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Tuesday, March 25, 2014Area:
Las Vegas, NVMetro Police have reopened Spring Mountain Road near Decatur Boulevard following a crash that left a woman pedestrian dead Wednesday morning.
The 45-year-old woman was struck and killed by a van shortly before 6 a.m. Police say the woman pedestrian was not in a crosswalk when she was hit.
According to police, she was walking with a man who was pushing a shopping cart. He made it to the other side of the street and was yelling to the woman to get out of the road when she was struck. She was taken to University Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.
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Sunday, March 23, 2014A 63-year-old Newport News man was struck and killed Monday by a van while crossing Mercury Boulevard, a police spokeswoman said.
The accident occurred shortly before 10 p.m. when Peter Cornetta, of the 6000 block of Jefferson Avenue, was struck by a 1998 Ford Windstar while crossing Mercury Boulevard about 200 feet west of Newmarket Drive, a Newport News Police Department spokesman said in an email. The minivan was traveling in the right lane eastbound on Mercury Boulevard, Eley said.
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Friday, March 21, 2014Area:
Houston, TXHouston police are investigating a deadly auto versus pedestrian accident on a Gulf Freeway feeder road.
Officials say a 51-year-old man was crossing the feeder road near Broadway Street when he was hit by a pickup truck around 5:30 a.m. Saturday.
Police say the victim, who did not use a crosswalk, was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he later died.
Authorities say the driver of the pickup stayed at the scene. The driver was questioned by police and released with no charges filed.
Houston police say their investigation continues.
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Thursday, March 20, 2014Area:
Houston, TXHouston police are investigating a fatal accident near the Houston Heights.
It happened around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 300 block of Yale Street.
Police say a 41-year-old man was crossing the street when he was hit by a vehicle. The pedestrian did not use a crosswalk.
The driver remained at the scene until emergency crews responded.
Officials say the man was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
No charges have been filed at this time.
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Monday, March 17, 2014Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLTwo teenage sisters were injured after a driver struck them early Tuesday morning.
A Tampa Police spokesperson says Norma Velasquez-Cabrera, 15, and Victoria Velasquez-Cabrera, 14, just left their apartment in the Meridian Pointe complex and were walking to Middleton High School. As they tried to cross East Hillsborough Avenue, they were hit by a car at 7:15 a.m.
Norma is critically injured, Davis said. Their mother rushed to the hospital to be with them.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZA man was killed early Sunday morning in Scottsdale after he was struck by a cab while crossing the street, police said.
The 45-year-old man had left a restaurant on Scottsdale Road north of McDowell Road and was crossing Scottsdale mid-block, not in a crosswalk, when he was hit by a Yellow Cab that was driving north, a Scottsdale Police Department spokesman said.
The man was taken to Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Medical Center where he died, police said.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014Area:
San Bernardino, CAAn investigation is underway into a deadly hit-and-run crash early Wednesday morning in Fontana.
The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. at San Bernardino Avenue and Commerce Drive.
Witnesses say a man was crossing the street, not in a crosswalk, when a semi-truck hit him and took off. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators have not released the victim's identity - only that he's in his 50s.
So far, there are no details on the semi-truck driver.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014Area:
San Diego, CAA woman believed to have been drinking and two children in her care were hospitalized late Wednesday after being hit by a car while jaywalking in El Cajon.
The accident was reported just before 11 p.m. on Jamacha Road at Lexington Avenue, a El Cajon police Lt. said.
The 22-year-old woman from El Cajon said she was the godmother to the girls, ages 2 and 4-years-old, police said. All three suffered minor injuries.
The 59-year-old man who was driving the SUV that struck the trio stopped. He was not injured and not cited, police said.
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Sunday, January 19, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZA 60-year-old pedestrian was killed early Monday after a truck struck him as he was crossing a street in Glendale, authorities said.
The accident occurred near 43rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road just after 7 a.m. when an 81-year-old Glendale man driving a pickup truck hit a pedestrian who was jay walking, according the Glendale Fire Department.
The pedestrian, a 60-year-old man whose name has not been released until family can be notified, was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
Speed and impairment were not factors in the crash.
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014Area:
Houston, TXPolice have released more details about a traffic crash early Thursday morning in north Houston that left a pedestrian dead.
The incident occurred about 7 a.m. in the 1400 block of West Gulf Bank near Veterans Memorial, said a spokeswoman for the Houston Police Department.
Police said that the driver of a yellow Ford van was traveling westbound on W. Gulf Bank and hit a man who was trying to cross the road but was not in a crosswalk.
The driver stopped. The pedestrian, whose name has not been released, died at the scene.