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Saturday, March 8, 2014

A man is fighting for his life after a car crash on Roosevelt Boulevard in the Hunting Park section of the city.

Officials say one car struck another in the southbound lanes of the Boulevard near 9th Street shortly after 4 a.m. The collision caused the second car to strike a tree and a guard rail.

The male driver was trapped for about 10 minutes until rescue crews arrived. He was taken to Temple University Hospital where he is currently in critical condition.

The other driver was not hurt in the accident. Officials say charges are not expected.

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Saturday, March 8, 2014

A 40-year-old Lexington woman was killed early Sunday when she stepped into the path of an oncoming van on Preston Highway, police say.

The accident happened at about 4:36 a.m. on Preston Highway near Pinecroft Road when the victim was walking with several other people from El Rincon Restaurant and Bar, in the 8100 block of Preston Highway, a Louisville Metro Police release said.

The woman was identified as Felecia Burton, of Chippendale Circle in Lexington, by the Jefferson County Deputy Coroner.

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Saturday, March 8, 2014

Both drivers are expected to survive a Thursday afternoon truck crash near Casper that killed 20 cattle.

The crash occurred when a semitruck carrying 71 cows collided with a pickup along West Yellowstone Highway near Six Mile road. Authorities suspect one driver failed to obey a stop sign, while the other was texting.

Tyler Larson, 29, was driving east on the highway in a semi hauling cattle when Donald Wade, 55, is believed to have pulled out in front of him. The two trucks collided, sending both into a dirt area off to the south of the road.

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Saturday, March 8, 2014
Shots fired by a Wasilla police officer and an Alaska State Trooper killed a suspected drunk driver who tried to elude them Sunday night, troopers said. Both fired at Gorden E. Samel, 52, of Wasilla, after he backed his pickup toward the officer following a brief but chaotic chase, according to troopers. An adult male passenger in the truck received injuries described as not life-threatening; he was not identified.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014

A Fairmont City woman was killed after her car hit the ConAgra Grain Elevator in Alton Sunday evening.

Authorities said 27-year-old Christina Martinez was driving a 2000 Chevrolet Equinox on W. Broadway toward downtown Alton around 5 p.m. when the wreck occurred.

According to witnesses, the car bounced off the grain elevator and back into the roadway. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said Martinez was not wearing a seatbelt.

No other passengers were in the car.

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Saturday, March 8, 2014
The Wickliffe Police Department responded to a reported car accident Sunday morning at the Shell gas station. Upon arrival, police found 34-year-old Benjamin Scholes at the scene of the accident. Scholes admitting to losing control of his vehicle on a patch of ice. Scholes' blood alcohol content was a .189. He was arrested and charged with OVI failure to control. He was released after posting a $3,500 bond. Police say the canopy of the gas station and gas pump received extensive damage from the crash.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014
Two people killed when a Jeep SUV crashed into a utility pole in the Town of Beloit were identified by police Monday as the driver, Pablo A. Villareal, 22, and his passenger, Alex J. Nelson, 25, both of Janesville. The vehicle was traveling south on state Highway 51 near Briar Lane about 3 a.m. Sunday when it ran off the road and hit the pole, according to a Rock County sheriff's office news release. Alcohol and distracted driving may have been factors in the crash, Town of Beloit police said Monday.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014

An 18-year-old was killed and his 17-year-old brother was critically injured in a single-vehicle crash Sunday evening on an unpaved Clay County road.

Brandon Douglas Norman, 17, was driving a black Toyota Tacoma pickup truck on Louie Carter Road just before 7 p.m. He lost control on a muddy, dirt road, and the pickup left the road and struck a tree, according to the Florida Highway Patrol report. Troopers said the brothers were test driving the 1992 pickup that had recently been purchased by their family when they crashed.

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Saturday, March 8, 2014
A woman has died after her car was crushed by a falling tree as she drove down I-80 Sunday. The incident happened around 1:43 p.m. along westbound I-80 near the Cherry Glen Road off-ramp just outside of Vacaville. According to California Highway Patrol, the car was hit by a falling tree, then continued on for about a fourth of a mile before finally crashing into the center divide. A windshield left behind on the roadway shows some of the damage. The driver – identified as a 23-year-old Kenneisha Dale from Oakland – was the only occupant in the car.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014
Two people were injured, one seriously, when a tractor trailer and a passenger car crashed on I-95 Sunday night, flipping the 18-wheeler on its side and setting it on fire. All southbound lanes of I-95 were closed in the area of Brooklyn Bridge Road in Laurel, near the Howard County-Prince George's County line, according to police. Two patients were transported for treatment, one to a local hospital with minor injuries, one to a trauma center with serious, non-life-threatening injuries. The tractor trailer was carrying produce, police said.