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Aaron Cook, 35, and Sheryl Reed, 33, killed in crash with train on Highway 11 in Roseau, Minnesota

Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Area: 
Fargo-Valley City, ND
Two people died after their vehicle was struck by a train in northern Minnesota around 5:33 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 11 in Roseau. A Ford Focus was northbound at a railroad crossing when the driver slowed at a stop sign but didn’t stop the vehicle. The car went across the tracks and was struck on the driver’s side by an eastbound train, which shoved the car into a ditch. Aaron Cook, 35, of Warroad, Minnesota, and Sheryl Reed, 33, of Macon, Georgia, died in the crash. 

Erin Guillotte, 17, killed and Dalton Guedry injured in ATV crash on La. 22 in Ascension Parish, LA

Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Area: 
Baton Rouge, LA
A 17-year-old woman died and a man was critically injured after they accidentally steered a four-wheeler into the path of an oncoming car on La. 22 on New Year’s Eve. Erin Guillotte, 17, of Gonzales, and Dalton Guedry, whose age and place of residence were not immediately available, were riding the four-wheeler when they tried to cross La. 22 near Interstate 10 at around 10 p.m. Wednesday evening. The ATV made it halfway across the road when they braked to avoid the oncoming car. The fast stop ejected them off the four-wheeler and into the car’s path, resulting in a collision.

Martin Sanchez, 50, killed in wrong-way crash involving three cars caused by Clifford Barker, 58 and allegedly DUI, on I-182 in Pasco, WA

Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Area: 
Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA

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?

Woman extricated from vehicle after rollover at North 143rd Street and Evanston Avenue North in Seattle, WA

Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Area: 
Seattle-Tacoma, WA

Sometime in the morning, a car traveling at a slow speed near North 143rd Street and Evanston Avenue North somehow crashed and landed on it's side, trapping the woman who was driving it inside. Firefighters rescued the woman by removing the roof of her car, and she was safely removed and had only minor injuries.

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Driver Aaron Cook, 35, and passenger Sheryl Reed, 33, dead after car-train collision at Highway 11 near Warroad, MN

Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Area: 
Fargo-Valley City, ND
At around 5:30pm, a car driven by Cook that Reed was riding in slowed at a stop sign on Highway 11, but still continued onto the railroad tracks despite an approaching train and was struck by it on the driver's side, killing both people in the car. The train engineer was not injured in the crash.

Trinity Kiger, 24, Shannon Chisholm, 37, and Hannah Chisholm, 11, killed and Ronald Chisholm, 38, and Haley Chisholm, 14, injured in head-on car accident on Walker Road North in Livingston Parish, LA

Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Area: 
Baton Rouge, LA
A Denham Springs family driving home from a New Year’s Eve church event were in a head-on collision that left three people dead and two others hospitalized. At about 8:15 p.m., a Mazda sedan driven by Trinity Kiger, 24, of Satsuma, crossed the center line of Walker Road North and smashed head-on into a SUV driven by Ronald Chisholm, 38. Kiger was killed, and Chisholm and his daughter Haley, 14, suffered moderate injuries. His wife, Shannon Chisholm, 37, died shortly after the collision, as did their daughter, Hannah Chisholm, 11, who was seated in the center back seat.

Hunter Kolesar, 19, killed and alleged drunk driver Thomas Flynn, 18, injured in car accident on County Route 29 in Canisteo, New York

Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Area: 
Elmira, NY
A Hornell teen was killed Chistmas Eve around 10 p.m. after the vehicle he was a passenger in exited County Route 29 in the Town of Canisteo and smashed into a tree. The driver of the vehicle, Thomas Flynn, 18, Hornell, was charged by New York State Police with driving while intoxicated. Flynn’s passenger, Hunter Kolesar, 19, was airlifted to Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, where he died. Flynn was also taken to Packer Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition.  

Dan Powers, 52, killed after his pickup strikes a tree on East Miami River Road in Colerain Township, Ohio

Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Area: 
Cincinnati, OH
Dan Powers of Harrison, was the lone victim in a single-vehicle accident New Year's Eve after he lost control of his pick-up truck on East Miami River Road and struck a tree in Colerain Township. Impairment is not believed to have been a factor. 

One injured after car doesn't stop at stop sign and is struck by another vehicle at Armstrong Road and Davis Road in Lodi, CA

Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Area: 
Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, CA

At about 11:00am, a sedan traveling east on Armstrong Road continued into the intersection with Davis Road despite there being a stop sign, and struck another car that was southbound on Davis Road. While neither of the drivers were injured in this collision, a passenger in the southbound vehicle was hospitalized with minor injuries. 

Melissa Parke, 46, killed when car plunges into Columbia River off of Marine Drive in Portland, Oregon

Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Area: 
Portland, OR
One woman has been confirmed deceased after a car that veered to avoid a head-on collision at Marine Drive and Northeast 85th Avenue on Wednesday ended up in the Columbia River. Portland police identified the victim as Melissa Parke, 46, of Portland. Another driver called 911 around 7:30 p.m. to report that a car had entered the water off Marine Drive near the airport. Investigators believe the car either swerved or drifted off the roadway.