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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

A 26-year-old woman died in a crash on Interstate 90 just before 7 a.m. Wednesday when she fell asleep while driving and her vehicle rolled over. Giselle Naughton, of Seattle, was traveling east about 24 miles west of Ritzville with her boyfriend and three-year-old daughter when she exited the roadway after falling asleep. She was pronounced deceased at the site. 

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Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Larhonda Cambrielle Brown was driving on U.S. 231 when her vehicle collided head-on with a tractor-trailer. She and her two children were taken to an area medical center with they all died of their injuries. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured. The accident is still under investigation.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

At about 10:30pm, Barker was driving the wrong way in the westbound lane of I-182 when he struck two other oncoming cars, one of which contained Miriam Garcia, 30, and the other which contained Sanchez, Martha Zambrano, 49, an 11-year-old and a 12-year-old. Sanchez was critically injured in the collision and died after being taken to the hospital, but no one else was seriously hurt. Further details are limited, but police say drugs and/ or alcohol were involved.What money damages are recoverable in a death claim?

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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
A Roane County girl died Saturday days after a collision involving an ambulance and a minivan carrying the child's family on New Years Eve. Lillian Creek, 5, died three days after the crash on Highway 95 in Loudon County. Her mother, Jessica Creek, was driving a van when she crossed the highway's center line and collided with a Rural/Metro ambulance. Rescue crews transported the family to UT Medical Center, and then transferred Lillian and her 7-year-old brother to Children's Hospital. It is not yet known why the van crossed the center line.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Juan Linares, 31, was driving east on I-90 in a car with Chavez, a 10-month-old boy, and an 11-year-old girl as passengers when he somehow lost control, departed the highway and struck the median before re-entering the road. Upon re-entry, Linares' car collided with a semi-truck driven by Russell Lanman, 58. Only Chavez was injured in the crash, though the extent of her injuries is not yet known.5 things to do immediately after a serious accident

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Monday, December 29, 2014

According to authorities, 15-year-old Summer Ungerank of Pocahontas was killed when the 2008 Chevrolet Aveo she was riding in ran off of Bellview Road at a high speed, struck a tree, and overturned. The accident happened at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Randolph County. Two other teen girls in the vehicle, ages 16 and 14, recieved unknown injuries in the accident. We'll update this story as more information becomes available.

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Sunday, December 28, 2014
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Trenton-NJ

A 10-year-old boy was on his way to a sleepover in Franklin Township when he was struck and killed by a police cruiser while crossing the street with two friends. The accident occurred at 7:00 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Delsea Drive and Paul Street. The two other children were not hurt, but the victim was struck in the middle of the road and was pronounced dead at the scene. It's unclear at this time whether the officer was responding to a call. We'll update this story as more information becomes available. 

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Saturday, December 27, 2014
Authorities say a second person has died from her injuries after a fiery collision on Interstate 75 in Madison County. Melissa Meade, 38, of Warren County, Ohio, died at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. Christopher Shawn "Cheerios" Truesdell, 41, died from severe burns on Saturday at the hospital. The collision occurred Saturday on I-75 in Madison County when a car crossed a median and crashed into a van, which then caught fire. The cause of the crash is not yet known.
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Saturday, December 27, 2014
A man driving an ATV with two small girls as passengers, died Saturday when he hit a curb and rolled the vehicle. John Compton, 29, of Quinsey Drive in Bridgeport, died at St. Vincent's Hospital, soon after the 6 p.m. crash on Turkey Roost Road. A 2 year-old and a 6 year-old girl were thrown from the vehicle after the accident but did not sustain serious injuries. The two girls were brought to local hospitals, were treated for their injuries and released to their parents. 
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Saturday, December 27, 2014
Five Kansas City people, three under the age of 3, died in a car accident on I-435 Saturday evening. Shante Hopkins, 24, Dominique Johnson, 17, and Hopkins three children 2-year-old Ja Riah, 1-year-old Ja Nijah, and 7-month-old Tay Shawn, died in a car crash when Hopkins' car became disabled on I-435 Saturday. Before they could safely exit the vehicle, a tractor trailer crashed into the car at high speed.