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Friday, February 13, 2015
An Ottawa County Sheriff's deputy and two others were injured in a Wednesday night crash on I-96 after an SUV collided with the deputy's cruiser in wintery conditions. The deputy stopped his cruiser on I-96 West in Crockery township while the deputy was investigating a rollover crash that occured minutes earlier. The driver in the rolled-over SUV, Justine Vingsheim, 27, was sitting in the cruiser with the deputy at about 9 PM Friday while they waited for a tow truck. It was then that an SUV driven by Chasity Dabon, 33, rear-ended the cruiser.
Date: 
Thursday, February 13, 2014
The Belmont Police Department is investigating a fatal traffic accident. The wreck occurred at 9:27 a.m. on Interstate-85 North near the Exit 27 off ramp, according to the news release from the Belmont Police Department. The incident occurred when a tractor trailer ran into the back of a pickup truck that had slowed down due to weather related traffic conditions. Gilbert Lazarus Carmona, 28, of Rutherfordton, died in the crash, police say. The investigation is ongoing. It has not yet been determined if charges will be filed against the driver of the tractor trailer.