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Willie Lee Perry, 48, Phyllis Perry, 52, and 1-year-old infant killed when their car left roadway and crashed into tree on Highway 12 and Pennsylvania Avenue in Colerain, North Carolina

Date: 
Monday, December 30, 2013
Area: 
Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC
North Carolina Highway Patrol says an infant was one of three people who died because of a vehicle crash in Bertie County Friday night. Two adults and a baby were traveling west on State Road 1001 near Colerain when their vehicle strayed to the right of the road, struck a ditch and crashed into a tree. Troopers say the vehicle caught fire, and 48-year-old Willie Lee Perry, 52-year-old Phyllis Perry, and 1-year-old Madison Perry passed away. Highway Patrol said the three shared the same home address, but it is not clear the exact relationship between them.

Man killed when his car leaves road and rolls over in Washington, D.C.

Date: 
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Area: 
Washington, DC
A fatal crash on the northbound lanes of I-295 in the District shut down traffic along a stretch of that interstate earlier Tuesday morning. Continue reading Police said they responded to a call for the accident at 11:46 p.m. Monday night. A police spokesman said the victim was an adult male whose Chevrolet Camaro rolled over into a wooded area near the road. He was found unresponsive by officers and had to be extricated from the car. The victim was transported to Prince George's Hospital Center, where he was declared dead shortly after midnight on Tuesday.

Stacey-Izaac Holmes, 5, killed when car hits tree at high speed in Auburn, WA

Date: 
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Area: 
Seattle-Tacoma, WA

A 5-year-old was critically injured after a car hit a tree overnight in Auburn. The 21-year-old male driver and an 8-year-old girl have non-life threatening injuries. The car was traveling 90 mph when it ran off the road around 2:30 a.m. and hit a tree on Auburn Way South. Emergency crews had to help free the man and boy after they were trapped in the car. Authorities say the girl managed to get out without help. Police are investigating to determine if alcohol was a factor in the accident.

Sung Min Shim, 37, killed when he is ejected from his car in crash on I-35 and Loop 410 in San Antonio, Texas

Date: 
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Area: 
San Antonio, TX
An Austin man who died Dec. 29 in a crash at the interchange of Interstate 35 and Loop 410 ran off the road, into a barrier and was ejected from his car, according to a police report released Monday. Sung Min Shim, 37, was driving a 2010 Mazda Miata northbound just before 6:30 a.m. on the Binz Engleman Road ramp leaving Interstate 35 north, according to the report. He continued driving straight into a grassy and muddy area off the road and spun into the concrete barrier that separates the interstate from the Loop 410 embankment, according to police.

John Vausha, 62, killed when his car leaves road and lands in pond near Ramsey, Indiana

Date: 
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Area: 
Louisville, KY

John Vausha, 62, was driving on Ind. 64 about 6:45 p.m. when a witness saw his vehicle leave the road. The vehicle traveled 500 feet before landing in a pond. Officials are unsure what caused Vausha to drive off the road. Crawford County firefighters pulled Vausha from his car, but the man was unresponsive. Vausha was flown to Harrison County Hospital in Corydon, where he was pronounced dead.

Truck driver killed after truck drives off road and overturns on Interstate 77 in Huntersville, North Carolina

Date: 
Friday, December 27, 2013
Area: 
Charlotte, NC
North Carolina State Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly accident that happened Saturday night. Troopers say a truck driver was driving on I-77, near the Mount Holly-Huntersville Road Overpass, when he drove his truck off the road and overturned. The truck driver was pronounced dead on the scene. Fifty-five gallons of oil was thrown from the truck, but it has been cleaned up since the accident.

Two killed, 3 seriously injured when car plunges down ravine off of Ridgeline Drive in San Bernardino, California

Date: 
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Area: 
San Bernardino, CA

Two people were killed and three others were taken to the hospital after a horrific car crash in San Bernardino on Sunday. The accident happened in the 3500 block of Ridgeline Drive around 1 a.m., San Bernardino County Fire said. Three people were ejected from the car and two others were trapped inside after it went 150 yards down the side of a hill and ended up in a ravine, San Bernardino County Fire said. A man and a woman were pronounced dead at the scene. Firefighters found the other man who was ejected. He was immediately rescued and transported to the hospital.

Logan Sloan Aronson, 23, and Edward Blake Tolley, 23, dead in car accident.

Date: 
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Area: 
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Two Raleigh men were killed Friday evening when the car they were in went out of control, hit a curb, left the road and struck three trees on Lynn Road in North Raleigh. The driver, Logan Sloan Aronson of Raleigh, and his passenger, Edward Blake Tolley of Raleigh, both 23, were pronounced dead at the scene. The accident happened about 7 p.m. near the intersection of Lynn and Lead Mine roads. The speed limit on that part of Lynn Road is 45 mph, but police estimated that the 2003 Acura, headed westbound toward Lead Mine, was traveling 90 mph when it left the road.

Calvin B. Olson, 65, injured in Chautauqua County crash

Date: 
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Area: 
Buffalo, NY
A 65-year-old Jamestown man was airlifted to a Pennsylvania hospital following a one-car accident in the Chautauqua Town of Ellery, sheriff’s deputies reported today. Calvin B. Olson was driving north on Slide Fenner Road, at about 12:20 p.m. Monday, when his vehicle left the east side of the road and hit a utility pole, deputies said. Olson was airlifted to Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pa., with unknown injuries; information about his condition wasn’t available this morning. Deputies said their investigation continues.

Ohio 60 crash into tree kills Gary E. Combs, 66

Date: 
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Area: 
Columbus, OH
A Beverly man was killed in a single-vehicle crash along Ohio 60 in Morgan County Sunday morning. Gary E. Combs, 66, was driving north on Ohio 60 in Center Township when the accident occurred around 9:05 a.m., according to a report from the Ohio State Highway Patrol's Marietta Post. Police said Combs' vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree. No alcohol or drugs are suspected in the crash and Combs was wearing a seatbelt. The accident remains under investigation by OSHP.