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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

The Honolulu Medical Examiner's Office has identified the man killed in the car crash Thursday morning as 22-year-old Nico Ballesteros of Waialua.

Police confirmed the 21-year-old driver of the Honda Accord was traveling down Kuala Street and hit a traffic signal pole. He was transported to the Queen's Medical Center in serious condition while his 22-year-old passenger is in critical condition. Police plan to arrest the driver for allegedly driving under the influence and without a license.

HPD opened a negligent injury case following the incident.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

A partner in Kerr County's famed YO Ranch died in a crash about two miles southeast of Fredericksburg on Thursday, his family confirmed Friday.

The Texas Department of Public safety said Walter Schreiner, 60, of Mountain Home, was killed around 10:30 p.m. when his Chevrolet Tahoe crashed into a telephone pole.

He had been headed north on FM 1376 when his vehicle veered off the side of the road. According to the DPS, Schreiner overcorrected and crashed on the opposite side of the road.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

A cyclist killed after being struck by a tractor-trailer truck Thursday afternoon in the Marigny has been identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner.

Philip Geeck, 52, was pronounced dead on the scene after being hit and run over by the truck about 1:40 p.m. near the intersection of St. Claude and Elysian Fields avenues, said John Gagliano, a spokesman for the Orleans Parish coroner's office.

The truck driver, identified only as a 51-year-old man from Violet, was neither arrested nor cited, according to NOPD spokesman Officer Garry Flot.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

A 42-year-old woman walking home from work was killed when a utility van jumped the curb, striking her and another pedestrian.

The Jefferson County Coroner's Office today identified the victim as Tina Faye Oliver. Authorities said she lived not far from where she was killed.

Her sister, Barbara Oliver, was at the home the two shared resting before going to work herself. She got a phone call about a terrible accident on Bessemer Road.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office has identified Eunice Querner, 87, as the woman who died Thursday in a North Side crash.

Querner died at the scene of a four-car accident at about 2:30 p.m. on the interchange between U.S. 281 northbound and Loop 410 westbound.

Querner was a passenger in a Cadillac driven by a man, 59, authorities said. Another man driving a Chevrolet Suburban slammed into the Cadillac, which ricocheted into another car, which crashed into the fourth car, police said.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Two women were killed and a passenger injured, in a single-vehicle accident that occurred yesterday along Interstate 80 in Auburn. According to the California Highway Patrol, the fatal crash occurred about noon on Thursday when the driver, for unknown reasons, lost control of the vehicle. The car was in the fast lane traveling westbound on Interstate 80, west of Nevada Street. The vehicle swerved across all westbound lanes of traffic onto the shoulder, slamming into an embankment and light pole causing the vehicle to overturn. The vehicle ended up on its wheels in lanes of traffic.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
A Yates County woman is dead after New York State Police said a woman driving drunk crashed into a car she was riding in Thursday evening in the town of Milo. According to state police, Sabrina Livermore, 26, of Rome failed to negotiate a curve on Randall Crossing Road when she drove into the grass, then over railroad tracks and crashed into two vehicles on Route 14. Roxan Meier, 55, of Dundee, a passenger in one of the cars, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her driver, Cleo Pollack, 63, was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, where he's in guarded condition.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Authorities say a 15-year-old driver and his mother are dead following a crash involving a tanker truck hauling milk in St. Clair County. The sheriff’s department says Jarrod Robert Smith, who had a learner’s permit, was driving an SUV around 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Burtchville Township when he stopped at an intersection and turned left into the path of the semi. The department says the Wixom boy and his 52-year-old mother, Karen Kay Smith, died. The boy’s 21-year-old sister Kaitlyn Smith was in the back seat and was taken to a hospital where she was treated for minor injuries and released.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Three people were killed in a helicopter crash early Thursday morning in Guadalupe County between Santa Rosa and Tucumcari. The helicopter went down in the eastern portion of the county around 2:30 a.m. The crash scene is north of Newkirk, which is east of Santa Rosa. A pilot, paramedic and nurse were on board at the time of the crash. All were based out of Santa Fe. Harvey Frost snapped a photo of wreckage shortly after the crash.