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One hurt after scaffolding collapses onto 4 cars in Chicago.

Date: 
Friday, January 3, 2014
Area: 
Chicago, IL

One person was injured when scaffolding collapsed on four cars Friday night in Lincoln Park.

Scaffolding fell around 8:20 p.m. from the west side of an apartment building in the 2700 block of North Lakewood Avenue, damaging three parked cars and one more passing vehicle, a police News Affairs Officer said.

The male driver of the passing vehicle suffered minor lacerations on his hand. No other injuries were reported.

Multiple wrecks with minor injuries on snowy I-70 & I-270 near St. Louis Missouri.

Date: 
Friday, January 3, 2014
Area: 
St. Louis, MO

A series of wrecks caused a traffic nightmare for those heading into St. Charles County Friday morning.

The wrecks happened on westbound Interstate 70 at Interstate 270 around 6:15 a.m.

One of the vehicles involved in a wreck appeared to have hit a Missouri Highway Patrol car when being moved off the road. The patrol car sustained minor damage.

Another other car landed on its roof and settled in a ditch off the interstate.

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Jonathan Conner, Daniel Conner seriously injured, taken to hospital, when two boats collide in Louisiana.

Date: 
Friday, January 3, 2014
Area: 
New Orleans, LA
A head-on collision Saturday in Terrebonne Parish put two boaters in the hospital, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The accident occurred on Crooked Bayou near Dularge. One of the vessels was piloted by Jonathan Conner of Mandeville, who is currently in ICU at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, according to a department spokesman. His passenger, Daniel Conner, was transported to Terrebonne General Medical Center after the accident. He is in stable condition.

Woman killed two others injured, taken to hospital, after head-on crash in Keaau Hawaii.

Date: 
Friday, January 3, 2014
Area: 
Honolulu, HI
A 53-year-old woman is dead following a crash in Keaau on Route 130. It happened just after 8:15 Saturday night. The woman was driving a 2001 Mercury sedan when she crossed the center median and hit a Mercedes Benz that was going in the opposite direction. The 56-year-old driver of the Mercedes Benz and her daughter, who is 23 years old, were sent to the hospital. Officials say that speed was a factor in the crash and a negligent homicide investigation has been opened. All occupants were wearing seat belts, according to police.

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.

Keith Hochstetler, 31, seriously injured after he crashes snowmobile at high rate of speed in Milford, Indiana

Date: 
Friday, January 3, 2014
Area: 
Indianapolis, IN
A man was airlifted to the hospital with serious internal injuries after a snowmobile crash in Kosciusko County. According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, 31-year-old Keith Hochstetler, of Milford, was driving a snowmobile in the area of 600 N and 150 W when he hit a snowbank and was thrown off the vehicle. Investigators said Hochstetler was going around 50 mph at the time of the crash.

William Earl Lovelady, 71, killed when his car is hit head-on by semi truck on Highway 78 in Dora, Alabama

Date: 
Friday, January 3, 2014
Area: 
Birmingham, AL
Authorities have identified the man who died in a three-vehicle wreck Saturday afternoon in Walker County. William Earl Lovelady, 71, of Dora, was pronounced dead at the scene. Lovelady was traveling westbound on Highway 78 when he lost control of his vehicle near Sharon Boulevard and crossed the median. He hit a guardrail and bounced back into oncoming traffic. His car was hit head-on by a semi-truck and then by a second vehicle. Dora police responded to the crash around 3:40 p.m. No other injuries were reported. The wreck remains under investigation.

David Prizio, passenger, rescued when his small private plane crashes into water near S. Catalina Island.

Date: 
Friday, January 3, 2014
Area: 
Los Angeles, CA
Two people were rescued by a ship after a single-engine plane carrying two people crashed near Santa Catalina Island on Saturday, officials said. A distress signal was put out by a person on the plane when the crash occurred around 1:05 p.m., according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The two plane passengers were rescued from the water from an unknown vessel. The Santa Catalina Express catamaran aided the rescue be relaying the distress call to the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard responded with a boat and met up with the ship. Both plane occupants were taken to Catalina Island.

Woman in critical condition after motorcycle crash in Kaneohe Hawaii.

Date: 
Friday, January 3, 2014
Area: 
Honolulu, HI
A young woman is fighting for her life after she was thrown from her motorcycle in Kaneohe. The crash happened in Haiku Village just off of Kahekili Highway. At about 11:30 a.m. Saturday, a motorcycle crashed into a parked car on Kahuhipa Street. Police say the 27-year-old woman then slid underneath a white pickup truck. She was not wearing a helmet and may have been speeding. She was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition.

Two seriously injured, taken to hospital, after 2 cars collide in Michigan.

Date: 
Friday, January 3, 2014
Area: 
Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI

Two people were taken to the hospital after a Wyoming crash. The crash happened around 12:45 Saturday afternoon on Gezon Parkway, east of Byron Center Ave. Emergency crews at the scene stated that a van and car crashed. One of the drivers was ejected from their vehicle, the other driver had to be cut out. Both drivers were taken to the hospital. Their conditions are not yet known.