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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Three people were taken to a local hospital after a head-on collision in Durham Wednesday afternoon around 3:15 p.m. A van headed west on Holloway Street crossed the center line and struck an SUV between North Hyde Park Avenue and Calvin Street. The impact then pushed the SUV into a third vehicle. The drivers of the van and the SUV as well as a passenger in the van were receiving treatment for serious injuries.

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Friday, April 25, 2014
A small plane crash-landed right onto a man riding a lawn mower, chopping off his hand. Edward Eugene Sisson, the 84-year-old pilot of the single-engine plane, collided with a lawn mower operator while landing at North Carolina’s Taylorsville Airport Saturday afternoon. Sisson is an experienced pilot who was flying in from Crossville, Tenn., to visit family in Taylorsville, State Highway Patrol Sergeant Brian Owenby stated.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

A woman was killed in a fiery crash involving a large truck that shut down Business 85 south Thursday morning.

Courtney Ann Sanford, 32, of Clemmons, died at the scene of the crash around 8:30 a.m. near Baker Road. The truck driver wasn't injured.

Sanford's 2005 Toyota Corolla was going north on Bus. 85 when it crossed the median and hit a metal recycling truck heading southbound, police said. The truck ended up hitting a tree.

The car's flames were quickly extinguished, police said. No one else was in either vehicle.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

A double fatal accident shut down all southbound lanes of Interstate 95 for several hours early Wednesday morning.

The crash happened around 3 a.m. near exit 95 and U.S. Highway 70 Business in Smithfield, not far from the Carolina Premium Outlets.

Witnesses say a Chevrolet Avalanche pickup truck was travelling in the northbound lanes when it crossed the median, turned upside down, and struck a Dodge minivan -- shearing the top off the van.