Vehicle slams into Moreland Avenue restaurant.

Date: 09/26/2012
Time: Around 7:45 A.M.
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Vehicle(s) Involved: Lincoln Navigator, Ford Expedition, Audi, Chevy Silverado

By AJC

"No one was seriously injured Wednesday morning when a vehicle slammed into a fast food restaurant in southeast Atlanta.

According to the Georgia State Patrol, four vehicles — a Lincoln Navigator, a Ford Expedition, a pickup truck and an Audi — were involved in a wreck about 7:45 a.m. at the intersection of Moreland and East Confederate avenues, and the Navigator came to a stop inside the nearby Zesto restaurant.
GSP Senior Trooper Larry Schnall said that the driver of the Expedition was southbound on Moreland Avenue when she lost control, striking several other vehicles and setting off a chain reaction crash.
The Navigator “traveled airborne into the building, causing significant damage to the establishment,” Schnall said. “Fortunately, no one was inside.”
The restaurant was scheduled to open at 10 a.m., according to the Zesto’s website.
Schnall said three of the four drivers were transported to the hospital for treatment of injuries that were believed to be minor. He said investigators had not yet determined what caused the Expedition driver to lose control of her vehicle.
“Myself and my partner were across the street and partially witnessed this accident,” Schnall told the AJC. “We saw the Navigator go airborne into the building, and my first reaction was, wow, if this place was open for business, someone very well could have been seriously injured or multiple fatalities.”"

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Names released in deadly University accident.

Date: 01/24/2012
Time: Around 4:00 P.M.
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Vehicle(s) Involved: Lincoln Continental, Oldsmobile Cutlass, School Bus, Chevy Avalanche, Chevy Cruze

By FOX16

"LITTLE ROCK, AR – Little Rock Police are investigating a fatality accident on S. University near I-30. At least two people are dead.

Police say the accident was caused by a red Lincoln and a silver Oldsmobile Cutlass racing southbound on University around 4pm Tuesday. The two cars clipped each other and the Lincoln lost control and wrapped around a pole. Police say the driver, 33-year-old Kenyata Lake, died on impact; the passenger, 22-year-old Jasmine Smith, was critically injured and died about one hour after the accident.

The Cutlass, which was driven by 19-year-old Lamar Day, crossed over the median and into oncoming traffic. Police say it sideswiped an Avalanche, which in turn sideswiped a school bus. There were no kids on the school bus at the time. The Cutlass then ran head-on into another vehicle, which Oneshia McKinney was a passenger.  She sat in the backseat as her classmate and their driver's education teacher talked to them about safe driving.  He spotted the drag race and told them that's the typ of driving they should avoid.

"To see the same thing he just told us not to do it, we know now that's not what to do because we have experienced this with other people," said McKinney."

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Traffic moving again at Scottsdale intersection after crash.

Date: 11/05/2012
Time: Morning
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
Vehicle(s) Involved: Lincoln Town Car

By Steve Stout

"SCOTTSDALE, AZ (CBS5) -

Traffic is beginning to flow again through a Scottsdale intersection nearly six hours after a car crash took out power and caused a break in a natural gas main.

A speeding elderly motorist driving a Lincoln failed to negotiate a curve and hit a business at the intersection of 90th Street and Via Linda, striking an electrical transformer and the gas main that feeds a number of buildings in the area, according to Officer David Pubins of the Scottsdale Police Department.

The crash shut down the intersection of 90th Street and Via Linda and also created traffic headaches on the Loop 101.

Scottsdale traffic spokesman Bruce Dressel said power had been restored to the intersection's signal and the city traffic camera was operating again. He said northbound 90th Street and one of two westbound lanes of Via Linda remained blocked at 11 a.m.

The northbound off-ramp of Loop 101 at 90th Street and the southbound left lane to 90th Street from Loop 101 were still closed.

Dave Folio of the Scottsdale Fire Department said the driver was not hurt.

Stay with cbs5az.com and CBS 5 News as this story develops."


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Woman sent to hospital, dog taken to vet after SUV flips over in Readington crash.

Date: 10/16/2012
Time: Around 10:00 A.M.
Location: Readington, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Lincoln Town Car, Mazda MPV

By Hunterdon County Democrat 

"READINGTON — A two-vehicle crash in which an SUV flipped over then righted itself resulted in a Neshanic woman, Carol Chamberlain, being taken to the hospital and her dog, a passenger in the SUV, to the veterinarian.
An emergency radio broadcast heard at 10:05 a.m. today, Oct. 16, indicated that the accident took place at the intersection of Summer Road and Old York Road in Readington, not far from the Wawa convenience store on Route 202. The crossroad, which is a four-way stop, has been the site of several recent accidents.

At the crash scene this morning, Carol Chamberlain's husband said his wife was driving her Mazda SUV with her dog, a Briard breed, in a traveling crate when the SUV collided with a 1991 Lincoln Town Car. The Town Car was driven by Oswaldo Montes of Maine, who did not seem to be injured when he talked to a reporter at the scene.
The SUV, police said, rolled over at least once and came to a stop upright.
Chamberlain was transported to the hospital for treatment of her injuries, and her dog was taken to a veterinarian by her husband to be examined."

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Car Ends Up Sideways at State House Entrance.

Date: 06/27/2012
Time: Morning
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Vehicle(s) Involved: Lincoln MKX

By WTLX News

"Columbia, SC (WLTX) - A single car accident had one of the entrances to the State House parking structure blocked Wednesday morning.
The driver of the car told police the sun impacted her line of sight as she was entering the garage.
She hit one of the cement barriers and her car flipped on its side, blocking an entrance lane. The driver was not taken to the hospital.
No one else was involved in the accident."

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