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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

A pedestrian, identified as Cody T. Robinson, 20, of Vancouver, was struck in the intersection about 5:30 a.m. this morning at Fourth Plain Boulevard at Northeast Andresen Road. Robinson was taken to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, where he is listed in serious condition. A white Chevrolet SUV apparently involved in the crash was found abandoned at a McDonald's parking lot just south of the intersection. Investigators have contacted the Chevy's registered owner, who reported the vehicle stolen shortly after the hit-and-run accident happened.

Date: 
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Police say a snowmobiler has died after being struck by another snowmobile in Washtenaw County. The crash happened around 12:30 a.m. Thursday in York Township, about 35 miles southwest of Detroit. State police Sgt. Mark Thompson says two snowmobilers were riding on a road, with one following the other, and the first driver fell off and was struck by the second snowmobile. Thompson says the driver of the first snowmobile died at the scene.
Date: 
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Houston police are looking for the suspect who shot a driver causing him to crash in southwest Houston Wednesday night. Investigators said the victim and a woman were sitting in a car at an apartment complex off of Woodfair Drive around 10:30 p.m. when a man walked up to the car and fired a shot at the driver. Officials said the driver managed to hit the gas and drove a few miles away to a Valero station at the intersection of Woodfair Drive and Bissonnet Street.
Date: 
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
An accident involving a school bus in Union County sent more than 20 students to the hospital with minor injuries, according to troopers and emergency responders. The accident happened at 7:27 a.m. at Whitlock Lake Road and Morris Farm Road near Jonesville, troopers said. Troopers said the 1988 Freightliner school bus was traveling south on Whitlock Lake Road, when it ran off the right side of road and hit a tree. Union County Emergency Services director Ronnie Robertson confirmed six students were taken to Wallace Thompson Hospital in Union.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
A wrong-way driver collided with a tractor trailer early Thursday on the Chicago Skyway, spilling diesel fuel and closing all southbound lanes for more than an hour on the South Side. A female driving in a black Infinity northbound in the southbound lanes of Interstate 90 crashed with the semi about 1:30 a.m. near 76th Street, said a police News Affairs Officer. The truck spilled diesel fuel, causing a HazMat situation that temporarily closed all southbound lanes, Greer said. The expressway was reopened about 2:55 a.m.
Date: 
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Area: 
Austin, TX

A suspected drunken driver fleeing police crashed through barricades at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, slamming into a crowd outside a nightclub and killing a man and woman on a moped early Thursday, police said. Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said the motorist plowed into people gathered in front of an emptying nightclub around 12:30 a.m., injuring 23 people, five critically. He eventually crashed and tried to make a getaway on foot. A police officer shocked him with a stun gun and took him into custody, Acevedo said at a news conference.

Date: 
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

A victim in a multi-car crash in Kansas City, Kan., Wednesday has died from her injuries.

Jessica G. Snitz-Rodrigues, 30, of Kansas City, Kan., suffered injuries in a crash at the intersection of 106th Street and Parallel Parkway.

Police said a vehicle traveling westbound on Parallel Parkway struck two cars turning east on Parallel Parkway. It was not clear which vehicle Snitz-Rodrigues was in.

Date: 
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

A woman was arrested on DUI charges after a sport utility truck struck three people late Wednesday outside a popular Bike Week hangout in Ormond Beach.

Eunice Cich, 52, of Toronto, Ohio, was arrested after the crash, which happened around 11:30 p.m. near the Iron Horse Saloon on U.S. 1 near Airport Road, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

According to troopers, Sherry Ann Pyle, 44, of Palm Coast was taken to Halifax Hospital in critical condition.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

A 64-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a car as he attempted to cross Gallows Road in the Merrifield area Wednesday morning, Fairfax County police said.

Leroy Jewell, of Falls Church, was hit by a Toyota Corolla around 7 a.m. while he was walking in the roadway near Belleforest Drive. Jewell was transported to a local hospital where he died.

The driver of the Corolla remained at the scene. The crash remains under investigation, but speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors.

Date: 
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Troopers with the NC Highway Patrol say one person was killed in a vehicle crash in Union County Wednesday afternoon.

The incident was reported at 5:27 p.m. on Rocky River Road South, according to the NC Highway Patrol.

Harley Glenn Wallace, 34, of Lancaster, SC, was driving a 2002 Chrysler van southbound when he crossed the median and hit a 2005 Chevrolet pick-up truck headed northbound.

Wallace was killed on impact, Troopers say.