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Tuesday, May 6, 2014Area:
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TXA teen is dead after a rollover crash in North Fort Worth.
It happened in the 1000 block of Diamondback Lane off U.S. 287 early Tuesday morning. Police say a Jeep Cherokee SUV was heading east at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control. The Jeep rolled several times before stopping.
The driver of the Jeep, an 18-year-old, was ejected and died at the scene.
An 18-year-old passenger was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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Saturday, May 3, 2014Area:
Indianapolis, INA weekend crash that fatally injured a 15-year-old skateboarder remained under investigation Monday, but it appeared the motorist had no chance to avoid the teen, investigators said.
Lt. Jim Yetter with the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Department said that Dylan Cox was pronounced dead about 10:15 p.m. Saturday near Heartland Boulevard and Raceway Road in Camby.
The investigation showed Cox, wearing dark clothing, was skateboarding in the roadway of the residential area when he was hit.
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Thursday, April 24, 2014Area:
Wilmington, NCThe N.C. Highway Patrol says three people are dead after a multi-car accident south of Whiteville.
Troopers say a driver couldn't complete a pass in a no-passing zone on U.S. 701 Friday night and tried to get back into the lane. That car hit the fender of the vehicle in front of it, causing 78-year-old Furley James Brown to lose control of his car and crash into a third car head-on.
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Thursday, April 24, 2014Three teenagers died when a stolen car crashed into a tree and caught fire after a chase early Friday, authorities said. The names of those killed have not been released, but police say they were a girl and two boys, all 16 and all from Modesto. According to Modesto Police Sgt. David Chamberlain, a police officer in central Modesto tried to stop a car after seeing the driver violate a vehicle code at 11:40 p.m.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZSix teenagers were in critical condition following a three-car chain reaction crash on U.S. 60 at Gilbert Road Thursday afternoon, Mesa fire officials said.
All the teens were in a vehicle that was stalled in the emergency lane when it was hit from behind by a van, fire authorities said.
One other vehicle was involved in the smash-ups.
The half dozen injured patients are between the ages of 17 and 19, according to first responders. The full extent of their injuries was not known.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014Area:
Louisville, KYLouisville Metro Police are investigating after a man was killed in a crash in west Louisville. Police said around 4:30 p.m. Thursday a man was driving a Ford Fusion heading eastbound in the 4100 block of Algonquin Parkway when he lost control of his vehicle and hit a tree. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said not other vehicles were involved in the crash. Officers are investigating what caused the man to lose control of his vehicle. His identity has not been released.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014Area:
Cincinnati, OHTwo teens from Butler County, one 16-years-old and the other 15, were convicted in the death of Nicole Denney, a 14-year-old from West Chester. Denney was riding in a stolen car with the 16-year-old, her boyfriend, when the crash occured. The two teen drivers raced a short distance when Denney's boyfriend crashed near the intersection of Mosley Drive and Cornell Avenue. It took firefighters two hours to cut Denney out of the destroyed car.
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Monday, April 21, 2014Area:
Salt Lake City, UTA teenager was in critical condition Wednesday after his vehicle veered off the road and crashed into a home in Salt Lake City Tuesday.
Salt Lake City police report that they were called to a home at 532 N. Redwood Road at about 7 p.m. on Tuesday after the boy’s car somehow went off the road and crashed through the house into the living room.
No one inside the home was injured, but the driver was transported to a local hospital in critical condition.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
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Saturday, April 19, 2014Area:
Des Moines-Ames, IAA Des Moines man is dead after his Jeep got stuck in a pool of water while off-roading Sunday night.
It happened around 8:00 p.m. south of the Des Moines River near Southeast 45th Street and Evergreen.
Police say 21-year-old Matthew Blackford got his Jeep stuck in a pool of water while off-roading with friends and when he tried to get out he fell in and became unresponsive.
His friends got him out of the water and started CPR. Paramedics took Blackford to the hospital where he later died.
Police took his three friends to the station for questioning.
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Saturday, April 19, 2014Area:
Monroe, LA-El Dorado, AROne teen was killed and another injured Sunday after an all-terrain vehicle hit a tree in El Dorado.
Arkansas State Police say it happened shortly after 6 p.m. as Antquese D. Frazier, 19, operated a 2003 Yamaha ATV south on Lakeland Street near Houston Street.
According to an accident report, the ATV went out of control and was overcorrected. It then hit a tree.
A passenger on the vehicle, 18-year-old Shakena L. Ford of El Dorado, died from unspecified injuries.