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Geoffrey Cronin, 42, arrested for DUI and hit-and-run after crashing his car into a parked vehicle on Walnut and Cedars Streets in Berkeley, California

Date:

Friday, March 28, 2014

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A driver who crashed into several parked vehicles in North Berkeley, then fled the scene as his car burned, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and hit and run just after 9:30 Saturday morning, authorities said. Authorities identified the driver as Geoffrey Cronin, 42, of Berkeley. Cronin was arrested last year in connection with a knife assault and police chase in Berkeley in August.

TeeJay Johnson, 24, who police say had been drinking, one female and one male passenger injured, all taken to hospital, after their pickup, traveling on Hiram Road in the Town of Arcade crashes into a tree.

Date:

Friday, March 28, 2014

Area:

Buffalo, NY

Authorities say a drunk driver was responsible for a single-vehicle crash that injured three people, including himself. The Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office says TeeJay Johnson, 24, of Bliss crashed his Ford Ranger around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday on Hiram Road in the Town of Arcade. The vehicle hit a tree and the Jaws of Life were required to free him and two passengers. A female passenger and Johnson were both flown to ECMC, where they were listed in stable condition. A male passenger was taken to the hospital by ambulance, where he was treated and released.

Tracey Krug, 51, Wayne Donaldson, 50, killed, after an SUV crosses into the oncoming traffic lane at high-speed, colliding head-on with another vehicle on Route 9W in Highland, New York

Date:

Friday, March 28, 2014

Area:

New York, NY

Authorities have released the names of the two people who were killed when their vehicles collided head-on while traveling on a Hudson Valley road last weekend. Police in the Ulster County town of Lloyd tell local media outlets that the victims have been identified as 51-year-old Tracey Krug of Plattekill and 50-year-old Wayne Donaldson of Highland.

Joseph Ouellet, 51, killed, after his motorcycle crashes into a guardrail on northbound I-395 near Killingly.

Date:

Friday, March 28, 2014

Area:

Hartford & New Haven, CT

A Danielson man was killed after a motorcycle accident in Killingly Saturday afternoon. According to state police, Joseph Ouellet, 51, was traveling north on Interstate 395, between exits 90 and 91 when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a guardrail in the center median. The accident happened around 2:00 p.m. Police said Ouellet was pronounced dead at the scene. No other vehicles were involved. State Police are investigating the crash.

Ruth M. Schaller, 35, Michael J. Cramer, 42, killed, after their SUV crashes and then overturns on Porter Road in the Town of Niagara.

Date:

Friday, March 28, 2014

Area:

Buffalo, NY

Police in Niagara County are looking into an accident that killed two people along Porter Road overnight.

Town of Niagara Police say the SUV crashed just after 3 a.m. Saturday morning while going around a curve in the Town of Niagara, south of Packard Road.

The victims are Michael J. Cramer, 43, of Niagara Falls, and Ruth M. Schaller, 35, also of Niagara Falls. They were both pronounced dead at the scene.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation according to the Town of Niagara Police Department.

William Altamirano, 42, killed after he is struck by a hit-and-run driver while walking on Annapolis Road in Bladensburg, Maryland

Date:

Friday, March 28, 2014

Area:

Washington, DC

Police are looking for information leading up to the arrest of a driver involved in a fatal hit and run early Saturday morning. Crews responded to the 4900 block of Annapolis Road in Bladensburg just before 1 a.m. for a pedestrian accident. There, they found 42-year-old William Altamirano of West Palm Beach critically injured. Altamirano was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Police say Altamirano was likely crossing Annapolis Road when he was struck by a white pickup truck traveling westbound. Altamirano did not use a crosswalk, according to police.

Tomohiro Hirayama, 50, Sachiyo Hirayama, 42, Yuki Hirayama, 16, killed, Rinka Hirayama, 9, seriously injured, taken to hospital, after a police pursuit if a pickup leads to a two-car crash on U.S. 160 in Tuba City.

Date:

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Area:

Phoenix, AZ

Three members of a Vernon Hills family on spring break in Arizona died last week, when a car being chased by police struck their vehicle on a highway near the Grand Canyon, authorities in Arizona said.

Tomohiro Hirayama, 50, his wife Sachiyo, 42, and their son Yuki, a 16-year-old sophomore at Stevenson High School, died at about 9:03 p.m. March 28 on U.S. Route 160.

The Hirayama’s 9-year-old daughter, Rinka Hirayama, was the lone survivor of the crash, and remains at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, authorities in Arizona said. Rinka attends Half Day School in Lincolnshire.

Samuel Mayo Rinaker Jr., 91, a passenger, killed, two drivers injured, taken to hospital, after a two-car crash at an intersection in the La Jolla area of San Diego.

Date:

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Area:

San Diego, CA

The passenger riding in a Mercedes-Benz who was killed after the driver lost control of the vehicle in La Jolla was identified Saturday as a 91-year-old local man.

Samuel Mayo Rinaker Jr. died at the scene of the crash at the intersection of La Jolla Scenic Drive and Soledad Mountain Road shortly after 1 p.m. Friday.

The 57-year-old driver of the 1993 Mercedes-Benz sedan in which Rinaker was riding lost control of the vehicle for unknown reasons while proceeding northbound on La Jolla Scenic Drive, according to San Diego police and the county Medical Examiner's Office.

One person seriously injured, transported to hospital, after they are struck by a vehicle, while walking on Riverside Drive, in Marble Cliff.

Date:

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Area:

Columbus, OH

Grandview and Columbus police are investigating a crash that severely injured a pedestrian along Riverside Drive.

The crash happened shortly before 10 p.m. along Riverside Drive near West 5th Avenue in the Village of Marble Cliff.

A pedestrian was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries.

The driver was interviewed at the scene and released. No charges have been filed at this time.

A portion of Riverside Drive was closed in the area, but traffic was diverted through a shopping center.

Karlee Ann Johnson, 17, injured, taken to hospital, after her vehicle goes out of control on E. Dunkerton Road near Dunkerton and overturns in a field.

Date:

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Area:

Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, IA

A single vehicle rollover crash sent a Cedar Falls teen to the hospital Friday evening.

The Black Hawk County Sheriff's office says it happened around 4:30 p.m. about four miles west of Dunkerton on E. Dunkerton Road.

Investigators say 17-year-old Karlee Ann Johnson and two passengers were traveling westbound when Johnson lost control of her vehicle.

The vehicle ran off the north side of the road and rolled over into a farm field.