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Saturday, April 26, 2014

A 33-year-old man lost control of his car along Intestate 94 in Maple Grove, hit a utility equipment building and was killed, authorities said.

The crash occurred shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday on eastbound I-94 near Maple Grove Parkway, according to the State Patrol.

Killed was Andrew Hou, of Edina, the patrol said.

He was wearing a seat belt, and alcohol use does not appear to be a factor, the patrol added.

The patrol did note that the driving surface was wet at the time.

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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Bay Village police have confirmed they are investigating a fatal head-on crash that occurred Sunday afternoon on Lake Road, near the Cuyahoga and Lorain county line.

John B. Eischen, 77, of North Olmsted, died at the scene. Two occupants in the other car were taken to the hospital for injuries.

Lake Road was closed for a short time to clear the scene, but area is now clear and back open.

The crash remains under investigation.

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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Fort Lauderdale Police investigators have opened a DUI investigation into an accident that took the life of a bicyclist over the weekend.

The crash left the SUV’s windshield smashed and police believe the driver, Justin Andrew Goldman, was drunk and left the scene of the accident. Goldman’s father said that’s not the case.

“He didn’t flee. He did pull over. He was just in shock,” Christopher Goldman said.

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Saturday, April 26, 2014

The son of the Cortland County district attorney died in a one-vehicle crash in the town of Solon Sunday night.

Robert D. Suben, 27, of Cortland, was speeding on Marathon Road at about 6:23 p.m. Sunday when he lost control on a curve and drove into a tree, state police said.

Suben was declared dead at the scene of the crash. He was the only person in his car, state police said.

An official in the district attorney's office who refused to give her name confirmed that Robert Suben is the son of Cortland County District Attorney Mark Suben.

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Saturday, April 26, 2014

One person was killed and another injured in a rollover crash near Rupert early Sunday morning.

Idaho State Police say at about 12:40 a.m., 18-year-old Dakota B. Twiss, of Paul, was driving north on 100 East when she missed a curve in the road. The car went onto the shoulder, struck railroad tracks, and flipped over landing upside down on the tracks.

Twiss and her passenger, 18-year-old Mylee Pratt, of Paul, were taken to Minidoka Memorial Hospital, where Twiss was pronounced dead.

Neither of the women were wearing their seat belts, police said.

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Saturday, April 26, 2014
A 20-year-old northwest Alaska village resident has died in a snowmobile crash. Alaska State Troopers say Jay Weyiouanna (wee-oh-WAN'-ah) of Shishmaref (SHISH'-mar-ef) died Sunday. Witnesses tell troopers they saw Weyiouanna drive into a ditch and crash in the village 126 miles north of Nome. He was alone on the machine. The state medical examiner has scheduled an autopsy in Anchorage.
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Saturday, April 26, 2014
Three South Dakota cattlemen and a former star Gettysburg athlete were killed in a plane crash late Sunday night near Highmore. The plane encountered heavy fog and crashed into a wind turbine, officials said Monday. Killed were: • Brent Beitelspacher, who would have turned 38 on Monday, of Bowdle. • Logan Rau, 25, of Java. • Donald “D.J.” Fischer, 30, of Gettysburg. • Nick Reimann, 33, of Ree Heights.
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Saturday, April 26, 2014

A Hermleigh woman is dead after a small, single-engine plane crash in Sweetwater Sunday. Lisa Bowman, 60, died Sunday after the plane she was in crashed just three miles north of Sweetwater. The aircraft was flying from Shreveport to Sweetwater. The Department of Public Safety said the pilot, 58-year-old Richard Bowman, also of Hermleigh, was switching fuel tanks when a malfunction occurred, causing the engine to stall. Richard Bowman was taken to Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital with non-incapacitating injuries.

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Friday, April 25, 2014

A suspect in a deadly hit-and-run crash was apparently more interested in the damage sustained to his vehicle than the well-being of the victim whom he abandoned, according to a Glendale police report.

The Glendale Police Department is asking for your help to nab the driver.

Pete Rivas, 62, was walking in an unmarked crosswalk in the 6000 block of W. Bethany Home Road around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26, when he was hit by a white SUV, said police spokeswoman Tracey Breeden.

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Friday, April 25, 2014

The two people killed early Saturday morning in a crash off of U.S. Highway 101 in Menlo Park have been identified by the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office as Taufa Toutai Pupunu, 27, of Redwood City and Gaudi Salgado Barrios, 26, of East Palo Alto.

The crash was reported at 1:52 a.m. Saturday on southbound Highway 101 near the Willow Road off-ramp, according to the California Highway Patrol.

CHP officials said Barrios was speeding when she lost control of the car, which struck a tree, launched into the air and struck another tree.