May 2007


General31 May 2007 07:30 pm

14-year-old, who was injured in skateboarding accident last week, dies
Daily Dunklin Democrat - An Aragon teen died Wednesday, having never regained consciousness after being injured when his skateboard collided with a vehicle late last week. Brandon Michael Erwin, 14, of 4948 Collard Valley Road, was pronounced dead at 12:15 p.m. at Children

Himani Kapoor hurt in car accident
Daily News and Analysis - MUMBAI: Himani Kapoor, the hostess of Zee TV’s music show ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’, lost consciousness when a bus hit her parked car. She’s fine now after the accident on Wednesday afternoon. Reliving the nightmare, Himani said, “I had parked the car on the

Beth-Center High School to stage mock traffic accident, trial
Herald-Standard - Because fatal accidents occur every day as a result of driving under the influence of alcohol, the Youth Traffic Safety Council at Bethlehem-Center High School will sponsor a mock accident and trial on Friday, with the hope of showing the students

Train accident victim was roadside regular
Quad-Cities Times - He was a roadside regular, waiting along Interstate 74 exit ramps for somebody to pass a dollar through a car window. In fact, Monday afternoon, hours before Thomas Gene Miller was found dead along the railroad tracks in downtown Bettendorf, he was

Accident on A419
This is Wiltshire - POLICE have finished dealing with an accident on the A419. At about 6.15am a vehicle came off the northbound carriageway road about 100 yards before the sliproad for the A419 at the White Hart roundabout. The vehicle was in a ditch having hit a fence

Hyde Park teen dies in Attleboro accident
Boston Online - A Hyde Park teenager died early yesterday after he apparently lost control of his car on Interstate 95 in Attleboro and was thrown from the vehicle as it rolled over, State Police said. The 17-year-old victim’s name was not released. He was the only

3 high school students killed in crash on I-15
SignOn San Diego - The carload of teenage boys was following a caravan of school buses to Belmont Park in Mission Beach when the 1993 Acura Integra flipped and struck a tree. The accident occurred at 2 p.m. on southbound Interstate 15 at the on-ramp to state Route 78

General28 May 2007 05:30 am

Teenager injured in motocycle accident
Herald Democrat - Teenager injured in motocycle accident CALERA A single-vehicle wreck outside the Calera city limits injured a Durant teenager, Matthew S. Howard, 16, who was sent to an area hospital. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Kyle Ince said the said

Cyclists injured in Silverton Road Race accident
Statesman Journal - Four bicyclists were injured, one seriously, after a pileup on Victor Point Road during the Silverton Road Race Sunday morning. Lt. Jerry Shiffer of the Silverton Fire District said that the cyclists were probably traveling between 30 and 40 miles

Woman Dies In Rollover Accident
WISN Milwaukee - MILWAUKEE — An overnight accident on Interstate 794 has left a 20-year-old Oak Creek woman dead. Investigators said the driver of an SUV lost control on I-794 near Pennsylvania Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. The vehicle flipped over and landed in a

General28 May 2007 05:30 am

Accident involving motorcyclist backing up traffic on I-240W
Asheville Citizen-Times - ASHEVILLE - Traffic is backing up on Interstate 240 westbound following an accident involving a motorcycle. The accident took place just before the I-240/U.S.19-23 split. Police and emergency crews are responding to the scene

Student injured in road accident
BBC UK - The 23-year-old was walking with friends along the A433 near Coates late on Friday night when she was struck by a BMW. The woman, a student at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, was treated at the scene and flown by air ambulance to

Dayton amusement park accident injures three children
Palladium-Item - CEDAR POINT, Ohio (AP) At least three children were hurt in a Dayton amusement park ride, and three people were injured in a roller-coaster accident at Cedar Point, officials said. A kids ride at RiverBlast in Dayton jolted forward Saturday

General24 May 2007 11:30 am

Murder Charge Filed In Deadly Accident
MSNBC - Elizabethtown, KY (AP) - A murder charge has been filed against a Hodgenville man who police say left the scene of a Hardin County collision that killed a passenger in the vehicle he was driving. The Hardin County Sheriff’s Department reports 50-year

Officer Rushing To Accident Crashes In Johnson Co.
CBS 11 News - (CBS 11 News) JOHNSON COUNTY Four people, including a Venus police officer, were rushed to the hospital Wednesday evening. The accident happened on FM 157 and County Road 501 in Johnson County. Police say a woman driving a van was hit. That woman and

Clarke lucky to escape in buggy accident
MSNBC - VIRGINIA WATER, England - Darren Clarke said he was lucky to escape relatively unscathed after flipping a 250cc buggy at home. “I have two fields beside my house and two off-road buggies with cages on them,” the 38-year-old Briton told reporters on

4 injured in Clinton accident
Quad-Cities Times - CLINTON, Iowa Four people were injured when their van was hit by a driver who ran a red light. David Hurla, 64, of Clinton was driving a 1998 Chevrolet van southbound on North 4th Street at 1:27 p.m. Tuesday when the van was struck by a 2004

General07 May 2007 08:30 am

Teen Killed in Kershaw County Accident
WLTX.com - (Kershaw County) - Authorities say a teenager is dead after an accident around 7 a.m. Sunday morning on Blaney Road, just two miles outside of Elgin. Lance Corporal Josef Robinson says the driver died at the scene and there were no passengers

Cards pitcher’s death won’t change culture
Detroit Free Press - Josh Hancock is dead. That fact does not change. He was dead the day the accident happened. He was dead the day the Cardinals attended his funeral. He was dead the day they glumly returned to baseball, wearing his number on their sleeves. And he is

Car plunges 1 story in parking accident
Palm Beach Post - BOCA RATON A valet drove a 2001 Lincoln Town Car through a second-story wall of the parking area underneath the Boca Raton Bridge Hotel on Sunday, crashing to the sidewalk below but injuring no one. The parking attendant, who was not identified

General06 May 2007 12:30 pm

Ft. Collins Teen Killed In Accident
Denver Channel - Ft. Collins, Colo. — Hundreds of students and parents gathered outside Rocky Mountain High School in Ft. Collins, Saturday night, to mourn the loss of 17-year-old Kayla Adsit. Adsit died Friday night, when troopers say the car she was riding in

Young climber hurt in Lakes accident
News and Star - A teenage girl was taken to hospital after hitting her head on a boulder while walking in the Lake District on Saturday. The girl was part of a group climbing Raven Crag in Great Langdale. The Langdale and Ambleside mountain rescue team were called

Cutting risk of tanker accidents starts with conservation habits
San Francisco Gate - The accident is a reminder that those of us who use gasoline — virtually everyone — play small parts in an enormous and largely invisible trade in toxic, flammable fuels. The risks seem counterintuitive because gasoline has become an

Bicyclist, 21, dies of accident injuries
Seattle Times - A bicyclist who was struck by a vehicle Thursday in Kent died Friday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The 21-year-old Salt Lake City man was crossing Southeast 208th Street near 120th Place Southeast at 1:45 p.m. when he was struck by a Ford

Auto Racing | Rain forces Nextel Cup race to be postponed
Seattle Times - SKOPJE, Macedonia A second person has died following a crash that led officials to call off the rest of the Gumball 3000 rally, and a British driver blamed for the accident was stopped trying to leave the country. Hospital officials in Skopje said

2 Students Missing After Boating Accident
INS News - Two students at an upstate New York college were missing Saturday after their canoe capsized on a lake next to the Paul Smith College campus. The missing students were in a group of six who went boating late Friday night, the college said in a

General05 May 2007 03:30 pm

Deadly Pedestrian Accident
KVUE - Police are on the scene of a deadly pedestrian accident near I-35 north. Police say just before four this morning the driver of a pickup was traveling down the frontage road near Howard Lane, when he struck and killed a man crossing the intersection

Coaster slams into abandoned car
SignOn San Diego - There was no one in the sedan at the time of the accident, and no information was available about why the car was sitting on the tracks. Authorities said the train was going about 25 mph when it struck the car. A passenger on the train was injured by

Roller Coaster Accident Kills One, Injures 34 In Japan
WCSH - A roller-coaster accident at a Japanese amusement park packed with people celebrating Children’s Day has killed one person and sent 34 others to the hospital. It happened at Expoland, the Osaka amusement park built for a world expo in 1970. Children

Public record
Evening Sun - A hit-and-run accident was reported at the Shell station on North Queen Street. Police are looking for a dark blue late model Ford F150 4-by-4 driven by a white male with spiked hair and a black goatee. The vehicle, which should have driver’s side

Fatal accident stops traffic on Highway 99
Visalia Times-Delta - A tractor-trailer drifted off the east shoulder of Highway 99 between Goshen and Traver about 10:45 a.m. Friday for unknown reasons, killing a 20-year-old passenger from Fresno, the California Highway Patrol said. The driver, 20, also of Fresno

General03 May 2007 09:31 pm

Student denied bathroom trip has accident
Fremont News-Messenger - MAGNOLIA, Ohio A sixth-grader was denied permission to use the bathroom during state testing this week and had an accident, an unfortunate outcome of a decision based in part on the need to maintain the integrity of the test, the superintendent

Salem teen seriously hurt in car accident
Salem News - SALEM - A local teen was flown to a Boston hospital after suffering serious injuries following a single-car wreck last night on a stretch of road long known by neighbors who live there for its high speeds and crash scenes. The 18-year-old man from

Accident blocks two southbound lanes on TZ Bridge
journalnews.com - Two southbound lanes on the Tappan Zee Bridge are closed this morning due to an accident. As of 10:40 a.m., traffic is backing up into Rockland on the New York State Thruway. The accident happened near milepost 15. About 30 minutes earlier, there was

Former BBGH CEO killed in car accident
Star-Herald - MASON CITY, Iowa - The city of Alliance is mourning the loss of one of its own as a former chief executive officer at Box Butte General Hospital died in Mason City on Tuesday as a result of a one-car accident. According to Capt. Mike McKelvey of the

Delegation in accident on way to council meeting
Owen Sound Sun Times - An officer at the scene said one car was being driven southbound on Highway 6 and the other was westbound on Highway 21 when they collided. Not long after the accident, Bev Nicolson, the planner for Georgian Bluffs, was called out of a municipal

Amtrak employee dies after early morning accident
Boston Online - BOSTON — An Amtrak employee suffered an apparent heart attack and later died after a train struck a piece of construction equipment in Boston this morning. Amtrak spokesman Cliff Cole says the Albany-to-Boston train was near its final destination of

BART ridership at all-time high
MSN MoneyCentral - Thanks to the gas tanker accident and explosion that has closed a portion of the MacArthur Maze in Oakland, BART set an all-time passenger record May 1. The Oakland-based transit agency carried 375,200 riders on its trains that day, eclipsing the

Man Dies in Madison County Industrial Accident
WAAY-TV - A man is dead after an accident at a Madison County landscaping company. It happened around 11:15 Wednesday morning at the Baker’s Sand and Gravel Company on Bill Matthews Road in south Huntsville. The victim has been identified as 63-year old Norman

General01 May 2007 10:30 pm

Police Investigate Deadly Motorcycle Accident
KSDK - KSDK - St. Louis police are investigating a deadly motorcycle accident on South Broadway and Ohio. Police say a driver of a Saturn was pulling off a side street onto northbound Broadway and didn’t see the motorcycle. The crash split the motorcycle in

Transit worker killed in Brooklyn subway accident
Newsday - A New York City Transit track worker was killed and another seriously injured Sunday when they were pinned under a G train in Brooklyn, police said. The transit workers were working in the tracks at the Hoyt-Schemerhorn Street station in downtown

Motorcycle accident seriously injures man
Citizen Online - A Cato man was seriously injured during a motorcycle accident on Route 370 Sunday. Charles K. Davenport, 46, of 3702 Allen Road, went off the road on a curve near the Cato-Meridian Central School building at about 9:30 p.m., according to Cayuga

Baseball: Cardinals pitcher dies in car accident
Herald Tribune - When the telephone rang in Bruce Evans’s home in Vestavia Hills, Ala., at 6:30 a.m. yesterday, the sound jolted him. The news that Evans then received stunned him. He learned that Josh Hancock, a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, had died

Hancock Had Accident Days Before Death
Forbes - Three days before he was killed in a highway wreck, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was involved in a predawn accident that police treated routinely. Officers who talked with the 29-year-old reliever moments after the front of his sport

Three Students Injured In School Bus Accident
WWMT - HASTINGS (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Three elementary school students were hurt Tuesday morning when their school bus slid part-way off the road and leaned up against several trees. The Barry County Sheriff’s Department says the school bus was southbound on

Hancock ’scare’ preceded tragic car accident
Chicago Sun-Times - ST. LOUIS — In a cruel coincidence, Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock frightened teammates to the point of raising the memory of Darryl Kile — three days before Hancock’s fatal auto accident Sunday morning. Before a noon game against Cincinnati on

Driver flees scene of fatal Southwest Freeway accident
Houston Chronicle - The driver of a car that ran over and killed a pedestrian on the Southwest Freeway at Bellaire early today left the scene after stopping, getting out of his vehicle and looking back toward the body, police said. Police are looking for the driver