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A man who San Diego police said was traveling a high rate of speed was killed Friday in a crash in the Tijuana River Valley.
The accident occurred about 3:30 p.m. on Monument Road, police Officer Frank Cali said.
The driver lost control of his vehicle and hit a raised asphalt curb and a rock. The 1998 Toyota Tacoma pickup then rolled off the road, the officer said.
The man died at the scene from head injuries, Cali said.
His name was not yet released by the Medical Examiner’s Officer.
A Laurel man was arrested Friday evening after leading police on a chase through town.
Laurel police say Mario Edward Berger, 23, was seen at 6:43 p.m. driving a silver Mitsubishi sports car north on South Fifth Avenue. Berger was driving recklessly, according to police.
An officer tried to stop Berger, but he sped off east onto West Main Street, and went through a red light at Fifth and Main. Berger then turned left onto Second Avenue and ran two more stop signs, according to police.
A flight student and instructor are recovering from minor injuries they sustained when their small plane crash landed on to a building’s roof in Vicksburg on Friday.
Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong says the plane went down after experiencing engine problems.
The student and teacher tried to turn around and go back to the Vicksburg Municipal Airport but didn’t make it. The plane ended up on the roof of Cooper Lighting.
That building is right next to the airport, and there’s damage to the roof.
An investigation into the crash is underway.
Officials say texting and driving was a factor in a fatal crash early Friday morning.
Emergency responders were called to a report of an accident to U.S. 40 east of the Manhattan road just after 5 a.m.
Reports show a Ford F-150 driven by Darrel Meaden, Jr., 30 of Brazil, was traveling east on U.S. 40 when the truck left the roadway.
The truck then struck an embankment and caused the vehicle to go airborne, roll and then struck a tree.
Meaden was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
A Roy, Utah man was killed Thursday night when he crashed on a curve and rolled on Interstate 80 about 19 miles east of Rock Springs, Wyo.
Wyoming Highway Patrol Sgt. Stephen Townsend said that several motorists told troopers that the 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix being driven by 33-year-old Nathaneal Chase had been traveling at excessive speed westbound about the time of the crash.
Chase, who was partially ejected from his car as it rolled off the left side of the freeway, was dead at the scene.
A motorcyclist was critically injured in a Friday collision in West Valley City.
The man, 60, was driving east on 3300 South about 12:25 p.m. when he collided with a westbound SUV that was turning south. The motorcyclist was flung 20 to 30 feet, at which point his body struck a stopped car and slid underneath it, said West Valley City police Lt. Dalan Taylor.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a crash that killed a 17-year-old Massillon girl on Friday.
Jamie Lynn DeLeon of Massillon was attempting to cross Lillian Gish boulevard in a marked crosswalk when she was struck by a Chevrolet Silverado driven by Gregg Harris, 50, of Massillon. Gregg was making a right turn when the accident occurred.
Harris was not injured in the crash. Troopers said he was wearing his seatbelt.
DeLeon was transported to Affinity Hospital by the Massillon fire department, where she later died of her injuries.
At about 7:30 a.m. Thursday, a 38-year-old woman died in a head-on crash on U.S. Route 1 in Warren.
Police say Alison Low of Warren was driving south when her car was struck by a northbound vehicle that crossed the center-line. Three others were injured.
A woman is in custody after leading police on a short chase and crashing into another vehicle along the way.
A car ended up in the side of a house after a brief police chase. Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office deputies say it all started when a deputy was patrolling the Birnam Wood subdivision in north Harris County. They say the driver of a silver car was speeding.
A woman was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries Friday morning after she got off an RTD bus and then was hit by a vehicle.
The accident happened about 6:15 a.m. near the intersection of West Alameda Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard, according to a tweet by the Denver Police Department.
The bus stopped to let the woman out, but it was not at a bus stop and the bus was not in the lane closest to the sidewalk.
Northbound Sheridan was closed at Alameda as investigators worked the scene, and other traffic was being rerouted. It was reopened just before 9:30 a.m.