a high rate of speed west on Hall Road, when he lost control and the vehicle went off the north side of the road, police said. The car traveled through a dirt field before striking a tree line off the roadway. The crash occurred about a half mile east of Chapel Road.

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Saturday, May 24, 2014

Authorities have identified a 24-year-old motorcyclist who died after slamming into pickup truck in northeast Las Vegas.

Clark County coroner's officials say Steven Michael Bennett died after the crash that happened about 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of East Carey Avenue and North Camel Street.

Police say Bennett was riding on Carey Avenue at a high rate of speed when he hit a pickup that was making a left turn.

Date: 
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Area: 
Omaha, NE

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Police say a Fremont man was killed after his motorcycle crashed into a car in Omaha.

The motorcyclist was identified as 26-year-old Preston J. Turner. Omaha police say Turner was riding northbound in Omaha around 9:40 p.m. Sunday when his 2006 Kawasaki struck a southbound 2010 Lexus Sedan that was turning east.

Police say Turner was unable to avoid striking the Lexus. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the Lexus was identified as 83-year-old William W. Hugh, of Omaha. Police say the crash remains under investigation.