December 2009


General28 Dec 2009 10:30 am

Savannah woman, daughter killed in Christmas crash - Savannah Morning News
MACON - A Savannah woman and her daughter were killed in a Christmas Day car accident in Laurens County. Ligia Balach, 48, and 11-year-old Nicole Balach died in the crash, according to Laurens County Coroner Richard Stanley III. Georgia State Patrol

Lebanon man injured in accident near Estacada - Statesman Journal
An 81-year-old Lebanon man was critically injured this morning after a single vehicle accident involving a fallen tree on Hwy. 211, about three miles south of Estacada. Oregon State Police said William Frederick Walling was traveling south on 211 at

Brake failure caused ski lift accident at Devil’s Head - Fond du Lac Reporter
MERRIMAC Officials from a Wisconsin resort that runs a ski lift that malfunctioned and injured 14 says the accident s cause couldn t have been predicted. A packed ski lift at Devil s Head Resort near Merrimac suddenly ran backward on Dec

16-year Ford employee dies in beam accident - WHAS 11
Deputy Jefferson County Coroner Jim Wesley said Cassady was pronounced dead Saturday morning at University Hospital of multiple blunt force injuries. The Kentucky Truck Plant, which employs more than 4,000 workers, makes the Ford F250-F550, Super

Kansas man to enter plea next month in deadly crash - KTKA
Ottawa, Kan. A northeast Kansas man charged in a deadly traffic accident is set to enter a plea next month. The arraignment hearing for 35-year-old Eric Martin Bowers of Ottawa is scheduled for Jan. 11 in Anderson County District Court. Bowers is

Young Snowboarder Dies In Accident - Newsradio 620
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy has died in a snowboarding accident near Black River Falls. Jackson County sheriff’s officials say the The boy was flown to Luther Hospital in Eau Claire, but did not survive. His name has not been

One dead in Westport car accident - Norwalk Hour
A single vehicle crashed into a tree in the area of 109 Greens Farms Road early Sunday morning, killing the passenger and sending the driver to Norwalk Hospital with what are reported as non-life-threatening injuries, Westport police said. The

Man killed in Thruway accident - Post-Journal
An accident Saturday morning on the I-90 westbound in the town of Hanover claimed the life of 24-year-old Jordan Bunker of Fort Knox, Ky., a soldier formerly from North Tonawanda, after his vehicle left the road and struck a guardrail. Bunker s passenger, 25-year-old Audry Brackett, also of Fort

Two dead in head-on vehicle accident in Westmoreland - PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Two people are dead and one is in serious condition at a Johnstown hospital after a head-on, two-vehicle crash in St. Clair Township, Westmoreland County. Mary F. Rager, 71, of Johnstown, was driving west on Route 56 just east of Route 711 near the

Austin man dies in apparent hunting accident - Austin Daily Herald
Minnesota deputies say an Austin man has died in an apparent hunting accident. KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa, says authorities found the body of 44-year-old Bernard Olson on Thursday evening. Fillmore County deputies were investigating a report of a

General27 Dec 2009 01:30 pm

Bus accident kills 40, injures 22 in Peru - English_Xinhua
LIMA, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) — At least 40 people were killed and 22 others injured when a bus fell off a 100-meter-deep cliff Thursday in Espinar, Peru, police and firemen said. The accident happened on the Altoandiana highway when it was traveling

Brake failure caused Wis. ski lift accident - Minneapolis Star Tribune
The cause of a ski lift accident that injured 14 near Merrimac could not have been predicted, according to the resort’s general manager. Joe Vittengl of Devil’s Head Resort said the malfunction was due to a massive failure of the gearbox that powers

No one injured in evening accident - Port Huron Times-Herald
An accident Saturday in the 3300 block of 10th Avenue in Port Huron resulted in a Pontiac car flipping onto its roof and a Chevrolet pickup cracking an axle, said Lt. Scott Pike of the Port Huron Police Department. Pike said the accident report wasn

Minn. man found dead in apparent hunting accident - WDAY
KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa, says authorities found the body of 44-year-old Bernard Olson on Thursday evening. Fillmore County deputies were investigating a report of a missing person when they found Olson’s parked vehicle. They followed tracks in

Man killed on I-70 after checking on others in accident - News-Democrat
ST. LOUIS — Police in St. Louis say a man has died after being hit by a pickup truck on Interstate 70 after he checked on people in a car involved in another accident. Police say 54-year-old Reginald Lee had been involved in one of several accidents that occurred within minutes of each other around

Missouri state trooper dies in storm-related accident - Joplin Globe
The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the trooper as 49-year-old Patrolman Dennis Engelhard, a 10-year veteran from Wildwood. Patrol spokesman Sgt. Al Nothum told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that Engelhard was struck Friday by a sport utility

Traffic accident sends truck crashing into Ohio church’s live nativity - Newser
Former Ashtabula Fire Chief Norman Jepson, dressed as one of the Three Wise Men, said he checked the injured and called for help. Several ambulances responded. As many as six people may have been injured in the Wednesday night accident outside

Third fatality as result of U.S. 380 accident - Star Community Newspapers
Weather and icy roadway conditions have been identified as contributing factors in the collision. The Frisco Police Department is encouraging fatalities are always tragic events, noted Chief Todd Renshaw, but even more sad this time of year

General24 Dec 2009 09:30 pm

Three die as Philippine ships collide - Irish Times
ferry as it began to sink following the collision, coast guard spokesman Commander Armand at the time of the accident and officials said they would investigate what caused the collision. Ferries are an important mode of transport in the

Charges Filed in Fatal Lawn Tractor Accident - The State Journal
The driver of the truck will be cited for overloading after an accident with a lawn tractor that killled the tractor driver. BANNOCK, Ohio — New details have surfaced as the coal truck driver involved in the fatal lawnmower collision Dec. 22 will be cited for being overloaded. According to Sgt. Jim

Accident Claims Life of Snowboarder - RIMOFTHEWORLD.net
Big Bear Lake, CA - A 23-year-old Los Angeles snowboarder succumbed to injuries sustained while executing a jump at Snow Summit Ski Resort. The San Bernardino County Coroner reports Kwang Kim died several hours after the 12:40 p.m. accident in an approved jumping area at the ski resort. The Coroner

Justin Gray arrested in connection with accident that killed Jenna - Democrat and Chronicle
The Orleans County Sheriff s Office has made a second arrest in connection with a motor Stockwell s girlfriend, Jenna Pratt, 17, died in the crash on Martin Road in Shelby, Orleans County, shortly after 12 a.m., Dec. 6. Today, Justin L.

Dear Abby: Couple’s family planning bound for crash - Erie Times-News
Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married two wonderful years. I was recently in a serious car accident and am currently unable to drive. The person who mainly drives me around is my husband, but sometimes friends and family take me to my

UPDATED: Christina Aguilera Fine After Minor Car Accident In - Access Hollywood
Christina Aguilera was unharmed following a minor car accident in West Hollywood on Tuesday evening, a rep for the singer told Access Hollywood . The accident was very, very minor and all is fine, the rep said. Both Radar Online and TMZ

Hiker Dies In Accident At Smokies - WTVF
A Maryland woman hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been swept away in swift-moving water and died. Park officials said Tuesday that 45-year-old Cindy Hill of Columbia hiked about three miles from a ranger station when they

Ski lift accident at Devil’s Head Resort blamed on brake failure - Pioneer Press
A brake failure was to blame for last week’s incident at Devil’s Head Resort in which a ski lift suddenly reversed direction, injuring 14 people, according to the state Department of Commerce. It remained unclear Tuesday why the brake failed. The

Accident-prone Cincinnati police officer barred from driving cruisers - Columbus Dispatch
CINCINNATI — Police have taken away an officer’s driving privileges after his latest traffic accident ruined a cruiser. The Cincinnati Police Department says 24-year-old officer Kevin Jones has been assigned to a senior officer who will drive while Jones gets additional police academy training. A

Derek Loux dies in a serious car accident.. - Entertainment and Showbiz!
Director of Forerunner Music Academy at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, Derek Loux passed away. He suffered a serious car accident while in Nebraska for a ministry trip. Long back 2007; he released an album called Paper Religion

General22 Dec 2009 06:31 am

Man loses fingers in snowblower accident; two reattached - Cumberland Times-News
in the Baltimore station’s 6 p.m. Saturday newscast his fingers have been chopped off. The station reported that its crew stopped taping and called 911. A Baltimore County ambulance arrived and took the man to Union Memorial Hospital in

Luke Holko, 4, injured by foul ball, finally finds his voice - Canton Repository
A 4-year-old boy who was hit in the head by a foul ball at a minor league baseball game in September spoke his first words since the accident this week, a major breakthrough in his recovery from an injury that nearly killed him. Luke Holko, whose

3-year-old dies in car accident - Toledo Blade
HARROD - A 3-year-old child was killed over the weekend in a three-vehicle crash near this village in southeast Allen County. Macy Harp, of Alger, died in Lima Memorial Hospital as a result of internal injuries from the accident that occurred about 6

Teen turns himself in for fatal accident that killed classmate - MSNBC
FORT MILL, S.C. — A 17-year-old has turned himself in to Fort Mill Police in connection with a deadly accident. Michael Chambers is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, resulting in death and reckless homicide. Chambers wrecked the

Funeral set for Ohio boy killed by train, girl injured in same accident loses part of leg - Cleveland News - Fox 8
HOLLAND, Ohio (AP) An Ohio girl is recovering from surgery days after an accident with a train that killed another teen. The family of 16-year-old Brianna Mullinger says in an online journal that she had to have a leg amputated at the knee on Saturday. An update Sunday says the surgery went well

Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his ‘Westernized’ daughter indicted in hit-and-run accident - Los Angeles Times
PHOENIX (AP) An Iraqi immigrant has been indicted in a hit-and-run accident that fatally injured his 20-year-old daughter and injured her boyfriend’s mother. Maricopa County prosecutors said Monday that 48-year-old Faleh Hassan Almaleki was charged by a grand jury with first-degree murder

Beanie Sigel Injured in Car Accident - The BoomBox
Philadelphia rapper and current Jay-Z rival Beanie Sigel was injured in a car accident in Baltimore on Saturday (Dec. 19). Sigel, who was leaving a recording studio, was riding in a car that was side swiped and then run-off the road by a tractor

General19 Dec 2009 01:30 pm

How Do I Claim For Personal Injury In An Accident? Call 0161 929 7766 - PRLog (free press release)
If the accident, whatever its nature, was not your fault, you need not lose out at all. You should be put back in the position you were in before the accident occurred. So as well as personal injury, you can claim for any clothing damaged in the

Investigators probe Merrimac ski lift accident - Green Bay Press-Gazette
MERRIMAC Investigators were trying to determine Friday how a packed ski lift suddenly ran backward, injuring at least a dozen people. Sauk County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Chip Meister said the incident occurred around 7 p.m. Thursday at Devil’s

Fatal accident at Sonoma County dump - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
A Sonoma Compost Company employee who so enjoyed his work that he could not be persuaded to retire despite his advancing years was killed on the job Friday when he was struck and run over by a front-loading tractor. At 76, Vicente Zavala for several

Star athlete’s dreams shattered after bizarre accident - Toronto Star
Anthony Lue, left, at a high school track meet in 2003 and in his room at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Lue, 21, set an Ontario record in hurdles and won football and baseball titles while at Pickering High School. He is lucky to be alive after

Man found dead after boating accident - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports that four men and three dogs fell into the river Thursday after two small boats tied together with rope capsized. The U.S. Coast guard recovered three men and three dogs, but 51-year-old

Freak accident, shattered dream - Toronto Star
It all happened in a horrifying split second and, three months later, Anthony Lue still can’t quite believe it. “I should be dead,” he said. Lue’s voice cracks as he recounts the events of a bizarre and near-fatal industrial accident that has left

Lebanese Red Cross rescuers evacuate a survivor of a ship accident - Big Hollywood
Lebanese Red Cross rescuers evacuate a survivor of a ship accident off the Lebanese waters at the port of Tripoli in northern Lebanon. Chances are slim of finding more survivors from a ship that sank in rough seas off the northern Lebanese coast

Man killed in TRAX accident - ksl.com
SALT LAKE CITY — A man was killed Thursday night when he was hit by a TRAX train at 400 South and Main Street. Utah Transit Authority officials say the man was a riding in between two cars on a TRAX train. As his train was passing another train

General16 Dec 2009 05:30 pm

Garden State Parkway accident backs up traffic - Atlantic City Press
Garden State Parkway traffic is backed up this morning due to a car accident. The accident was reported at about 8 a.m., along the northbound lanes north of Exit 74 in Lacey Township, Ocean County. Now, according to the state’s Department of

General11 Dec 2009 04:30 am

Fatal vehicle accident in Western Boca Raton - WPTV
WESTERN BOCA RATON, FL — One person was killed in a vehicle crash on SW 18th Street just after 9 p.m. Thursday. The crash occurred at SW 18th Street and Country Club Drive in Western Boca Raton. One vehicle reportedly rolled over several times and

County Road Worker Killed in Accident - The Ledger
LAKE HAMILTON | A county maintenance worker died and another was injured Wednesday morning when a vehicle left the roadway and struck him on Lake Hatchineha Road east of Lake Hamilton, the Polk County Sheriff s Office said. Jimmy P. Justice, 59, of

Orange County Sheriff’s unmarked vehicle involved in deadly accident - Orlando Sentinel
A 44-year-old woman killed around 11 p.m. as she crossed North Orange Blossom Trail near Sadler Road, when she was hit by an unmarked Orange County Sheriff’s Office unmarked vehicle. An Orange County deputy was involved in a deadly car accident near

Gatorade Drops Woods’ Drink; Decision Made Before Accident - The Ledger
The decision to drop the drink, called Tiger Focus, was first reported by trade publication Beverage Digest in an issue dated Nov. 25, two days before the incident at Woods’ home in Florida. The publication’s editor, John Sicher, said he learned of

General07 Dec 2009 11:30 am

U.S. envoy in S.Korea; Pyongyang nuclear talks next - Windsor Star
Stephen Bosworth, the first envoy sent by U.S. President Barack Obama to the North, is expected to arrive in Pyongyang on Tuesday for a three-day stay where he will meet top North Korean officials but not leader Kim Jong-il. Analysts expect the North

2 deer hunters injured in Iowa - Quad Cities Onlines
ST. DONATUS, Iowa (AP) Two men have been injured while deer hunting in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says 37-year-old Kevin Bourland of Hazel Green, Wis., and 40-year-old James Nelson of Burlington were hurt Sunday. Officials say

Weezer singer suffers minor injuries when tour bus skids off road - Washington Examiner
GLEN, N.Y. The lead singer of the rock band Weezer has suffered minor injuries after the group’s tour bus hit some ice, skidded across the New York State Thruway and slid into a ditch. Police say singer Rivers Cuomo and the band’s assistant were

Man charged in fatal accident - Muskogee Daily Phoenix
Gary Knight says 19-year-old Marcus Wilson was killed when the car in which W. 29 Street and Shartel Avenue. Knight says the officer turned to pursue the car and saw it had hit a tree. Relerford also is accused of driving under the influence of

Tom Brokaw and wife involved in deadly car accident - Examiner
Tom Brokaw and his wife were involved in a deadly car accident Friday, but both are fine. The accident occurred on the Bruckner Expressway in New York when an SUV lost control and hit a mail truck, and the Brokaw s car crashed into the mail truck

General04 Dec 2009 05:32 pm

(10:02am) Fatal accident victims identified - WPDE
Marlboro County Coroner Tim Brown says 12-year-old Fitina Adeline and 14-year-old Nifasha Estella died in a crash in Marlboro County Thursday. It happened just after 5pm on Hebron Dunbar Road off Highway 9 near Clio. Corporal Paul Brouthers tells

General01 Dec 2009 11:30 pm

Dead on the USS Rentz: Sutherlin’s David Mudge - Oregonian
Petty Officer 3rd Class David M. Mudge, 22, of Sutherlin, Ore., died Nov. 28, in a non-hostile accident aboard USS Rentz while in Port Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates. The DoD also says he was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, the war in

Pa. school bus slides off road, 4 students treated - Beaver County Times
A minibus slid off a road in western Pennsylvania on its way to a performing arts charter school, causing four of five students on board to be treated and released at hospitals for minor injuries. State police in New Castle say the accident happened