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Friday, April 11, 2014Area:
Chicago, ILA 16-year-old boy was critically injured in a Saturday night crash while riding with a driver arrested for DUI, police said.
Will County Sheriff's police said the crash happened around 9:45 p.m. in the 400 block of Oak Street. According to police reports, a northbound 2005 Chevrolet Silverado crossed into the southbound lane, went into a skid, struck two trees on the passenger side and smashed into a mailbox and boulder on the side of the road.
Deputies reportedly found the rear tire on the other side of the street and bottles of beer behind the passenger seat.
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Thursday, April 10, 2014According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Corchado slammed into the rear of another car, causing it to crash into the KinderCare Learning Center on Goldenrod Road. Four-year-old Lily Quintus died in the crash, and more than a dozen others were injured.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014Area:
Nashville, TNA child has died and his mother was hurt in a hit-and-run collision allegedly caused by a driver under the influence of alcohol or drugs in the westbound lanes of Interstate 24 in Smyrna on Thursday afternoon.
The crash was reported about 1:30 p.m. at mile marker 66, near Sam Ridley Parkway. The child, his mother and his sister were outside their car changing a flat tire when they were struck.
The suspected driver, identified as 33-year-old Tina L. Wilson, kept driving in a Chevrolet Cavalier after the collision, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014Area:
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MNSix people, including three children, were seriously hurt after a major accident involving at least two vehicles in St. Paul on Wednesday, St. Paul Police say.
The crash was reported near Maryland Avenue East and Johnson Parkway around 8:45 p.m.
St. Paul police say 23-year-old Jim Xion was driving with one passenger. According to police, Xion collided with 44-year-old Tou Lee, who had his three children in the car.
Lee and his 10-year-old son were ejected. All victims were taken to Regions Hospital and were in serious condition when they arrived Wednesday, police said.
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Monday, April 7, 2014Area:
Raleigh-Durham, NCA Wake County school bus was involved in an accident at Louisburg Road and Fox Road just south of I-540 in Raleigh Tuesday afternoon.
Pictures from the scene appeared to show a Dodge pickup truck rear-ended the bus.
In all, six people were injured -- five students and the bus driver. Four were taken to WakeMed North and two to WakeMed pediatrics. All injuries appeared to be minor.
School officials said there were about 24 students from Wake Early College of Health and Sciences High School on board.
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Sunday, April 6, 2014Area:
Chicago, ILA driver who was allegedly drunk and driving the wrong way on Interstate 355 injured multiple people in a crash Monday night.
About 8 p.m., the driver was heading south on northbound I-355 lanes near 143rd Street near southwest suburban Lockport when the vehicle struck another head on, Illinois State said.
The driver of the second vehicle was taken to a hospital for a broken leg, Pilgrim said. There were also an unspecified number of children in that vehicle with minor injuries, police said.
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Sunday, April 6, 2014Area:
Richmond-Petersburg, VAVirginia State Police are investigating a collision between a trooper’s cruiser and a minivan that occurred as the officer was pursuing another vehicle.
A State police spokeswoman says Trooper M.W. Deus, the minivan’s 31-year-old female driver and her 10-year-old and 9-year-old daughters suffered non-life threatening injuries. They were taken to VCU Medical Center for treatment.
The woman’s 1-year-old son wasn’t injured.
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Friday, April 4, 2014A Miami-Dade Police Officer is facing DUI charges after he knocked over a shopping cart containing two children in a parking lot while off-duty, officials said.
Ryan Robinson, 41, was arrested on charges of DUI, DUI property damage and DUI causing serious bodily injury in the incident that happened Saturday night at the Publix parking lot at 20425 Old Cutler Road, according to a Miami-Dade Police news release.
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Thursday, April 3, 2014Area:
Charlotte, NCEleven people are being treated for injuries after a school bus from Rowan County was involved in a crash in south Charlotte on Friday.
According to MEDIC, the bus crashed along the 5700 block of Providence Road around 11 a.m. This is near Shalom Park.
Eleven people are being treated for injuries. Most of the injuries are considered to be minor.
The students were from Rowan County and were on a field trip to the Jewish Community Center (JCC) when the crash occurred.
The bus driver backed up the school bus and hit a wall. No one was seriously injured in the crash.
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Thursday, April 3, 2014Area:
Omaha, NEAuthorities say two girls were injured following a school bus crash in Stanton County.
The Stanton County Sheriff's Office says the crash happened Friday morning near Norfolk. The girls, ages 8 and 9, were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Additional information was not released.
Authorities say the bus was carrying 20 students and headed to a school in nearby Leigh. The driver lost control and the vehicle rolled onto its side into a creek bed. A third student was treated at the Leigh school for possible injuries from the crash.