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A 80-year-old crossing guard was hit while helping children cross a road in Orem on Wednesday.
The accident happened around 7:30am when a 48-year-old man driving a minivan hit the guard at 1035 North 800 East in Orem.
The guard was wearing his reflective vest and had his stop sign raised. He sustained neck injures but is expected to be okay.
The minivan had damage to the windshield and the driver was cited for failing to yield and not having insurance.
Wet roads may have caused a big rig to lose control Wednesday morning and jackknife on the 210 Freeway in Pasadena, blocking traffic.
The big rig was carrying about 16,000 pounds of clothing when the accident occurred at 3:30 a.m. on the westbound 210 Freeway transition where it separates from the westbound 134 Freeway.
No injuries occurred.
Seven people were injured following a two-vehicle crash in San Francisco early Wednesday morning, at the intersection of Geary Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue.
Police said it happened about 12:30 a.m., with the impact of the collision knocking out a signal light on Van Ness, and for a time, blocking traffic in both directions.
According to initial reports, it appears one of the vehicles crossed the center divide on Van Ness and hit the other vehicle.
One person was killed and another was injured in a two-vehicle crash in Sherwood Wednesday morning, police said.
An SUV, driven by Spencer Ringheim, 50, collided with a dump truck just after 6:30 a.m. on Southwest Roy Rogers Road at Scholls-Sherwood Road, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
The driver of the SUV died at the scene and the dump truck driver was take to a nearby hospital with injuries not thought to be life-threatening.
There were no other reports of injuries.
Freeway traffic was snarled in the Inland Corridor Wednesday when an SUV involved in a four-vehicle crash came to rest on its top in the middle of Interstate 15, authorities said.
The crash on northbound I-15 just north of Bernardo Center Drive was reported at 7:34 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
Three lanes of traffic were blocked due to the collision, Caltrans reported.
Paramedics took two patients from the crash scene to a hospital, a San Diego fire-rescue dispatcher said, adding both were taken to Palomar Medical Center West in Escondido.
Two people were killed Wednesday morning, and several more were injured, in crashes involving a total of 44 vehicles on snowy Interstate 81 in West Virginia.
Police have now confirmed that there are two fatalities.
The interstate was experiencing white-out conditions from a fast-moving snow squall at the time of two separate, serious crashes, WHAG reported.
Police stated that 14 people were taken to area hospitals after the crashes. Of seven patients taken to Berkeley Medical Center, three are in critical condition and four have been stabilized in the ER.
A person was taken to the hospital after a truck and a train collided in Greensboro Monday afternoon.
The collision happened at National Pipe and Plastics at 9609 W. Market St. in Colfax.
The driver was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The driver's condition isn't known.
The truck was leaving with a load from the business when the collision happened, Guilford County fire officials said.
Pipes and tubes were scattered following the collision.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police say they believe alcohol consumption led to a crash early Wednesday morning on the city’s southeast side.
Around 3:45 a.m. police and rescue crews were called to the 1500 block of Laurel Street near Fountain Square. When they arrived they found a car up on its side and the woman driver trapped inside.
Investigators at the scene say they believe the woman was driving drunk, lost control of her vehicle and ended up in the yard of a home.
Ali Muhammad Altharwa, 19, was still in critical condition Friday night at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center. Two passengers were also injured: a 19-year-old man who was seriously injured and a 17-year-old girl who was thrown from the car but only sustained minor injuries. A news release said speed and alcohol were factors in the accident. Altharwa was driving a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro on Country Homes Boulevard around 11:20 p.m. when he lost control of the vehicle at the left curve at Excel Drive.