Jersey City limo driver, 24, dies in crash with tractor trailer on Tonnelle Avenue.

Date: 03/27/2012
Time: Around 3:45 A.M.
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota Camry

By The Jersey Journal

"On what one family member said was going to be his last day on the job, a 24-year-old limousine driver died yesterday morning in a horrific crash on Tonnelle Avenue in Jersey City, The Jersey Journal reports.
Usman Chaudhry, of Storms Avenue in Jersey City, was declared dead at the scene at 3:43 a.m. after crashing a 2009 Toyota Camry into the back of a tractor trailer in the right southbound lane just south of Secaucus Road, police said."

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Crash Victim Dies After Van Wraps Around Tree.

Date: 03/10/2012
Time: Around 2:00 A.M.
Location: Near Warsaw, Indiana
Vehicle(s) Involved: GMC Vandura

By Katrina Helmer, Scott Sarvay

"KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department responded to an early morning fatal van crash.
Kosciusko County Deputy Coroner Michael Wilson pronounced Justin Ellis, 25, dead at the scene from blunt force trauma after he crashed into a tree south of State Road 25 in Kosciusko County.

Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Deputies and emergency personnel responded to a 911 call Saturday morning at approximately 1:59 a.m. of a van crashed into a tree south of State Road 25 on County Road 450 West. When officers arrived, they found a 1992 GMC van crushed and wrapped around a tree off the east side of the roadway.
Parkview Samaritan helicopter was called to the scene, but when paramedics arrived they pronounced the driver dead. Kosciusko County Deputy Coroner Michael Wilson pronounced Ellis dead at the scene from blunt force trauma.
Kosciusko County F.A.C.T./crash investigator’s stated that Ellis was driving southbound on County Road 450 West. Investigators said Ellis swerved off the road and crashed into a tree, but they are not sure why. The crash is still under investigation."

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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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N12 accident leaves five dead.

Date: 03/16/2012
Time: Unknown
Location: Near East Village, Gauteng, South Africa
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota Corolla, bakkie

By Jonckie - Accidents.Co.Za

"An accident on the N12 between Glen Harvey and Fochville has left five people dead and another one person with critical injuries.

It is not clear as to how the accident happened, but it is believed that both vehicles may have been travelling in the direction of Randfontein from Potchefstroom when they collided.

When paramedics arrived, one of the vehicles was in the road and the other on the side of the the road. Both vehicles had been extensively damaged in the collision. The five occupants of the Toyota Corolla had suffered multiple and fatal injuries, and they were found entrapped in the wreckage. There was nothing further that could be done for them and they were declared deceased. A woman who was travelling in the vehicle is believed to have been pregnant, but this is as yet not confirmed.

The driver and only occupant of the bakkie was left with critical injuries and he was treated on scene before being taken to Krugersdorp Private Hospital by ambulance.

Police are still at the scene to conduct their necessary investigations into the cause of the fatal accident."

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Rollover accident on Calhoun Road takes life.

Date: 03/31/2012
Time: Around 2:00 A.M.
Location: Magnolia, Arkansas
Vehicle(s) Involved: Chevy Blazer

By MagnoliaReporter.com

"A Magnolia man died Saturday from injuries sustained in an accident about 1:42 a.m.

(censored), 33, 816 S. Vine, was taken to Magnolia Regional Medical Center by Columbia County Ambulance Service. He was transferred to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock but was pronounced dead at 7:17 a.m. Evidence at the scene suggested that Williams was driving a Chevrolet Blazer southbound when it left the roadway where the street curves sharply to the left near South Side Park. The vehicle hit a sign and overturned at least once in the yard of a home at 608 Calhoun Road.
The vehicle landed upright, coming to rest only a few feet from the house. There was heavy damage to the front left side of the Blazer. The roof of the driver’s area was compacted by the force of the roll.
Ironically, the accident was discovered and reported by Columbia County Coroner Randy Reed. Reed said he was returning from a trip to Houston when he drove by the scene. His initial impression was that the Blazer was parked at a strange angle next to the house. Reed turned around, drove back and took a closer look. He found that Williams had been ejected and was on the ground in a driveway between the Blazer and the house, hidden from view from the street. Williams was “in bad shape,” Reed said. The coroner called 911.
Magnolia Police, Columbia County Ambulance Service and Linkous Wrecker responded.
According to a preliminary report filed with Arkansas State Police, Williams was not wearing a seat belt. Sgt. Robert Philson of the Magnolia Police Department investigated the accident.
Williams’ death is Columbia County’s third fatal vehicle accident of 2012 and the second since last Saturday. There were 10 vehicle-related deaths in the county in 2011."

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Car crashes into Vancouver swimming pool.

Date: 03/23/2012
Time: Morning
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota Supra

by KGW Staff

"VANCOUVER -- A driver crashed his car into a backyard pool in Vancouver early Friday morning.
Crews responded just after 4 a.m. to the report of a crash in the 2100 block of NW 84th Loop, according to Dawn Johnson of the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.
“The car was traveling south on NW 21st Avenue when it left the roadway, crashed into a fence and landed in the swimming pool,” Johnson said. “A cover on the pool prevented the car from sinking.”
The driver, 23-year-old Eric Randall Brown of Battle Ground, climbed out of the car and firefighters found him walking near the scene. He was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital.
He was cited at the hospital for DUII and leaving the scene of a crash, according to CCSO Sgt. Fred Neiman.
A crane was used to pull the car out of the pool just after 9:30 a.m.
The Clark County Sheriff's Office was investigating."

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