Ambulance crash injures eleven.

Date: 07/28/2012
Time: Night
Location: Hurricane, Utah
Vehicle(s) Involved: Ambulance, Dodge Caravan

By ABC4

"HURRICANE CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A Hildale/Colorado City Ambulance crashed into a Dodge Caravan and injured eleven on Saturday night.

According to Utah Highway Patrol, the ambulance was transporting a stroke victim, Ben Barlow, to Dixie Regional Hospital. EMT Lizzie Barlow of Colorado City was driving, and the patient's wife Martha Barlow was also in the ambulance, along with other EMTs and paramedics.

Officials say the minivan, driven by Christian Affolter of Switzerland, was traveling through the intersection of State Road 9 on a green light and began to turn left when the ambulance entered the intersection and t-boned the minivan.

Of the three passengers in the minivan, 8-year-old Serena Affolter sustained the majority of the impact and suffered extremely critical injuries. The other passengers, Daniela Affolter and 12-year-old Nicola Affolter, also suffered serious injuries. Serena was life flighted to University Medical Center in Las Vegas.

The passengers in the ambulance also sustained injuries, including a dislocated shoulder, officials say.

Ambulance driver Lizzie Barlow was issued a citation for traffic control signal violation."

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Driver to be cited after train collides with minivan in Bridgeton.

Date: 04/01/2011
Time: Morning
Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Train, Dodge Caravan

By Stephen Smith - The News of Cumberland County

"BRIDGETON — A Winchester & Western train smashed the front-end of a fully-packed minivan Friday morning at Route 49 and Buckshutem Road.

While no injuries were reported, police said the accident could have been much worse.
It appeared as if the driver of the minivan was either distracted or was attempting to beat the train across the tracks, said Bridgeton police Lt. James Battavio.

A post accident check of the train showed that all lights, bells and whistles had been working, and statements from witnesses to the police suggested that the train actually blew its horn at the van as it was traveling south on the tracks that run by the intersection of Broad Street (Route 49) and Buckshutem Road.

Battavio said it appeared the van had stopped just short of the tracks and the train then clipped its front end. He said if the van had not stopped where it did the outcome could have been much worse.

Five people were in the van when it crashed, and they were all taken to area hospitals, though police could not release any names or to which hospitals they were taken Friday.
Battavio said the driver will be receiving traffic citations. "

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Oberlin Rd Crash.

Date: 03/18/2007
Time: Night
Location: South Amherst, Ohio
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dodge Caravan

By TMCNews

"A late night crash brings down a utility pole on Oberlin Road in South Amherst. The driver of this “green” minivan lost control of his vehicle going off the road and stopping only when the front of his van clips a pole. LifeCare Ambulance Paramedics checked the driver out but with just a scratch on his nose he refused to go to the hospital.

The Ohio State Patrol is investigating the cause of the crash."


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Crash In Carlisle.

Date: 01/09/2007
Time: Afternoon
Location: Carlisle, Ohio
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dodge Caravan, Buick Regal

By TMCNews

"A two-car accident today in Carlisle Township sent one to Elyria Memorial Hospital (EMH) with head injuries. The crash occurred in the intersection of Grafton Road & State Route 57. A car and mini van collided with the mini van ending up in a ditch and the driver needing medical attention. Carlisle Township, LifeCare Ambulance, Eaton Township and Central Lorain County Ambulance District responded to assist the victims. The driver and passenger of the first vehicle refused any treatment at the scene while Eaton Township Ambulance transported the driver of the mini van to EMH.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash."

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Victims Identified in Fatal Crash North of Bismarck.

Date: 03/01/2012
Time: Around 7:00 A.M.
Location: Bismarck, North Dakota
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dodge Caravan, GMC Sierra

By Donnell Preskey, Assistant News Director

"Bismarck, ND -

Three people are dead and three injured in a morning crash north of Bismarck.
It happened around seven at the intersection of Washington and 1804.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the driver and two passengers in a van were killed and two other passengers injured.
The driver has been identified as 31-year-old Jose Manual Villareal-Ramirez of Mandan.  He was not wearing a seatbelt.  45-year-old Jose Pina-Moreno and 48-year-old Martin Meza-Bravo were also killed.  Two other passengers, 45-year-old Barry Zacher and 41-year-old Fabian Salgado-Monarrez were injured in the accident.  Monarrez was the only person wearing a seatbelt.
Authorities say the van ran the stop sign at Washington and was hit by a truck going east on 1804.
The driver of the truck, 54-year-old Bue William Thompson of Bismarck,  was the only person in the vehicle.
He was also injured.
All of the injured were transported to a local hospital.
North Dakota Highway Patrol Sgt.Dan Krueger says,"I don't believe that the weather was a factor, there was fog this morning and with visibility about half mile quarter mile visibility the vehicle was traveling north bound and disregarded the stop sign, vehicle 2 T-boned them sending them in to the ditch."

None of the five people in the van were wearing seat belts."

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Dad, daughter killed by suspected drunk driver.

Date: 08/05/2012
Time: Around 2:50 P.M.
Location: Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada
Vehicle(s) Involved: GMC Envoy, Dodge Caravan

By Joshua Freeman

"A father and daughter were killed overnight in a head-on collision with a driver heading the wrong way on the eastbound QEW ramp to northbound Hwy 427.

A woman in the car, believed to be the mother of the dead teen, was taken to Sunnybrook Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police say the family was out celebrating the woman’s 50th birthday.
Police arrested a 19-year-old driver of a second vehicle at the scene under the suspicion that he was driving under the influence. He was taken to St. Michael’s Hospital with serious injuries.
The crash happened at around 2:50 a.m., according to a news release put out by Ontario Provincial Police.
The teen was driving a GMC Envoy at the time it crashed with a Dodge Caravan, killing the 49-year-old driver and a 16-year-old young woman. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
The names of the victims will not be released until their families are notified."

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Driver of the van that killed three family members after Marlins game identified.

Date: 06/30/2012
Time: Around 07:30 P.M.
Location: Miami, Florida
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dodge Caravan

By Margaux Herrera and Melissa Sanchez - Miami Herald Staff

"A red Dodge minivan jumped the curb and plowed into a Georgia family as they walked on a Little Havana sidewalk after leaving the Marlins game Saturday night, killing three family members and the van driver.
Killed were a 13-year-old girl, a 14-year-old boy and a 50-year-old woman, who were all related.
The minivan driver, identified on Sunday as (Censored), 67, of Miami, also died. Ortega may have suffered a medical emergency prior to losing control of his van.
The four victims were rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where they were pronounced dead.
A 10-year-old girl, who was also struck by the vehicle, remains in extremely critical condition at the hospital.
The victims’ names have not been released because police are trying to locate their next of kin. The relation between the victims is also unclear.
A man, who was walking with the family but was not injured, was so overcome with grief after the accident he too had to be hospitalized.
The accident occurred about 7:30 p.m. in front of an apartment building at 1760 NW Seventh St., about a block from the new Marlins Park.
The victims were among the fans streaming out of the stadium after the 4:10 p.m. game had ended in a victory for the Marlins over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Police said it appeared Ortega, behind the wheel of a 2006 Dodge Caravan, was eastbound on Northwest Seventh Street on the far right lane when he lost control of his vehicle and struck the family, headed westbound on the sidewalk.
Ortega rammed through metal handrails that line the apartment building’s entrance before striking the family on the sidewalk near the entrance to the parking garage.
A sixth person, a man passing by on a bicycle was also struck, but police said he was not seriously injured.
Neighbors said they heard the impact of the crash from inside their homes in the neighboring block. Then they heard the screams.
They said the man, the surviving member of the family, was despondent
“I think it was the grandfather who kept screaming and screaming,” said Osvaldo Romero, a neighbor."

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Train-van crash in Lakeshore kills 2 children, injures 3.

Date: 06/11/2012
Time: Morning
Location: Lakeshore, Ontario, Canada
Vehicle(s) Involved: Train, Dodge Caravan

By Rebecca Wright, The Windsor Star

"Two children have died following a crash involving a CP freight train and a Dodge minivan in Lakeshore Sunday morning.
Ontario Provincial Police report six-year-old (Censored) and her sister (Censored), 3, were killed when the minivan they were riding in collided with a train on Strong Road, just north of County Road 42.
Their brother, (Censored), 4, sustained serious life-threatening injuries and was transferred to a hospital in Detroit to receive medical treatment.
Their father, Andrew Wil-liams, who was driving the van, also sustained serious life-threatening injuries and is in a Windsor hospital with the youngest passenger, one-year-old Jasmyn Williams, who received minor injuries in the crash.
OPP said the family from Lakeshore was heading south on Strong Road just before 10 a.m. Sunday when it collided with the train that was heading west.
Nobody on the train was injured, police said.
OPP Technical Collision Investigators are continuing to look into the matter, along with Canadian Pacific Police, to determine the cause of the accident.
As police investigated the scene, the mangled van sat about 10 metres west of the intersection where the collision took place.
Due to the immense damage as a result of the collision, the van was almost unrecognizable and it was difficult to make out exactly what kind of vehicle it was.
The intersection has no lights or gates to warn motorists of an oncoming train, but rather an X symbolizing the crossing and a bright yellow sign warning motorists to be prepared to stop.
Strong Road in Lakeshore has been reopened.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or may has any information related to the accident is urged to call OPP Const. Raquel Otterman at 519-728-1810 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 519-258-TIPS (8477)."

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Double Fatality Crash on Highway 101 Near Wheeler.

Date: 09/17/2011
Time: Around 3:14 P.M.
Location: Near Wheeler, Oregon
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dodge Caravan, Chevy Silverado

By Salem-News

"Yesterday at 3:14pm, a two vehicle traffic crash occurred on Highway 101 just south of Wheeler. Two passengers of one of the vehicles involved died as a result of injuries sustained during the crash. A third passenger of the same vehicle was seriously injured.

The crash occurred when the driver of a southbound 2006 Dodge Caravan lost control of her vehicle on a curve to the left and spun into the northbound lane. The van was struck on the right side by a northbound 2005 Chevrolet Silverado pickup. Both vehicles were totaled as a result of the crash.
The driver of the Dodge Caravan, Bobbi (Name), age 49, from The Dalles was transported to Tillamook County General Hospital via ambulance where she was treated for minor injuries and released. Two passengers of the Dodge Caravan, (Name), age 71, and (Name), age 8, both from The Dalles, died at the scene as a result of injuries sustained during the crash. Two additional passengers, (Name) age 45, and (Name) age 16, both also from The Dalles, were transported via ambulance to Tillamook County General Hospital. Sandra Arnold was treated for non life threatening injuries and later released. Kim Arnold was seriously injured as a result of the crash. She was transported from Tillamook County General Hospital to OHSU via ambulance due to the extent of her injuries.
The driver of the Chevrolet Silverado pickup, (Name), age 47, and his passenger, (Name), age 9, both from Castle Rock, WA, were transported from the scene to Tillamook County General Hospital via ambulance. They were both treated for minor injuries and later released.
Investigation revealed that safety belts were used by all occupants of both vehicles.
Oregon State Police personnel from the Tillamook Worksite and the McMinnville Patrol Office investigated the crash. Assisting at the scene were the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office, Manzanita Department of Public Safety, Tillamook Ambulance, Pacific West Ambulance, Nehalem Bay Fire and Rescue, Garibaldi Fire and Rescue, Rockaway Fire and Rescue and ODOT.
News Release from: Oregon State Police"

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Teen Suspects Wreck Stolen Car.

Date: 09/07/2011
Time: 10:15 P.M.
Location: Houston, Texas
Vehicle(s) Involved: Ford Crown Victoria, Dodge Caravan

By DOUG DELONY

"HOUSTON - Police say two teenagers were taken into custody after a high speed chase in a stolen van. It all ended in a crash in northeast Houston.
It was around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday when a female homeowner in the 9200 block of Lake Forest called police to report a pair of suspects breaking into her minivan.
A nearby Houston Police Department officer spotted the van as it left the neighborhood and a chase ensued.
The suspects led police south on Mesa at a high rate of speed before losing control of the van at McCarty. The following HPD cruiser also lost control at the turn and wrecked.
The suspects, one male and one female, were later caught as they ran away on foot.
The boy was said to be 17 years old while the girl was only 13 years old.
Police say a K-9 unit assisted in finding the teens, as the boy was hiding behind a nearby gas station when he was caught."

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