Car topples off ledge.

Date: 06/30/2012
Time: Around 04:15 P.M.
Location: Todd, North Carolina
Vehicle(s) Involved: Cadillac Coupe de Ville

By Kellen Moore - WataugaDemocrat

"A Todd woman found herself between a rock and a hard place Saturday after a wreck on the N.C. 105 Extension.

Joann Jones of Todd said she didn't know what caused her to run off the road in her 1983 Cadillac at about 4:15 p.m. Saturday, but the wreck left her car wedged between a brick wall and the BB&T building.

Jones said she was headed down the hill adjacent to the bank and preparing to merge into the turn lane when the wreck occurred.

Her sturdy gray Cadillac plowed through a metal railing beside the sidewalk and landed about 10 feet below on its passenger side.

Boone police, firefighters and medics quickly made their way to the scene, where the found Jones still in her vehicle but unhurt.

"They opened the door, and with their help, I climbed out," Jones said.

The accident damaged the vehicle and the brick wall but caused no damage to the bank building. A wrecker from Hampton's Body Shop pulled the vehicle up on its side before flipping it upright.

Police were still investigating the accident Saturday afternoon."

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No injuries from Turner McCall wreck.

Date: 06/30/2012
Time: Around 05:20 P.M.
Location: Rome, Georgia
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota 4Runner, Dodge Dakota

By Lauren Jones, Staff Writer 

"There were no injuries reported from a two-vehicle wreck that occurred on Turner McCall Boulevard near its intersection with East Ninth Street on Saturday at about 5:20 p.m.

Rome police and Rome-Floyd Fire Department officials responded to the wreck.

According to Pfc. Aaron Thacker:

Kara Winters, 26, of an Alabama Highway address, was driving her dark blue Toyota 4-Runner south on Turner McCall and tried to turn left onto East Ninth Street. She had stopped in the turning lane when Shane Woody, of a Calhoun Road address, was heading south in his older model Dodge Dakota truck, drifted into the turning lane and clipped her rear passenger’s side.

Woody’s truck traveled an estimated 30 yards before he ran head-on into a ditch.

Both Winters and Woody were unhurt from the wreck as well as Woody’s passenger, 20-year-old Melissa Hance.

Thacker said a small child was in the truck with Woody and Hance and was upset by the wreck, but didn’t appear to be injured. She was taken to Floyd Medical Center for a check-up.

Woody was cited with improper lane usage"

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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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Driver taken to hospital after collision.

Date: 05/29/2012
Time: Around 12:00 P.M.
Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Vehicle(s) Involved: Pontiac Sunfire, Toyota Tacoma

By: Sudbury Northern Life Staff

"Witnesses say one driver was rushed to hospital on a stretcher around noon today after a two-vehicle collision at the corner of Paris and Brady Streets.

Police have yet to release information regarding the incident.

Check back to NorthernLife.ca for more information as it becomes available."

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Car flips in crash.

Date: 06/15/2012
Time: Around 03:00 P.M.
Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Vehicle(s) Involved: Chevy Impala, Chevy Cavalier

By Sudbury Northern Life Staff

"Several people have been sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following a two-vehicle crash on Notre Dame Avenue, according to Greater Sudbury Police Service.

That's all the information that is currently known, a police spokesperson said. The collision is under investigation.

According to witnesses, the crash happened around 3 p.m. at the intersection of Notre Dame and Leslie Street. The collision involved a black Chevrolet Cavalier and a tan-coloured Chevrolet Impala.

As a result of the collision, the Impala flipped over and came to rest in the parking lot of the Prestige Apartments, while the Cavalier crashed into the the traffic-light pole.

Residents in the area said the intersection is known for being dangerous, and too many vehicles run red lights. As pedestrians, they are always on the lookout for dangerous situations.

A handicap parking permit could be seen in lying inside the Impala, while a wheelchair was removed from the Cavalier."

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Motorcyclist killed in Hwy. 7 crash.

Date: 07/01/2012
Time: Around 06:15 A.M.
Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Vehicle(s) Involved: Ford Taurus, unknown vehicle

By Erin Criger, CityNews.ca

"A motorcyclist has died after a two-vehicle crash at Highway 7 and Leslie Street, York regional police confirm.

He was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after the 6:15 a.m. collision. He later died in hospital.

The  intersection was closed until 1:45 p.m. as police investigated.

It's not yet known what caused the crash."

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Driver crashes after fleeing Barnstable home.

Date: 01/01/2008
Time: Around 02:30 A.M.
Location: Barnstable, Massachusetts
Vehicle(s) Involved: Chevy Malibu

By Cape Cod Online

"BARNSTABLE — It was not a very happy new year for a 20-year-old Bourne man who crashed his car into a tree after a domestic dispute and now faces charges driving under the influence of alcohol.

Barnstable police responded to a reported dispute at a home in West Barnstable around 2 a.m. yesterday. After interviewing the woman, officers started looking for Seth Broemmer, who police said had fled the scene. At 2:24 a.m., an officer arrested the Sagamore man after his car crashed into a tree on Shoot Flying Hill Road near the Craigville Motel.

Broemmer was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, operating to endanger, and as a minor transporting alcohol, police said.

He was scheduled to be arraigned on those charges this morning in Barnstable District Court."

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Truro head-on crash injures one.

Date: 11/20/2007
Time: Around 11:30 A.M.
Location: Truro, Massachusetts
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota Camry, dump truck

By Cape Cod Times

"The head-on collision of a car and a dump truck closed Route 6 in Truro today near the turn-off for Route 6A.

The driver of the car, who was not identified by the police, was transported by ambulance to Cape Cod Hospital with unknown injuries.

The accident, the town’s second head-on crash on Route 6 in two weeks, happened about 11:30 a.m. when a northbound Toyota Camry apparently crossed into the southbound lane and collided with a heavy-duty dump truck owned by Noons Construction Co. of North Truro, said Truro Police Chief John Thomas.

The driver of the truck, who Thomas would not yet identify, was not hurt, he said.

Truro rescue personnel initially called for a helicopter to transport the driver of the car to Boston, but the helicopter was grounded due to inclement weather, Thomas said.

More than a dozen fire fighters, paramedics and police officers from Truro, Wellfleet, Orleans and Harwich have been at the scene. Some of the officers are members of the Cape Cod Regional Law Enforcement Council’s accident reconstruction team.

Sand from the dump truck was strewn across the highway and the car’s front passenger side was crushed and pinned beneath the truck’s front-end."

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One injured in Hyannis crash.

Date: 08/24/2007
Time: Around 1:00 P.M.
Location: Hyannis, Massachusetts
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota Corolla, Ford F-150

By Cape Cod Today

"HYANNIS- At 1 PM this afternoon Barnstable Police and Hyannis Rescue responded to Route 28 between Airport Rotary and the Auto Zone Plaza across from Kent's Carpet Land for a 2 car rear end crash in which a Toyota Corolla headed toward the Airport Rotary hit the rear of a Ford pickup truck.
Traffic was tied up for 45 minutes while the the scene was cleared and Hyannis Rescue transported 1 person from the scene to CCH.

Story and photos by Frank Paparo."

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