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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?

Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Police have found and recovered the body of a young woman who was in a car that crashed into Lake Waco on New Year's Eve. Brittany Stevenson, 24, was initially thought to have exited the submerged vehicle after divers spent hours searching, but found no trace of her. However, Waco Police Sgt. Patrick Swanton released a statement that divers had recovered Stevenson's body. Stevenson was in a Kia Forte that smashed through a guardrail and over a dirt barrier into Lake Waco around 11 p.m. Wednesday. A second woman in the car was able to exit the car and swim to safety.

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.
Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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.
Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

A police helicopter reportedly crashed on a residential street in Las Vegas, injuring two officers that were riding inside. The officers were taken to a local medical center with non-life threatening injuries. No one else was injured in the crash. Investigators are not sure what caused the accident. This incident is still under investigation.

 

Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Area: 
Tucson, AZ
A Cochise County Sheriff's Office helicopter crashed Wednesday night, killing both the pilot and mechanic on board. Their identities have yet to be released. The helicopter was returning to Sierra Vista Airport from Phoenix, where it had some routine maintenance done. The Benson Fire Department located the wreckage around 9:20 p.m.
Date: 
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. 

5 things to do immediately after a serious accident

Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

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.

5 things to do immediately after a serious accident

Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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.
Date: 
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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.