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Becky L. Green killed, one other injured after head-on car crash in poor weather on Highway 89 in Garden City, Utah

Date:

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Area:

Near white-out conditions northeastern Utah’s Highway 89 are suspected to have contributed to a head-on crash that killed a woman and sent at least one other person to the hospital late Monday morning. A Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. said blowing, heavy snowfall made visibility a challenge when the 10:38 a.m. crash occurred on Highway 89, about 5 miles west of Garden City in Rich County. UHP said the woman died at the scene. At least one person in the second vehicle was transported to Logan Regional Hospital in unspecified condition.

Christopher Anthony Sosa, 23, charged with DUI after 15 vehicles crash in heavy fog on I-30 in Dallas, Texas

Date:

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Area:

Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX

A chain-reaction crash over a North Texas lake involving as many as 15 vehicles is expected to keep Interstate 30 over Lake Ray Hubbard closed well into Friday afternoon. Texas Department of Transportation officials said multiple vehicles were involved in the crash on the I-30 bridge over the lake, prompting the closure of both directions of the highway at Dalrock Road. Police reports indicate 23-year-old Christopher Anthony Sosa was charged with intoxication assault for his involvement in the crash.

Driver killed, passenger seriously injured, taken to hospital, after crash on icy Beaver Dam bridge.

Date:

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Area:

Trenton-NJ

Icy conditions made for dangerous and deadly driving in New Jersey and parts of New York this morning as at least 2 people died in dozens of accidents. One person was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on the Beaver Dam bridge in Brick, New Jersey, authorities said. The driver of the car was killed and a passenger was seriously injured. No names have been released.

Mary Reed killed, Bonnie Neal, Annie Reed injured, taken to hospital, after one car crash on icy road.

Date:

Monday, January 6, 2014

Area:

Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA

A Pine Grove woman was killed Tuesday morning in a one-vehicle crash in Washington Township, according to state police. Mary Reed, 81, was the front seat passenger in a Subaru Legacy that hit a large patch of ice and crashed into a tree. Reed was not wearing a seat belt, state police said. Bonnie Neal, 61, was the driver of the vehicle, and Annie Reed, 41, was a rear passenger behind the driver’s seat. Both women, who were not wearing their seat belts, suffered moderate, unknown injuries and were airlifted to Hershey Medical Center for treatment, state police said.

One injured after car crashes through icy I-694 overpass and lands in pond

Date:

Monday, January 6, 2014

Area:

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

Emergency crews were responding after a car went off an overpass in Little Canada. The crash was on Interstate 694 westbound at Interstate 35E southbound and happened around 7:24 a.m. Tuesday. According to officials at the scene, the vehicle went off the overpass and landed on a frozen pond. The Minnesota State Patrol says the woman who was driving has non-life threatening injuries. The right shoulder was blocked during the incident.

Metra transit train strikes unmarked police car stuck in snow in Round Lake Park, Illinois

Date:

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Area:

Chicago, IL

A Lake County Sheriff’s detective escaped his unmarked squad car before it was struck by a Metra train Monday night after getting stuck in the snow. The incident occurred around 10:20 p.m. when the officer, driving a black 2002 Honda Accord, swerved to avoid a van that made an abrupt turn in Round Lake Park, a statement from the sheriff’s office said. The white conversion van was in front of the squad westbound on Route 134 when it suddenly turned onto Porter Road just as the gates activated. The officer slammed on his brakes and swerved right to avoid the van, the statement said.

One killed, one injured, in head-on crash on Highway 9 in Snohomish, WA

Date:

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Area:

Seattle-Tacoma, WA

The driver of a car has been killed in a collision with a pickup on Highway 2 near Snohomish. The Washington State Patrol says the car crossed the center line and hit the truck head-on about 5 a.m. Monday near the intersection with Highway 9. The driver of the car died at the scene and the pickup driver was taken to an Everett hospital in serious condition. A State Trooper stated that investigators are looking into the cause of the crash but there was heavy frost on the ground and roads around Snohomish County were slick.

7 car pileup with minor injuries on icy Route 4 highway in Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Date:

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Area:

Trenton-NJ

Black ice was to blame in a seven-car pileup involving a police car on an elevated highway in northeast New Jersey Sunday, police say, but no one sustained serious injuries in the wreck. A car headed east on New Jersey Route 4 near Paramus Road in Fair Lawn hit a patch of black ice about 9 p.m., overturned and hit an exit ramp, police say. Shortly after, a Bergen County police officer tried to stop to help, but also hit the patch of ice and crashed.

Hannah Dashiell killed after two-car crash and fire in Bellingham, WA.

Date:

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Area:

Everett-Bellingham WA

One person was killed when their car caught on fire after striking another vehicle on Barkley Boulevard Sunday morning, Jan. 5. One vehicle was headed down the hill on Barkley Boulevard around 9:55 a.m. when it slid on the icy road, crossed the centerline and hit another car headed up the hill. The downhill car caught on fire, and witnesses were unable to help the driver out of the vehicle before it was engulfed in flames. That driver died at the scene, and the other driver was not injured.

Timothy Charles Nixon hit and killed by car in Baltimore Township, Michigan.

Date:

Friday, January 3, 2014

Area:

Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI

A pedestrian was hit by a car and killed on snowy roads Saturday night. It happened just after 11 p.m. on M-37 near Butler Road in Baltimore Township in Barry County, according to Michigan State Police. The victim has been identified as Timothy Charles Nixon, 50, of Hastings. The driver was a 16-year-old from Hastings. Before the crash, Barry Central Dispatch had received a call about a man in dark clothing walking in the road near the area of the collision, MSP said. It was only a minute later that dispatchers received a call about the crash that killed Nixon.