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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Five-car crash leaves multiple passengers entrapped in Jersey City.

Date: 12/22/2011
Time: Around 9:45 A.M.
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Chevy Impala, Nissan Frontier, Ford Expedition, Suzuki Grand Viatara, Honda CR-V

By Adam Maher/The Jersey Journal

"A five-car accident ensued during this morning's commute at the intersection of Linden Avenue and Ocean Avenue in Jersey City, according to Jersey City Fire Director Armando Roman.
Immediate details were not available according to Roman, who said the accident occurred at approximately 9:45 a.m. Thursday morning.
According to witnesses, an elderly women lost control of her white Chevy Impala and crashed into multiple parked cars after clipping a moving black Ford Expedition while trying to turn onto Ocean Avenue from Linden Avenue, leaving multiple passengers entrapped in their cars for several minutes.
The driver of the Impala was taken to the hospital.
Further details were not immediately available."

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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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Driver in Dunkin' Donuts crash charged with DWI, assault by auto: cops.

Date: 08/13/2012
Time: Around 8:45 P.M.
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Isuzu Rodeo

By Ron Zeitlinger/The Jersey Journal 

"The driver who crashed into a Jersey City Heights Dunkin' Donuts last night, injuring eight people, has been charged with DWI, multiple counts of assault by auto and multiple motor vehicle violations, police said.
Police said Marco J. Guardiola, 55, of New York Avenue in Jersey City, was driving with a suspended license when his 1999 Isuzu Rodeo SUV smashed into the front of the crowded coffee shop at the corner of Central Avenue and Griffith Street at 8:40 p.m., spewing shards of glass everywhere.
He was treated for minor injuries at the Jersey City Medical Center and released into police custody this morning at 5 a.m. Guardiola's motor vehicle charges include reckless driving, failure to wear a seat belt and failure to exhibit registration, a driver's license and proof of insurance.
Of the seven other people injured in the crash, two were at the scene by EMS and the other five were taken to the JCMC, officials said.
A 14-year-old girl who suffered head trauma, leg fractures and facial lacerations underwent a 3-and-a-half hour surgery and two women were admitted and are in stable condition, a hospital spokesman said.
One of the women suffered multiple puncture wounds to her chest and back and abrasions on her arms and legs.
The Dunkin' Donuts reopened this morning, with plywood covering the huge glass panel that was broken last night."

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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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Bayonne driver's 4 a.m. crash in Jersey City sends five in car to hospital.

Date: 08/23/2012
Time: Around 4:00 A.M.
Location: Bayonne, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota Corolla, Subaru Legacy

By Daniel Reyes/The Jersey Journal 

"A Bayonne man who may have been racing with another driver crashed his car into a wrought-iron fence early yesterday morning, sending all five people in the car to the hospital, authorities said.
Ralph Bacani, 19, of Avenue E in Bayonne, was issued numerous motor vehicle violations, including summonses for reckless driving and violating the conditions of his special learner’s permit, Jersey City police spokesman Stan Eason said.
The four passengers in the car had to be extricated by Jersey City firefighters after the 4 a.m. crash on Kennedy Boulevard near Stuyvesant Avenue, reports said.
All five people were treated at the Jersey City Medical Center for injuries that were not life threatening.
Eason said that “speeding and/or racing” may have played a role in the crash, which is still under investigation.
Bacani slammed into a parked car and a parking meter before the car came to rest on a wrought-iron fence next to a wheelchair access ramp in front of a doctor’s office."

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Head-On Collision Kills Three Tulsans In Rogers County.

Date: 10/04/2012
Time: Around 4:00 P.M.
Location: Near Owasso, Oklahoma
Vehicle(s) Involved: Chevy Malibu, Chevy Tahoe

By Newson6.com

"ROGERS COUNTY, Oklahoma -

Three Tulsa men are dead after a car was struck head-on by a sport utility vehicle at 46th Street North and 145th East Avenue in Rogers County.

According to authorities on the scene, a man in a Chevrolet Tahoe attempted to pass a semi in a no-passing zone, striking and killing two men in a Chevrolet Malibu, about 4 p.m. on Thursday.
The man driving the SUV was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol identified the driver of the Tahoe as Owen McCool, 29, from Tulsa.
OHP identified the driver of the Malibu as Clifford Colyer, 21, and his passenger as Garold Benner, 23. Both men were from Tulsa.
All three men were pinned in their vehicles and had to be extracted by the Tulsa Fire Department, using the Jaws of Life."

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Woman Dead, Teen Critical After Car Broadsides Their Minivan.

Date: 06/26/2012
Time: Evening
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Vehicle(s) Involved: Chevy Venture, Mazda 6

By Brandi Ball, NewsOn6.com

"TULSA, Oklahoma -

A woman is dead and a teenager is in critical condition after the van they were riding in was nearly split in two by a car that ran a stop sign early Tuesday evening, police said.

The two, who police said are sisters, stopped at a four-way stop at 21st Street and South Lynn Lane in East Tulsa. When they started to drive across the intersection, a car ran the stop sign and T-boned the minivan, according to police.
Both the driver of the minivan, 27, and her 17-year-old passenger were flown by medical helicopter to a Tulsa hospital, where the driver was pronounced dead.
Police initially believed the driver of the minivan was also a teenager, but later learned she was older.
The driver of the car was transported by EMSA to a hospital.  She'll be tested for alcohol and drugs, police on the scene said.
Crash investigators estimated the car was traveling between 55-65 mph at the time of the crash.
Identification of those involved is pending while authorities notify family members."

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Accident update

Running Out Of Gas Leads To Tulsa Injury Wreck.

Date: 10/12/2012
Time: Around 11:45 P.M.
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Vehicle(s) Involved: Chevy HHR, Dodge Avenger

By Dee Duren, NewsOn6.com

"TULSA, Oklahoma -

Two people were hurt when a van ran out of gas on a Tulsa highway. One of the injured was standing in the road trying to flag down help.

A man and woman in a mini van were stopped on Highway 412 just west of downtown at about 11:40 Friday night. The man was standing in the roadway trying to flag down another driver when he was struck by a woman driving a Chevrolet HHR.
Seconds later, a third car hit the Chevy.
The male pedestrian was alert and talking when transported to a local hospital. The woman driving the HHR complained of pain and was also taken to a hospital.
Two young girls were riding with the man and woman in the third car. The children, believed to be 1 and 3 years old, were checked out by emergency responders but were not taken to the hospital.
Authorities at the scene said there was no alcohol involved in the pile-up, and they weren't planning to issue any citations at that point in the investigation."

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