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Monday, February 24, 2014Area:
Louisville, KYJust after 9:30 p.m., pedestrian William Crump, Jr. was hit and killed by a semi on Interstate 65 near mile marker 117 in Bullitt County. Two lanes of northbound I-65 were shutdown for more than three hours following the crash. No one else was injured.
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Saturday, February 15, 2014Area:
Seattle-Tacoma, WAA 22-year-old Bremerton man was killed late Sunday in an Interstate 5 collision near Mountlake Terrace involving a tanker truck filled with liquid nitrogen. A Honda Accord passed the tanker truck in the HOV lane, swerved to the left, hit the barrier, then swerved back to the right and hit the truck. The car was crushed by the truck, which was carrying about 7,000 pounds of liquid nitrogen. Washington State Patrol reported it took several hours to unload the nitrogen from the truck. All northbound lanes of Interstate 5 were closed until about 7:45 a.m.
Benjamin Ramirez, 23, struck and killed by hit-and-run driver while walking in Escondido, California
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Sunday, February 2, 2014Area:
San Diego, CAA 23-year-old man was killed Monday night in a hit-and-run crash just east of Escondido.
The victim, identified as Benjamin Ramirez of Escondido, was walking on Bear Valley Parkway near Boyle Avenue about 10:15 p.m. when he was struck by a white box truck, a California Highway Patrol Officer said.
Witnesses said the driver in the truck slowed down for a moment and then drove away.
Ramirez was taken to Palomar Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 10:44 p.m., officials with the Medical Examiner’s Office said.
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Thursday, January 16, 2014Area:
Washington, DCPolice in D.C. are on the scene of an accident involving a pedestrian and a garbage truck.
Rescue crews had to pull the victim from underneath the truck after they became trapped by the truck's rear wheels. Police say the accident happened just after 5 a.m. Friday on 13th Street NW between H Street and New York Avenue.
Cameras showed the front end of the truck on the sidewalk, police believe the driver may have been trying to back into an alley.
The victim's condition is not known at this time. The driver of the truck remained on the scene.
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Sunday, January 5, 2014Area:
Louisville, KYOne person was killed and another was taken to an area hospital after a multi-vehicle wreck Monday night. Two vehicles crashed in the 3600 block of Middle Road at 11:50 p.m. When emergency crews arrived on the scene they discovered one of the drivers had died. The other person was taken to University of Louisville Hospital. Police have not released the identities of either person involved. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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Monday, December 9, 2013Area:
San Diego, CAA woman and her small daughter died Tuesday when their SUV smashed into the back of a grocery store delivery truck on north Interstate 5 south of the Orange County line.
Many drivers who witnessed the crash or saw the wreckage right after were distraught, one woman posted on Twitter.
Northbound traffic was halted for nearly an hour. Even after two lanes opened, the backup worsened and extended as far south as Oceanside Boulevard.
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Monday, December 2, 2013A passenger was seriously injured when a car rear-ended a FedEx truck, according to the California Highway Patrol.
As the truck was approaching a red light in the right turn lane on Watt Avenue near Chenu Avenue, a 2011 Dodge Avenger was traveling at a high rate of speed straddling the No. 3 lane and the turn lane.
The CHP says the driver of the Avenger, David Longenecker, 25 of Sacramento, didn’t see the FedEx truck slowing and slammed into the rear of it, forcing the Avenger underneath the truck.
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Thursday, November 21, 2013Area:
Louisville, KYA cattle truck was traveling eastbound when it hit a car that was driving the wrong way on US 60. The semi overturned with 35 cows on board at the time. Eight cows had to be euthanized due to their injuries, and six or seven cows are still unaccounted for. The road was closed for several hours while police rounded up the cows. Both the female driver of the car and the truck driver were taken to the hospital. The female driver is being cited with driving under the influence and reckless driving.
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Wednesday, November 20, 201350-year-old truck driver faces DUI charges after a fatal crash in Adams County that happened around 7 p.m. Thursday.
Jeffrey Moser, 50, was driving a box truck on the 6500 block of Fairfield Road in Carroll Valley when he hit a Jeep on the side of the road, killing Melissa Huff, 38, according to police.
Huff and her boyfriend had stopped to recover a deer that had been killed in a previous accident.
Investigators say Moser fled and abandoned his truck.
Police said they later found Moser hiding in some bushes outside his home.
King County, WA jury awards $874,400 to motorcyclist after finding UPS to be at fault in a motorcycle collision with a delivery van
Accident Type:
Motorcycle AccidentIncident Date:
Monday, October 15, 2007Result Date:
Tuesday, August 25, 2009Monetary Result:
$1,093,000Topics:
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King County Superior CourtMotorcyclist Kevin Hartley was travelling on 15th Avenue West in Seattle when a UPS courier failed to yield the right-of-way to opposing traffic. Hartley's motorcycle subsequently collided with the delivery van. He sustained multiple fractures, including to his ankle, leg, tibula, hand and wrist. The motorcyclist suffered permanent disfigurement; he now walks with a limp and experiences chronic pain.
The defendent, UPS, contended that Hartley was driving behind the van and struck the back bumper, placing the proximate cause of the accident on him.
The jury found that the courier and the UPS company to be 80% at fault, while Hartley was 20% at fault due to his own contributory negligence. Therefore the award of $1,093,000 was reduced to $874,400.