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Monday, May 26, 2014Area:
Binghamton, NYNichols, NY (WBNG Binghamton) New York State Police identify the Tioga County woman who was killed in a head-on crash on State Route 17 East.
Shirley McGee, 79, of Candor died in the crash Tuesday afternoon.
It happened around 2:40 p.m. by exit 62 in Nichols. According to state police, McGee was driving west on the eastbound lane of State Route 17. Her gray 2001 Ford Escort collided head-on with a 2010 white pick-up truck driven by Nickolas Little, 34, of Ceres, NY.
McGee was pronounced dead at the scene by the Tioga County Assistant Coroner.
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Saturday, May 24, 2014Area:
Memphis, TNA Sunday afternoon accident involving an all-terrain vehicle and an SUV killed a 93-year-old man from Ripley, Mississippi.
Leroy Derrick, a retired constable, was trying to cross Highway 4 near County Road 548 on his ATV when he drove into the path of the SUV.
The accident happened around 2:40 p.m. on Sunday.
Officials say Derrick died on the scene. The driver of the SUV was not hurt.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014One man died and four people were injured in a chain-reaction crash investigators believe began when a 68-year-old driver had a medical problem and passed out at the wheel, the Broward Sheriff's Office said Friday.
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Friday, May 9, 2014A 65-year-old man was airlifted to the hospital after he was thrown off a moped. James Bourdo of Shelbyville was riding the moped on Wildwood Road, near the intersection of Fawn Lake Road in Orangeville Township when the crash occurred around 5:40 p.m. Saturday. Authorities said Bourdo was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash and suffered severe injuries. West Michigan Air Care transported Bourdo to Borgess Hospital where he underwent surgery and is listed in critical condition.
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Monday, April 28, 2014Area:
La Crosse-Eau Claire, WITwo people are dead after a head-on collision on Highway 35 about two miles south of Stoddard near Riverview Court in the Town of Bergen, according to Vernon County Sheriff John Spears.
Sheriff Spears said a northbound vehicle, driven by 70-year-old Robert M. Williams of Stoddard, went to pass a vehicle in front of him and struck a southbound vehicle, driven by 55-year-old Margaret L. Springborn of rural DeSoto. The crash happened at about 3:20 p.m.
Springborn was transported to Gundersen Health System in La Crosse where she was later pronounced dead.
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Thursday, April 24, 2014Area:
Buffalo, NYA 70-year-old woman was seriously hurt after she was hit by a car while crossing Maple Road in Amherst.
The accident happened around 9:00 a.m.
Investigators say Suzanne Martin was crossing Maple Road and was struck by a car driven by William F. Algeri, 77.
Martin was taken to ECMC with head and leg injuries.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014Area:
Indianapolis, INAn adult bicyclist, later identified as Neil Kelty, 23, was killed this morning after being struck by a school bus on the Northside.
The crash was reported at Westlane and Ditch roads shortly before 7:30 a.m., just north of Westlane Middle School, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police.
The Indianapolis Public Schools bus was operated Bessie Smith, 72, Indianapolis, a driver with Durham School Services, police said. No children were on the bus, according to IMPD Sgt. Kendale Adams.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014Area:
Portland, ORPolice have identified the 81-year-old man who was seriously injured in a crash on Highway 20 near Lebanon Thursday afternoon.
Samuel Slaughter of Sweet Home suffered serious injuries in a crash involving a commercial truck pulling a semi trailer and a car. Oregon State Police said at about 1 p.m. a commercial truck pulling a semi-trailer stopped on westbound Highway 20 to wait for train to pass by so the driver could turn into a driveway.
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Monday, April 21, 2014The Kansas Highway Patrol says a county commissioner from western Kansas died when his plane crashed while he was crop dusting.
The patrol says 67-year-old Don Cates, a Barton County commissioner from Claflin, died Tuesday afternoon when his ultralight, single-engine plane hit a power line and crashed into a ditch just northwest of Garfield in Pawnee County. Cates was the only person on board. Cates joined the Barton County Commission in 2010.
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Saturday, April 19, 2014Area:
Atlanta, GAPolice in Cobb County were investigating the death of a woman after a crash in a church parking lot.
68-year-old Katie O. Palmer died in Sunday morning wreck at Milford Baptist Church in Marietta.
Authorities say Palmer was in a 1992 Mercury Sable that began “backing rapidly” through the parking lot and crashed into a concrete wall.
Witnesses told authorities Palmer was slumped over the wheel before the 10:50 a.m. wreck. Palmer was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The Cobb County Medical Examiner’s Office is working with police to determine how she died.