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A tractor-trailer headed north on I-81 ran off the left side of the interstate after hitting a piece of guardrail in the road. The guardrail was damaged in another tractor-trailer crash that happened earlier in the day.
According to Virginia State Police, hitting the guardrail that was in the road caused the tractor-trailer to run off the left side of the road and into the median. The tractor-trailer continued down between the northbound and southbound lanes of I-81 in the median until it hit the edge of a bridge.
Two individuals were killed and two other individuals were injured in a series of traffic crashes on Interstate 81 near the 60 mile marker in Wythe County Tuesday morning (April 1, 2014).
A motorcyclist was severely injured Tuesday evening in an accident on Richmond Avenue, just outside the NYPD's 121st Precinct stationhouse in Graniteville.
The motorcycle rider was transported to Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, in critical condition, police said.
About a dozen other motorcyclists on the scene said they knew the victim but declined to comment on the accident. They appeared to gather some of the victim's belongings, including a helmet.
Police say an arrest has been made in connection with a Tuesday night hit-and-run that sent an 18-year-old woman to the hospital.
Marquita Afzal, 42, was taken into custody about 9:30 p.m. after a woman crossing Woodland Avenue at East 55th Street was struck by a passing Cadillac CTS, according to officials.
The Cadillac fled, but police caught up with the car near Woodland Avenue and East 40th Street. Afzal was at the wheel, police said.
The victim, whose name has not been released, was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center with head and face injuries, police said.
One person was killed after being struck by a vehicle in west Charlotte, according to Medic.
The incident happened on the 3200 block of Wilkinson Boulevard near Donald Ross Road around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday.
The pedestrian, 55-year-old Ronald Renel Vance, was killed as he was trying to cross Wilkinson Boulevard from the Wal-Mart to get to his home, police say.
He was hit by a 2012 Hyundai Sonata being driven by 33-year-old Leah Gatewood.
One person was killed and another injured in a car accident in southwest Charlotte Tuesday evening.
The wreck happened near the intersection of Tryon Street and Tyvola Road in southwest Charlotte around 8:30 p.m.
Police confirmed that 39-year-old Ramez Ahmed Shams Eldin, was killed in the crash, and 50-year-old Michael Perrella was taken to an area hospital.
Police say Perrella was speeding and hit Eldin's Jeep from the rear with his Ford Expedition, causing both to spin out of control.
Police responded to Whitney Avenue at Michigan Street after a report of a 13-year-old who was hit while riding his bicycle.
Police say the minivan was heading north on Whitney Avenue when the teen rode out into the street. The boy said he did not look both ways before crossing the street. Police say the driver tried to stop, but couldn't in time.
Police say the child is responsive, but suffered a broken leg, broken arm, and some scratches and bumps on the head.
Five persons suffered minor injuries, and the drivers of both cars in a two-car crash Tuesday afternoon were ticketed by State Police.
Investigators said Dakota Silsby, 18, of Wellsville was driving north on County Route 9 behind a car driven by Laceanne Wyckoff, 31, of Bolivar, when Wyckoff slowed down to make a left turn as Silsby failed to see her turn signal. He tried to pass the Wyckoff car but struck it on the driver’s side.
A Plymouth police officer who was injured in a motorcycle crash Tuesday afternoon has died. The crash happened on Samoset Street at about 3:00 p.m.
Colonel Timothy Alben, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, identified the officer as Gregg Maloney. “The @MassStatePolice offer sincere condolences to the Family of Officer Gregg Maloney & our brothers and sisters at the Plymouth PD,” Colonel Alben wrote in a tweet.
Jaclyn Pobiega, 36, killed, after a two-car crash on Doby Bridge Road near Fort Mill in York County.
Emergency officials responded to a car accident on a South Carolina highway Tuesday afternoon.
The wreck happened just before 6:30 on Doby Bridge Road near Highway 521 in Fort Mill.
A woman, later identified as 36-year-old Jaclyn Pobiega, was killed in the crash.
Officials have not said what may have led to the accident or released any other names involved.