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November, 2007
Airport’s million dollar baby
- November
- 30
Queenstown Airport’s brand new fire truck R2 is ready for business.
After using the same old R1 fire truck for nearly 20 years, senior fire chief Bill Wrigley can’t wait to show off the nearly $1 million purchase imported from Austria.
“I started in 1988 at the same time we got the R1 truck, which will eventually […]
Man killed in truck rollover accident …
- November
- 30
A 32-year-old Medina man was killed Saturday night when his truck rolled over off Erhart Road less than half a mile south of state Route 18 in York Township, the Medina post of the State Highway Patrol reported.
James E. Ventura was pronounced dead at the scene.
The highway patrol said Ventura, who was driving a 1994 […]
Man Is Crushed To Death By Commercial Truck
- November
- 29
A man is crushed to death by a dump truck in southeast Travis County. Roger Wade with the Travis County Sheriff’s Department says the incident appears to be an accident. Wade says they are contacting OSHA since it happened at a work site. Wade says the name of the victim has not yet been released.
Accident ties up traffic
- November
- 29
A four-vehicle accident tied up traffic for hours early Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Mesquite Boulevard and State Route 95.
Two of the four drivers involved were taken to Havasu Regional Medical Center for what is believed non life-threatening injuries, according to the Lake Havasu City Police Department.
The accident occurred at 10:45 a.m. when […]
Arkansas bus crash kills three, injures 40
- November
- 29
A passenger bus collided with a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer rig in northeastern Arkansas, killing three people.
The Tornado Bus Co. bus was westbound on Interstate 40 about 10 p.m. Sunday when it veered across the median into eastbound lanes. State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said the bus slammed into the oncoming pickup, then […]
Woman killed instantly after collision with truck
- November
- 29
A woman is dead after her car crossed the centre line of State Highway One and collided head-on with a truck and trailer unit last night.
Police said the accident happened just after midnight near the Bay of Plenty township of Atiamuri, about 25km south of Tokoroa.
The female driver, who was the sole occupant of the car, […]
- November
- 29
A 55-year-old woman died after a loose flatbed trailer slammed into her car Wednesday.
The crash happened on Highway 99W. Police said the trailer came loose from a truck and crossed the center line.
The truck driver, 23-year-old of Eugene and his two passengers were not hurt.
State police were investigating.
Driver escapes serious injury after truck overturns
- November
- 29
A Lindale woman escaped serious injury Sunday afternoon after her Chevy truck overturned on Short Horn Road.
Floyd County police said Kristie Packer, 29, of a Lindale address was driving east on Short Horn Road when she lost control of the truck and it overturned.
Police had to remove the windshield to get her out. She […]
Police, fire and courts
- November
- 29
The Peoria police officer injured in a two-vehicle accident over the weekend has been released from a local hospital and likely will return to duty next week.
The truck’s driver, Mitchell E. Slock, 43, of 1811 W. Kingsway Drive, Apt. E1 was heading east on Willow Knolls when he failed to yield to the emergency vehicle, […]
Couple killed when logging truck flips
- November
- 29
A semitrailer carrying a load of logs overturned and collided with western Indiana couple’s pickup truck, killing both of them, authorities said.
man,59, and his 58-year-old wife, Joyce, died in Friday’s accident along Indiana 63. The Prairie Creek couple’s bodies were not identified by the Vigo County coroner until Saturday.
Vigo County police said a semitrailer carrying […]