Teen charged with DUI after younger brother killed in crash.

Date: 05/24/2013
Time: Around 2:00 A.M.
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Vehicle(s) Involved: BMW 740, Chevy Cobalt

By WISTV

"COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -
An 18-year-old charged with felony DUI following a crash that killed his brother is out on bond.
Bond was set for Cameron Stringfellow Friday at $100,000 and he was released on his own recognizance.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol says a BMW being driven by Stringfellow struck a parked car on Shallow Brook Drive around 2:00 Friday morning.
"After hearing the screams for help we both went outside and realized it was teenagers in a car accident," said Dru Frederick.

Frederick had already called 911 and quickly thought of another way to help.

"I ran to my neighbor who is a physician to see if he could come over and help," said Frederick.
After hitting the parked car the BMW ran off the right side of the road and struck several trees. 
There were three teenagers in the car.
The Highway Patrol says all three were wearing their seatbelts and transported to Palmetto Richland Memorial. 
The 16-year-old passenger, John Corey Stringfellow, who was in the backseat of the car, was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The Highway Patrol says Cameron Stringfellow, the driver of the BMW, was charged with felony DUI.  Wesley Thompson, who was also in the car, was taken to Palmetto Health Richland where he was listed in fair condition.
Cameron Stringfellow is the older brother of the victim, and expected to graduate from Spring Valley next week.
Shallow Brook Road is in the Wildewood subdivision in northeast Richland County.
"To have something like this to anyone's child is very, very tough and our hearts and prayers are with the family," said Frederick."

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Street racing crash kills two passengers and injuries the driver.

Date: 05/02/2013
Time: Around 11:30 P.M.
Location: Klaipeda, Lithuania
Vehicle(s) Involved: BMW 528

By Delfi News

Rough translation:
"On the May 2nd, at about 23 hours. 30 minutes., Port, Castle Street, near the Klaipeda drama theater nesuvaldydamas,  a speeding BMW car went sliding into the opposite direction lane, drove onto the sidewalk, hit a tree and then hit the wall and rolled over onto its side.

According to reports, two cars were racing and their speed was about 150 kilometers per hour.

The crashed car contained two passengers - 1991 Bandužių born resident of the street, and MK was the same year the EP - both died at the crash site."

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Princeton Rabbi Dead, 2 Seriously Injured in Crash Outside of Riverside Elementary School.

Date: 03/28/2013
Time: Around 9:30 A.M.
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: BMW 3-Series, Toyota Camry, Toyota Prius

By Princeton Patch

"A 74-year-old Princeton Rabbi was killed and two people seriously injured after a BMW careened down Riverside Drive on Thursday morning without braking, crossed to the other side of the road and struck two parked cars.
Rabbi James Diamond of Princeton, who was getting into a parked Toyota Prius at the time of the crash, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred around 9:40 a.m.
Diamond is the former director of Princeton University's Center of Jewish Life, and moved to Princeton from St. Louis. According to a 1995 article posted on the Princeton University website, he is married with three children.
The driver of the BMW, Eric Maltz, 20, of Princeton, was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center. Rabbi Robert Freedman, 63, of Princeton, who was in the Prius was also taken to the trauma center. Both of their conditions are classified as serious but not life-threatening, according to Princeton Police.
Freedman is a former cantor at the Jewish Center of Princeton. Both Freedman and Diamond were reportedly leaving a weekly Talmud study group when the accident occurred.
Maltz was driving a 2003 green BMW sedan was driving south down Riverside (away from Route 27) when it crossed into the southbound lane and struck a parked Toyota Camry, pushing it into a parked Toyota Prius parked behind it, police said.
The BMW pushed both cars about 500 feet, and the Prius ended up even further away, across the street and onto private property.
"There are two obvious things," Princeton Police Capt. Sutter said at the scene Thursday morning. "The BMW was traveling at a high rate of speed and didn't appear to attempt to brake."
There was no immediate indication that Maltz suffered any type of medical condition that may have led to the crash, Police Sgt. Mike Cifelli said.
The speed limit on the street, which is in a school zone, is 25 mph.
The crash remains under investigation by Princeton Police, with the assistance of the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. "

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Two Dead, Two Injured in Staten Island Crash.

Date: 08/27/2012
Time: Around 7:00 P.M.
Location: Staten Island, New York City, New York
Vehicle(s) Involved: Ambulance, BMW X3

 By Amy Zimmer, DNAinfo News Editor

"STATEN ISLAND — A BMW collided with an ambulance on Hylan Boulevard and Seacrest Avenue Monday evening, killing both drivers and injuring two others, officials said.

The unidentified driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene in the accident, which occurred just before 7:10 p.m. He drove across the median, struck the ambulance and was thrown from his vehicle, police officials said.

David Restuccio, 58, a paramedic for a privately-operated ambulance for Staten Island University Hospital, was taken to the hospital in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest.

He later died there, hospital spokeswoman Arleen Ryback confirmed.

Restuccio was a lieutenant for FDNY EMS for nearly 20 years before retiring and working as a paramedic for a private company, sources said.

He appears to have been a first responder on Sept. 11, 2001, and was interviewed by Brian Williams on the phone on the day of the attacks.

The other victims, both in stable condition but under evaluation, included another ambulance worker along with a patient being transported from Staten Island University's north side to its south side, Ryback said.

NYPD officials said the incident was under investigation."

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Mother and child killed in I-70 crash.

Date: 09/21/2012
Time: Around 6:00 P.M.
Location: Near Terre Haute, Indiana
Vehicle(s) Involved: BMW E34, semi truck, GMC Sierra, Kia Optima

By WISHTV

"PUTNAM COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) - The victims of a fatal accident on I-70 near the 43 mile marker Friday evening have been identified.
The Indiana State Police and Putnam County Coroner’s Office have identified the victims to be a mother and daughter.
Emma Bronson, 49, of Pascagoula, Mississippi, and her daughter Zacchia Bronson,3, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Mrs. Bronson succumbed chest injuries and her daughter succumbed head injuries, according to a release.
The driver of the BMW, Michael Bronson, 47, was treated at IU Health Methodist Hospital for neck and back pain. Bronson is the father and husband to the victims. He has been released from the hospital.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, Jordan Moore, is still hospitalized at IU Health Methodist Hospital with extensive injuries, police say.
The driver of the pickup, William Bertelmann, is still at Methodist undergoing observation.
A preliminary investigation Friday revealed that eastbound traffic was stopped for construction  when a tractor pulling a box trailer failed to stop and struck a pickup in the rear. The pickup then overturned off the roadway. The tractor-trailer continued heading forward and struck the rear of the BMW which then burst into flames.
The investigation is still ongoing.
No citations have been issued."

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BMW plummets from mall parking garage.

Date: 08/04/2012
Time: Around 1:15 P.M.
Location: Mission Valley, San Diego, California
Vehicle(s) Involved: BMW X5, Kia Sorento, Mercedes-Benz S-Class

By Kristina Davis and Ashly McGlone

"MISSION VALLEY — A BMW crashed over the edge of a third-story parking structure at Fashion Valley, injuring a passenger when it landed on its roof onto two parked cars Saturday.

The crash occurred about 1:15 p.m. near Cheesecake Factory and Nordstrom.

Police Officer Frank Cali said the driver of a silver BMW X5 was trying to back out of the space when another driver was passing by. The man pulled back into the space to let the car pass. On a second attempt to exit the space, another driver approached and honked the horn. When pulling back into the space, the man accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake, causing the SUV to plunge over the side of the structure, police said.

The SUV teetered for a bit before it flipped, landing on its roof on the front end of a Kia Sorrento and the back end of a Mercedes Benz sedan, shattering the glass on both vehicles.

The driver, who appeared to be in his 70s, was able to get out of the BMW on his own, police and witnesses said. His girlfriend, who was a passenger, was trapped in the wreckage. Witnesses did not want to further injure her and waited for paramedics to extricate her, said Chad Robley, who saw the crash and stopped to help.

She was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, said San Diego police accident investigator Mike Gottfried. The driver did not require hospitalization. No one on the ground was hurt.

The Kia and the Mercedes were parked illegally, police said.

One ground-level entrance to the parking garage was closed by mall officials, but all three levels of the parking garage remained open during the investigation."

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Multi-vehicle accident near Easton barrack.

Date: 06/14/2012
Time: Around 07:30 A.M.
Location: Easton, Maryland
Vehicle(s) Involved: BMW, unknown vehicle, Nissan Xterra

By Star Democrat

"EASTON - A multi-vehicle accident at 7:33 a.m. near the Maryland State Police-Easton Barrack closed both east and west lanes of U.S. Route 50 for several hours. The west lanes have reopened to traffic; the east lanes will remain closed, likely until at least 2 p.m. as police continue accident reconstruction.The accident involved at least three vehicles - two cars and an SUV.

Police directed traffic onto the Easton Parkway, where traffic became congested.

The Route 50 accident happened about the same time as an accident on the Parkway at Marlboro Road. Then, a short time later, another accident on Royal Oak Road near Bellevue Road sent one person to a trauma center. Royal Oak Road has since reopened."

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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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