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A car was traveling north on the Rankin Bridge at about 7:30 a.m. when it slid on a patch of ice, lost control, and slammed into another car. Witnesses say the Rankin police chief gave the 3-year-old CPR before emergency medical personnel arrived, and she was then transported to Children’s Hospital with a spinal injury, which is causing breathing difficulties. The girl’s mother was also seriously injured, and the girl’s father and the two people in the other vehicle, a woman and her adult son, suffered minor injuries.
Two adults and two children have been killed in a weather-related car accident. 31-year-old driver Holly Webb of Whitney slid on a wet roadway over the weekend into the path of two oncoming pickup trucks. Webb and her daughters, 9-year-old Kimberely and 12-year-old Mekaiylah, were killed along with 23-year-old passenger Richard Wehrly. Webb's 10-year-old daughter, Jessica, was taken to a local hospital. She was listed in serious condition on Sunday. They were all wearing seat belts.
A driver hit a 10-year-old boy, then crashed into a fence near East Mission Avenue and North Cook Street around 7:30 a.m. Thursday in north Spokane. The boy suffered serious injuries and is currently in the hospital in critical condition. The driver is cooperating with investigators. While there was about a half inch of snow on the ground, it is unknown at this time if weather conditions were at play. The crash site is just a few blocks from Stevens Elementary.
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One man is deceased and three people were injured after a collision in Laurel County early Friday morning on Ky. 770 south of London. A Pontiac G6 was traveling eastbound and lost control on the rain-slicked road. The Pontiac then crashed into an eastbound Dodge minivan, which was thrown off the roadway. The driver of the Pontiac, Eric Grubb, 32, of London was pronounced dead at Corbin Baptist Regional Hospital.
One killed and eight injured in three-car accident involving a semitrailer truck, a sedan and a pickup truck around 8:40 a.m. on southbound U.S. 85 near Weld County Road 42, just north of Gilcrest, CO.
Five people were sent to a hospital after a six-car accident at the Highway 281 interchange in Pharr. The crash took place Saturday around 5:30 p.m. Five people were taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. One child suffered a broken nose. Police say rain played a factor in the accident.