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Sunday, March 2, 2014Area:
Hartford & New Haven, CTAn East Hartford teen is dead after a Honda struck a sanitation truck on Silver Lane in East Hartford on Monday.
The crash happened on Silver Lane near the intersection with Holland Lane around 11 a.m. Monday and police identified the driver of the car as Leonel Colon, 17, of East Hartford.
On Monday, police said the car was stolen and the driver lost control.
Officers pursued the Honda on Burnside Avenue earlier Monday morning, but the chase was called off and was not connected to the crash, according to police.
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Friday, February 28, 2014Area:
Cleveland-Akron, OHA 16-year-old has died from her injuries after a car crash in South Euclid on Telhurst Rd, near South Green.
The single car accident happened around 1p.m. Saturday when a Pontiac Grand Am struck a tree and then a telephone pole.
According to the Cuyahoga County medical examiner’s office decedent list Karly Ciuprinskas has been identified as the deceased victim. Ciuprinskas was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two other teens were in the car at the time of the accident. They were taken to an area hospital, their conditions are unknown at this time a South Euclid Police Sergeant said.
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Thursday, February 27, 2014Area:
Portland, ORA Ridgefield man caused a second crash after he allegedly tried to film the scene of a fatal crash while he was driving. Devin Braithwaite, 19, was driving a 2011 Dodge Charger south on Interstate 5 near the Northeast 179th Street Friday night when he approached the scene of an earlier fatal crash. Earlier in the evening, Sergey A. Bondarchuk, 18, of Vancouver lost control of a 1997 Acura sedan and struck a tree. He was declared dead at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. While passing the scene, Braithwaite tried to record the scene with his cell phone.
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Thursday, February 27, 2014Area:
Salt Lake City, UTAn 18-year-old BYU student remains in critical condition after being hit by a car while riding her longboard skateboard, according to her parents.
Lexi Mae Hansen was hit Wednesday evening as she was crossing Canyon Road on her longboard. Lt. Matt Siufanua with the Provo Police Department said Hansen was riding her longboard south on University Avenue just before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night when she was hit by a car making a turn onto Canyon Road.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014Area:
Raleigh-Durham, NCA 16-year-old Middle Creek High School student is due in Wake County court Tuesday on a charge that he fled after a car he was driving sideswiped a school bus shortly after classes let out for the day Thursday.
Cary police arrested Kenneth Austin Alexander at his home at 5632 Monarch Birch Drive, an Apex address in unincorporated Wake County, shortly before 5 p.m., arrest records show.
Alexander was charged with failing to stop after an accident, careless and reckless driving and having more than one person under 21 in the car with him while he has a provisional driver’s license.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014Area:
Portland-Auburn, MEA Moultonborough teen suffered serious injuries in a snowmobile accident in Pittsburg on Thursday afternoon.
Fish and Game officials said Tyler Demond, 19, was a passenger on the sled when it went off the road, throwing the driver and Demond from the machine. Demond was thrown into a tree.
Officials said his injuries were not life threatening. They also said inexperience was a factor in the crash.
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Saturday, February 22, 2014Area:
Boston, MAA Braintree teen has pleaded not guilty in Quincy District Court to operating under the influence of drugs after he allegedly crashed his car into a police cruiser while he was trying to videotape an accident scene on his cellphone, police said.
William Sawyer Jr., 18, was also charged with impeded operation, operating to endanger, and obstructing an emergency vehicle, according to a Norfolk district attorney’s spokesman.
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Saturday, February 22, 2014Area:
Ft. Myers-Naples, FLTwo children have serious injuries after crashing their all-terrain vehicle in southwest Florida.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, 9-year-old Angela Wright was driving the ATV when it crashed Sunday afternoon in Lehigh Acres.
Troopers say the ATV flipped over as it approached a telephone pole in a grassy area.
According to a crash report, both the girl and her 16-year-old passenger Kyle Pilgrim were thrown off the ATV in the crash. Troopers say the teenager struck the telephone pole after being ejected, and the ATV struck the 9-year-old after she was thrown off.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014Area:
Hartford & New Haven, CTTwo adults and two children were taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries following a car crash on Trout Brook Drive in West Hartford that severely damaged both cars involved, according to police.
Police said 18-year-old Nhi Phan was driving southbound on Trout Brook Drive in the area of Fern Street around 10:40 Wednesday morning when she lost control of her vehicle, which slid into the northbound lane and struck a car driven by Erik Beard, 41.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014Area:
Nashville, TNFour teens are lucky to be alive after a bad rollover crash on West End Avenue overnight.
Police say they were driving down 17th Avenue South near Vanderbilt University when they lost control.
The car hit an embankment and flipped.
The vehicle was destroyed in the crash, but no one is said to have been hurt.