Wind gust snaps tree, smashes truck with kids inside.

Date: 10/05/2012
Time: Around 12:30 P.M.
Location: Gladstone, Oregon
Vehicle(s) Involved: Ford F-350, Pontiac Grand Am(no picture)

By Emily Sinovic, KATU News and KATU.com Staff

"GLADSTONE, Ore. - A dad and three kids escaped injury when a tree fell on a truck on Highway 99E Friday afternoon.
It happened at the south end of the bridge that goes over the Clackamas River between Gladstone and Oregon City.

Troy Portash told KATU that a cottonwood tree simply snapped and fell on his windshield, crushing part of his Ford pickup truck.
Three kids in the back were all strapped in car seats and were safe. Portash said he was fine, too.
The tree also hit the windshield of a Pontiac, state troopers said. The driver of that car and her passenger also were not injured.
The tree's trunk was as wide as two feet in places, troopers said. The road was blocked for about an hour until crews could clear the tree.
High winds around Western Oregon caused trees and power lines to fall, sparking several fires."

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Rt. 206 traffic snarled after car hits pole.

Date: 09/23/2008
Time: Around 12:45 P.M.
Location: Lawrence Township, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Pontiac Grand Am

By Ralph Curcio - The Times 

"LAWRENCE -- A vehicle crashed into a utility pole on Route 206 just south of Rider University's main gate Tuesday afternoon, leading police to shut down both sides of the two-lane highway due to the threat that electrical wires could fall into the road from the damaged pole, officials said.
The driver of the vehicle reportedly was not injured in the 12:45 p.m. crash, officials said.
The crash, however, splintered the pole and caused wires to hang low over the road below, officials said.
Southbound traffic is currently being detoured through the Rider campus and back onto Route 206 from the university's south gate.
Northbound traffic was being detoured off Route 206 onto Priceton Pike by way of Darrah Lane.
PSE&G work crews were on the scene and were planning to replace the damaged pole with a new pole."

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Bayonne Police identify 20-year-old victim of fatal Route 440 crash.

Date: 10/05/2011
Time: Around 10:40 A.M.
Location: Bayonne, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Pontiac Grand Am, Toyota Camry

By Charles Hack/The Jersey Journal  

"Bayonne Police have identified the 20-year-old Jersey City woman who died in a fatal two-car accident this morning that also seriously injured three other people.
The woman, Tynesia Brown, of Rutgers Avenue in Jersey City, was the passenger in a Pontiac Grand Am that police say made an illegal U-turn on Rt. 440 at the intersection with Pulaski Street near the border of Jersey City and Bayonne at around 10:40 a.m.
Brown was declared dead at the scene.
Deputy Police Chief Ralph Scianni said that the roads that had been closed after the accident were reopened as of 3 p.m. The victim's mother and father have been notified of their daughter's death, police said. Brown would have turned 21 in November, police said.
Three other people have been taken to Jersey City Medical Center trauma center and are being treated for possible internal injuries, police said.
Bayonne Police, who arrived on the scene at 10:41 a.m., said a Toyota Camry was heading southbound on Rt. 440, when the motorist of the Pontiac Grand Am committed an "illegal U-turn onto the southbound lane of Rt. 440," causing the collision.
Firefighters worked along with McCabe Ambulance Service to tend to victims, who were reportedly transported by ambulance to Jersey City Medical Center for further medical attention.
Fire Department members also worked to clean up leaking vehicle fluids."

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