Teen survives 100mph crash in Chowchilla.

Date: 02/21/2012
Time: Afternoon
Location: Chowchilla, California
Vehicle(s) Involved: Chevy Camaro

By ABC30HD

"FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A teenager is recovering Wednesday following a racing accident in Chowchilla.
Police say the teen was racing with another underage driver on Robertson Boulevard near 8th Street on Tuesday.
The teen's car hit speeds of up to 100 miles an hour until it slide off the road and hit a palm tree. Rescuers had to use the Jaws of Life to get him out.
He survived, but his condition has not been released."

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18-Wheeler Crash Closes Dallas Tollway For Hours.

Date: 02/23/2012
Time: Around 9:30 A.M.
Location: Dallas, Texas
Vehicle(s) Involved: Semi truck, Chevy Cruze, unknown vehicle

By CBSDFW

"DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Just before 4:30 p.m. all northbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway, from Interstate-635 to Spring Valley Road were finally re-opened after a serious morning accident involving an 18-wheeler and two vehicles.

From about 9:45 a.m. until evening rush hour, northbound traffic was being diverted onto eastbound Interstate-635. The 18-wheeler was removed from the roadway just before 4 p.m.

As of 3:44 p.m. all southbound lanes of the Tollway, at I-635 , were open.

As Chopper 11 flew over the scene, minutes after the morning accident, at least one car could be seen underneath the trailer portion of the overturned semi. The truck was carrying a 30,000 pound load of cardboard.

Officials with the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) said the only major damage was to a light pole in the center median. The light is functioning, but will have to be replaced.

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) spokesman Lonnie Haschel said the crash happened as the semi was traveling the westbound I-635 ramp onto the northbound Dallas Tollway.

Haschel said the driver of the 18-wheeler was traveling too fast, crossed all three lanes of Tollway traffic, pushed an SUV through the concrete barrier and into southbound traffic, then fell over and landed on top of another car.

CBS 11 News has confirmed that 49-year-old Greg Meece, of  Sugarland, was injured and taken to Parkland Hospital. Meece was the driver of the car that was trapped beneath the 18-wheeler. Thursday afternoon he was in serious condition in the ICU.

The driver of the SUV was also taken to an area hospital.  That person’s condition isn’t known.

The driver of the semi was not injured, but Haschel said that individual will be charged with “failure to control speed.”

Some alternatives for east/west travelers might be – Beltline Road, Forest Lane, Royal Lane or Walnut Hill Lane. Alternatives for north/south travelers might be – Interstate-35, Lemmon Avenue (which turns into Marsh Lane), U.S. Highway 75 or Greenville Avenue."

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Car Stuck Under 18-Wheeler, Trucker Ticketed in Rutherford County.

Date: 02/02/2012
Time: Around 9:45 P.M.
Location: near Cliffside, North Carolina
Vehicle(s) Involved: Semi truck, Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight

By: Noelle Kachinsky | WSPA-TV 

"Rutherford County, NC --

Around 9:45 Thursday night Troopers from the NC State Patrol
responded to Highway 221 in Rutherford County, about 1 ½ miles from the South
Carolina state line.
A 18 wheeler was traveling north and was delivering some
products to a local facility when it missed the entrance to the facility. The
driver of the 18 wheeler attempted to back down the highway in the southbound
lane and in doing so, the driver of a 1999 Oldsmobile sedan did not see the
truck in time and struck the rear axle and went underneath the truck.
The driver of the Oldsmobile was entrapped for a short
period of time and was alert and talking when he was transported by ambulance
to Rutherford Regional medical Center.
The driver of the 18 wheeler was cited with a safe moving
violation and driving left of center."

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Driver in Sunrise crash allegedly high.

Date: 02/02/2012
Time: Around 9:00 A.M.
Location: West Islip, Rhode Island
Vehicle(s) Involved: Nissan Sentra, Truck

By PATRICIA KITCHEN  patricia.kitchen@newsday.com

"The operator of a black Nissan was arrested and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs after an accident Thursday morning that briefly closed the westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway in West Islip, officials said.

The driver was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center with head and face lacerations and is still at the hospital, according to the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department. The driver of the second vehicle was also taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center and has been released.

The Suffolk County Sheriff's Department was investigating the accident, which occurred east of the Robert Moses Causeway at 9:09 a.m. The westbound Sunrise Highway lanes were re-opened at 10:32 a.m., the sheriff's office said.

Photo Credit: Photo by James Carbone"

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1 dead in serious wreck in Foxcroft along Fairview Road.

Date: 02/02/2012
Time: Around 02:30 P.M.
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Vehicle(s) Involved: BMW 328i, Acura TL

 By wbtv3 news

"CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A man died in a two-vehicle wreck Thursday afternoon on Fairview Road in south Charlotte.
The wreck happened at 2:33 pm at the intersection of Simsbury and Fairview, which is at the Foxcroft Shopping Center, about a mile from SouthPark Mall.
As of 5:20 pm, Fairview Road was reopened.
Police said that the wreck happened like this:
The driver of a 2007 BMW 328i, Wendy Kornegay, was stopped at the stop sign on Simsbury Road waiting to make a right turn onto Fairview Road when her vehicle was struck from behind by a 2008 Acura TL travelling at a high rate of speed.
The force of the impact pushed the woman's BMW into Fairview Road, but it was not struck by oncoming traffic.
The Acura TL continued across Fairview Road and collided into a tree alongside the road.
The driver of the Acura, (Name), 74, was pronounced deceased on scene, police said.   His family has been notified of his death.
Kornegay was evaluated by paramedics and was not taken to a hospital.
Copyright 2012 WBTV.com"


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