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Gary French, 17, killed and two people injured in collision with school bus on Highway 47 in Winfield, Missouri

Date:

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Area:

One person is dead after two vehicles collided on Highway 47, west of Linns Mill Road early Sunday morning. Police say the driver of one of the vehicles has been identified as 17-year-old Gary French who was driving eastbound on Highway 47 when he collided with a school bus driving west. French was declared dead at the scene. The driver of the school bus, 27-year-old John Detjen, suffered minor injuries.

Sienna Lee Brandhorst, 18, Jacob Lewis Brookman, 18, and several other teens injured in rollover crash near Loch Haven Road in Edgewater, Maryland

Date:

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Area:

Baltimore, MD

Alcohol was likely a factor in an overnight crash Tuesday in Edgewater that injured six teenagers when their vehicle went out of control and turned over, according to Anne Arundel County Police. The preliminary investigation revealed that the Toyota Camry was traveling eastbound on Central Avenue near Loch Haven Road at about 12:35 a.m. when the 18-year-old female driver lost control of the car, causing the Camry to skid, spin into a ditch and overturn onto its roof.

Alexander Dlouhy, 18, dies in car crash on Lincoln Lake Avenue on May 17.

Date:

Friday, May 16, 2014

Area:

Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI

An 18-year-old Lowell high school senior died after he lost control of his car on Lincoln Lake Avenue and it collided with an oncoming SUV. Alexander Dlouhy was driving a Volkswagen Jetta north on Lincoln Lake Avenue, south of Three Mile Road, when the car crossed the center line about 7:30 a.m. Kent County sheriff's deputies said he tried to steer the car back into the northbound lanes, but lost control.

Thomas Gomez-Reddish, 18, dies in rollover crash on Diamondback Lane and U.S. 287 in Fort Worth, Texas

Date:

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Area:

Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX

A teen is dead after a rollover crash in North Fort Worth. It happened in the 1000 block of Diamondback Lane off U.S. 287 early Tuesday morning. Police say a Jeep Cherokee SUV was heading east at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control. The Jeep rolled several times before stopping. The driver of the Jeep, an 18-year-old, was ejected and died at the scene. An 18-year-old passenger was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Dylan Cox, 15, dies in skateboarding accident in Camby, Indiana

Date:

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Area:

Indianapolis, IN

A weekend crash that fatally injured a 15-year-old skateboarder remained under investigation Monday, but it appeared the motorist had no chance to avoid the teen, investigators said. Lt. Jim Yetter with the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Department said that Dylan Cox was pronounced dead about 10:15 p.m. Saturday near Heartland Boulevard and Raceway Road in Camby. The investigation showed Cox, wearing dark clothing, was skateboarding in the roadway of the residential area when he was hit.

Brenda Inez Acosta, 13, Brittany Marie Long, 8, Furley James Brown, 78, killed, 3 teenagers suffer minor injures after their car crashes trying to pass in a no-passing zone on U.S. 701 near Whiteville, North Carolina

Date:

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Area:

Wilmington, NC

The N.C. Highway Patrol says three people are dead after a multi-car accident south of Whiteville. Troopers say a driver couldn't complete a pass in a no-passing zone on U.S. 701 Friday night and tried to get back into the lane. That car hit the fender of the vehicle in front of it, causing 78-year-old Furley James Brown to lose control of his car and crash into a third car head-on.

One 16-year-old girl, two 16-year-old boys, killed, after a police pursuit of their stolen car leads to a crash on Miller and Oakshire Avenues in Modesto, California

Date:

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Area:

Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, CA

Three teenagers died when a stolen car crashed into a tree and caught fire after a chase early Friday, authorities said. The names of those killed have not been released, but police say they were a girl and two boys, all 16 and all from Modesto. According to Modesto Police Sgt. David Chamberlain, a police officer in central Modesto tried to stop a car after seeing the driver violate a vehicle code at 11:40 p.m.

3 teenagers critically injured, 3 other teens injured, after their disabled vehicle is struck by a van on U.S. 60 at Gilbert Road in Mesa, Arizona

Date:

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Area:

Phoenix, AZ

Six teenagers were in critical condition following a three-car chain reaction crash on U.S. 60 at Gilbert Road Thursday afternoon, Mesa fire officials said. All the teens were in a vehicle that was stalled in the emergency lane when it was hit from behind by a van, fire authorities said. One other vehicle was involved in the smash-ups. The half dozen injured patients are between the ages of 17 and 19, according to first responders. The full extent of their injuries was not known.

Joshua A. Vaughn, 21, killed, after losing control of his car on the Algonquin Parkway and crashing into a tree in Louisville,Kentucky

Date:

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Area:

Louisville, KY

Louisville Metro Police are investigating after a man was killed in a crash in west Louisville. Police said around 4:30 p.m. Thursday a man was driving a Ford Fusion heading eastbound in the 4100 block of Algonquin Parkway when he lost control of his vehicle and hit a tree. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said not other vehicles were involved in the crash. Officers are investigating what caused the man to lose control of his vehicle. His identity has not been released.

Nicole Denney, 14, dies in drag racing accident in Hamilton, Ohio

Date:

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Area:

Cincinnati, OH

Two teens from Butler County, one 16-years-old and the other 15, were convicted in the death of Nicole Denney, a 14-year-old from West Chester. Denney was riding in a stolen car with the 16-year-old, her boyfriend, when the crash occured. The two teen drivers raced a short distance when Denney's boyfriend crashed near the intersection of Mosley Drive and Cornell Avenue. It took firefighters two hours to cut Denney out of the destroyed car.