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Monday, March 17, 2014Area:
Louisville, KYFloyd County police say the car driven by 20-year-old Joseph Fischer of New Albany went off the highway Tuesday night. Fischer walked away from that crash and for unknown reasons went into the travel lanes of I-64 where he was fatally struck by a car. That driver stopped immediately after the collision, and police say no charges are expected to be filed against the motorist.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014Area:
Spokane, WAIdaho state police say one child was injured in a school bus crash around the Idaho County town of Riggins.
The one-vehicle crash occurred around 5:30 p.m. Thursday on a road in the area, located about 125 miles south of Coeur d'Alene.
Police say 66-year-old driver Larry C. Barnard was carrying seven children on his bus when he was distracted by one of them.
The vehicle drifted left and as the driver corrected to the right, tires went off the road and the bus eventually rolled on its right side.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014An 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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Friday, February 28, 2014Area:
Cincinnati, OHA Hamilton man died after his car was struck by a train on Saturday morning.
The Butler County Sheriff's Office said Johnny Robbins, 38, of Hamilton, was traveling northbound on Hamilton-Eaton Road just after 1 a.m. when his car failed to negotiate a curve, crossed the center line and hit a guardrail before coming to rest on railroad tracks as a freight train approached.
The train struck Robbins' car and pushed it along the tracks for approximately 1,600 feet before the train could come to a complete stop.
Robbins was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014Area:
Portland-Auburn, MEA Moultonborough teen suffered serious injuries in a snowmobile accident in Pittsburg on Thursday afternoon.
Fish and Game officials said Tyler Demond, 19, was a passenger on the sled when it went off the road, throwing the driver and Demond from the machine. Demond was thrown into a tree.
Officials said his injuries were not life threatening. They also said inexperience was a factor in the crash.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014Area:
Oklahoma City, OKA person was killed in a crash on Interstate 40 in Seminole County early Wednesday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. The name of the driver had not been released Wednesday evening. The crash happened about 2 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-40 at mile marker 198 about 9 miles north of Seminole, the patrol reported. The driver was ejected and the car caught fire. It is not known if the driver wore a seat belt.
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Saturday, February 22, 2014Area:
Cincinnati, OHHamilton County Sheriff’s deputies say alcohol was a factor in an early morning crash that injured three people.
The crash occurred about 2:40 a,m on Kellogg Avenue as Steve Wayne Taulbee, 22, was driving east, Hamilton County deputies said. Taulbee changed lanes to the left and lost control of his 1995 Honda Accord.
The car left the road and its left side struck a wall, the Honda then bounced off the wall and the front left corner hit a utility pole.
Taulbee, of New Richmond, and two passengers in his back seat were injured, deputies aid.
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Friday, February 21, 2014Area:
Portland, ORA man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants after a single-vehicle crash on state Highway 14 Saturday night. Charles Graves, 54, whose residence is unknown, was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu west on the highway when his vehicle crashed and rolled just west of Lieser Road. When the Malibu came to rest, it was partially blocking one of the lanes and responding personnel blocked both westbound lanes of the highway for a brief period of time, Finn said.
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Sunday, February 16, 2014Area:
Milwaukee, WISix Hartford Union High School students were injured Monday when a school bus left a snow-covered road and crashed into a tree, according to City of Hartford Fire and Rescue.
The students were being driven home when the crash was reported about 4 p.m. on Valley Road in Dodge County, according to a news release.
According to the release, roads were snow-covered and slippery, and the bus driver reported near whiteout conditions at the time of the crash.
The injured students, among 10 students on board the bus, were taken to a hospital with injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014Area:
Los Angeles, CAA woman whose vehicle was stuck between and electrical box and a building drove down a Hollywood sidewalk and past a man walking his dog before crashing into a parked vehicle.
Officers immediately took the woman into custody at about 11:30 p.m. near Franklin Avenue and Whitley Street.