UPDATE: US 6 reopens after fatal crash.

Date: 06/13/2012
Time: Around 06:15 A.M.
Location: Bremen, Indiana
Vehicle(s) Involved: Semi truck, Ford Explorer

By WSBT-TV Report

"BREMEN – Traffic is flowing again on US 6 in Marshall County after a deadly traffic crash Wednesday morning.
The accident happened around 6:15 a.m. just outside the Pla-Mor Campground, leaving one person dead.
Police say an SUV was driving east, veered into the other lane and collided head-on with a semi.
The sun was bad in the area at the time, so police are investigating to see if the driver may have been blinded, though that has not been confirmed.
The driver of the SUV died despite wearing a seat belt. The crash caused the semi to catch on fire but the driver of the rig got out safely.
US 6 was closed in both directions for more than 4 1/2 hours, but the Marshall County Sheriff's Department says the highway has reopened.
Stay tuned to WSBT for updates throughout the day."

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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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Sheffield crash OAP in fight for life.

Date: 06/10/2012
Time: Around 12:00 P.M.
Location: Heeley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire,  UK
Vehicle(s) Involved: Mobility scooter, Citroen C3

 By TheStar

"A PENSIONER is in hospital with life-threatening leg and pelvic injuries after her mobility scooter was involved in a head-on crash with a car in Sheffield.
The 74-year-old woman was thrown over the handlebars and across the bonnet of a Citroen C3 before landing in the road.
A police spokesman said the scooter was left embedded in the front of the car following the incident on Saturday, at about noon, on Gleadless Road, outside The Sheaf View pub in Heeley.
The woman was taken to the Northern General Hospital, where her injuries were yesterday described as life threatening.
The car driver, a Sheffield woman aged 40, was questioned by police at the scene but not arrested.
Officers taped off the road while accident investigators examined the scene.
One nearby resident, who asked not to be named, said the car and scooter were stopped in the centre of the road.
The impact had deformed the bonnet of the car and spread debris across a wide area.
He said: “It was shocking to see that little scooter embedded in the front of a car bang in the middle of the road. I hope the lady makes a speedy recovery.
“When I arrived she had already been taken to hospital, but one of her black shoes had been left in the road.
“The woman driver was sobbing her eyes out in the arms of a man. She was taken into a police car for a while and then she climbed out and went into the pub, presumably to wait until someone came and picked her up. The car was obviously going nowhere until the accident investigators had examined the scene.
“There were more than half a dozen officers stood around with police cars blocking the bottom of Gleadless Road and Prospect Road initially but they opened Prospect Road after a while.
“It’s not at all obvious how it happened, but it doesn’t look as if the scooter was trying to cross the road in front of the car because it was a head-on crash.”
Anyone with information about the crash is urged to call police on 101."

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2 Hurt After SUV Crashes Into Apartment Building.

Date: 06/09/2012
Time: Around 11:30 A.M.
Location: San Diego, California
Vehicle(s) Involved: Kia Spectra

By 10News

"SAN DIEGO -- Two people were injured and two others were displaced on Saturday after a vehicle crashed into a North Park apartment building, according to San Diego police and fire officials.
The incident occurred at about 11:26 a.m. at a building in the Canyonwood Apartments in the 1800 block of Upas Street.
The incident occurred at about 11:26 a.m. at a building in the Canyonwood Apartments in the 1800 block of Upas Street.
A man in his 70s was driving a Kia SUV on Upas Street when the SUV accidentally went through a wood fence. The SUV went down a 50-foot embankment before it rolled over and crashed into the apartment building.
"I thought that huge earthquake had happened and then I went into my living room... I went into my bedroom and saw a car up against the window," said neighbor Jim Chatham.
A witness said he was driving behind the SUV before the crash occurred. He said it was going slowly before it came to a stop and then flew off the hill.
"They were going really slow," said witness Rich Rogalski. "I happened to notice a handicap sticker on their license plate." He added, "I'm sitting here making a right-hand turn on this driveway and they flew... They sped up and flew right off this street." It is unclear what exactly caused the crash. The driver and his female passenger – who was in her 60s – were extricated from the wreckage and were both taken to a local hospital. The passenger suffered back pain, and the driver suffered a major head injury and a severe injury to his hand. Eight adults were initially evacuated from 12 of the building's units and a building engineer had been called in, according to a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department dispatcher. Most of the residents were allowed to return to their homes, however two remained displaced, the dispatcher said. Two units were damaged and deemed uninhabitable until further inspection. Two others had their gas turned off, Battrick said. It took rescue crews several hours to remove the SUV. They said that process is sometimes risky. "Since there is structural compromise into the building, removing that vehicle might be the only thing that's actually securing that," said San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Capt. Eugene Scott. The San Diego police Traffic Division is investigating the crash."

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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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Just In: Train, vehicle collide in east Abilene; driver of truck injured.

Date: 06/07/2012
Time: Around 05:20 A.M.
Location: Abilene, Texas
Vehicle(s) Involved: Train, Semi-trailer

By Reporter News

"At 5:20 a.m. today, a truck and a train collided at T&P Lane in east Abilene, according to Abilene Police Department reports.
The driver, 37-year-old Joel Newberry, from Abilene, was taken to Hendrick Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Newberry was driving a semi-trailer north over the tracks near Sandy Street when his truck was struck by a Union Pacific train that was going east, said George Spindler, spokesman for the Abilene Police Department.
Spindler said the tractor-trailer became lodged on the train tracks when a its trailer became disconnected. The driver backed up his truck in an effort to reconnect the trailer, he said, resulting in the vehicle being driven back over the train tracks and getting stuck.
Preliminary information indicates the train was traveling at a reduced speed of approximately 30 miles per hour, said Spindler.
The tractor-trailer, he said, was pushed back about 35 yards before coming to a rest.
A damage assessment is pending. During the crash approximately 100 to 200 gallons of diesel fuel was spilled out on the roadway, he said."

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Man killed when pickup smashes into pole in Irvine.

Date: 06/06/2012
Time: Around 10:20 P.M.
Location: Irvine, California
Vehicle(s) Involved: Ford F-150

By SALVADOR HERNANDEZ / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

"IRVINE – A man was killed when his pickup crashed into a pole Wednesday night, authorities said.
Details on how the crash occurred were not immediately available, but authorities said it was reported at about 10:20 p.m. at Von Karman and Anchor.
The Ford F150 pickup appeared to have crashed into a light pole. No other vehicles were involved in the accident, said Lt. Julia Engen of the Irvine Police Department.
The driver was the vehicle was identified by coroner's officials as (Censored), a 51-year-old man from Capistrano Beach. He was pronounced dead at 10:22 p.m.
Officers with the Irvine Police Department were on scene within a minute, but found him dead, Engen said.
The crash is still under investigation."

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UPDATE: Fountain Boulevard reopens after semi crash.

Date: 06/05/2012
Time: Around 12:30 P.M.
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Vehicle(s) Involved: Semi truck, Nissan Maxima

By LAUREN FELLERS - THE GAZETTE

"East Fountain Boulevard is now open after a major crash at Academy Park Loop and Fountain Boulevard. The road has been cleared by the Colorado Springs Fire Department's hazardous materials team. According to the fire department, the crash involving a semi-tractor trailer and a car happened about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday and fuel spilled onto the road. Two passengers from the car were taken to the hospital and treated for a broken arm and a non-life threatening head injury, respectively, according to Sand Creek Police dispatch.
One patient was extricated from a vehicle, according to the fire department. An initial call for a second ambulance was cancelled, according to emergency radio traffic.
The truck was on its side, with debris spilling across the roadway from the crumpled top. The car's left side was smashed and doors ripped off.
The crash shut down the east and west lanes of Fountain between Academy and Murray boulevards at the time."

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