Driver "nodded off," took out telephone pole.

Date: 06/12/2012
Time: Around 10 A.M.
Location: Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Vehicle(s) Involved: Honda Accord

WENDY VICTORA / Daily News

"A driver who sheared off a telephone pole near Buffalo's Reef on Eglin Parkway Tuesday morning told rescue workers that he "nodded off" before leaving the roadway.

Noah David Cantrell, a 19-year-old from Crestview, refused medical treatment at the scene.
The pole will need to be replaced.
The car, a 1996 Honda Accord, was totaled. Both airbags deployed.
The Fort Walton Beach Police Department is investigating the crash. Charges are pending."

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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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Fatal highway crash leads to drunk driving charges.

Date: 06/08/2012
Time: Around 06:00 A.M.
Location: Ste. Anne, Manitoba, Canada
Vehicle(s) Involved: Chevy Blazer, Ford Explorer

By CBC News

"A man is facing charges of impaired driving causing death in a crash that closed part of the Trans-Canada Highway east of Winnipeg on Friday.

The collision happened at about 6 a.m. on the Trans-Canada between highways 206 and 207, near the town of Ste. Anne.

According to RCMP spokesman Cpl. Miles Hiebert, a Chevy Blazer was rear-ended by a Ford Explorer. The impact was so hard the Blazer was sent flying, end over end.
Both vehicles ended up in the ditch with the Blazer being torn apart in the process and left almost unrecognizable, standing on its nose in the grass.
The 22-year-old driver of that vehicle was ejected during the rollover and died. The name of the man, from the Rural Municipality of Ste. Anne, is not being made public, RCMP said.
The 26-year-old driver of the other vehicle is in hospital. That man, also from the RM of Ste. Anne, is facing the drunk driving charges and is scheduled to appear in Winnipeg provincial court on Aug. 17.
The westbound lanes of the Trans-Canada in that area were closed to traffic until just before noon."

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3 teens killed in crash near Oswego.

Date: 06/04/2012
Time: Around 03:15 PM
Location: Oswego, Illinois
Vehicle(s) Involved: Semi truck, Ford Escort

By ABC7News

"June 4, 2012 (OSWEGO, Ill.) (WLS) -- Three teenagers were killed after a semi slammed into a vehicle in Kendall County Monday.
It happened around 3:15 p.m. along Route 126 and Schlapp Road near Oswego. 
State police say it appears the driver of the car, (Censored), 19, of Plainfield, pulled out in front of the semi. That's when the truck slammed into the vehicle.
Herrera and two passengers in the car (Censored), 18, and (Censored), 19, all died. The truck driver suffered minor injuries.
"It is the most unsafe intersection I have ever seen in my life," said Sandy Diller, neighbor. "At least once a month, there is a wreck at that corner."
The crash is under investigation.

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