Archive for December, 2007
Saturday, December 8th, 2007
An Elm Mott fire truck on the way to a car fire north of Waco crashed into a truck Friday.
State troopers said the accident happened around 9:00 Friday morning. The fire truck was heading northbound on the I-35 access road when, according to investigators, a truck pulled out in front of it.
The fire truck had the sirens and lights on, but troopers said the driver of the truck that pulled out wasn’t paying attention.
“The best thing you can do is pay attention, use your rear view mirrors, use your side mirrors, look behind you when you’re driving, so that you can move over and allow us to get around and the other emergency vehicles, the ambulances and fire trucks also,” State Trooper Chad Buenger said.
No one was injured in the crash and another fire truck was immediately dispatched to the car fire.
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Saturday, December 8th, 2007
An armed carjacker and his victim are dead after the suspect took the woman and her car and crashed into a truck in Florida City.
Authorities say a couple was pumping gas shortly before dawn Friday when the carjacker jumped in the car with the female passenger still inside. Neither were identified.
Authorities chased the car, but the suspect lost control near a construction site and crashed into a semitrailer. Both vehicles burst into flames.
The stolen car was burned beyond recognition. The truck driver was taken to the hospital.
The accident closed the Overseas Highway into the Florida Keys.
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Saturday, December 8th, 2007
Mammoth, powerful engines rumble, roar and shake the marrow of fans and the very foundation of The Palace of Auburn Hills during today’s Extreme Monster Truck Nationals. And of course, stuff will crash, blow up and burn because, well, that’s entertainment!
Monster truck drivers from all over the country will compete for money and bragging rights. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin hosts the event and will drive one of the monster trucks during the opening ceremonies.
Austin, an action-film star and six-time World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, admits he has nothing but love for monster truck events.
“I enjoy the action and I enjoy the drivers,” Austin said by telephone Tuesday from Los Angeles, where he is looking into movie projects for 2008. “I have always been a fan of anything with a motor in it.”
This seems to be the draw not only for fans but for the monster truck drivers, as well. Jim Koehler of Columbus, Mich., boasts about his vehicles like a proud parent. His truck, the Avenger, weighs 10,000 pounds, stands 12-feet high and has a 1,600-horsepower engine under the hood.
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Saturday, December 8th, 2007
A Westmoreland County woman was killed Thursday morning in Somerset County when her car was struck by a coal truck.
State police said Marlana B. Sarver, 36, of New Florence was driving her 1998 Pontiac Sunfire east on Route 30 in Quemahoning when she stopped to make a left-hand turn onto Route 403. A 1998 Western Star coal truck driven by Michael Sullivan, 36, of Friedens in Somerset County was traveling behind Sarver and was unable to stop and crashed into her car.
Police said Sarver died at the scene, but a male toddler in Sarver’s car, whom police did not identify, survived and was taken to Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital in Johnstown, Cambria County, with unknown injuries. His condition could not be determined.
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
One man was taken to Sterling Regional MedCenter and and traffic flow on U.S. Highway 6 at the South Platte River bridges was slowed this morning after a pickup truck and semi-truck collided.
According to the truck driver, the pickup drifted into the eastbound lane and collided with the truck. The accident is still under investigation.
The Performance Plus truck was eastbound near the South Platte River bridges when the westbound Dodge Ram 2500 began to drift into the eastbound lane. The driver of the truck said he slowed the truck, then moved into the right lane to avoid a head-on collision.
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
A TRUCK driver is dead after his vehicle careered across the Bruce Highway at Narangba north of Brisbane and hit a car travelling in the opposite direction, exploding into flames.
The truck was carrying gas cylinders which caused a spectacular blast, which could be heard up to 10km away in Samford.
Witness on the scene said flames leapt 7m into the air.
Both vehicles were incinerated. There is huge scorched area on the median strip.
Miraculously, the driver of the car escaped the blaze and was taken to hospital by ambulance, with minor injuries.
All lanes of the highway are closed under the Deception Bay Road overpass.
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Unionized railway workers and truckers Friday decided to withhold their plan to stage a strike early in the morning over wage hike and job security, dispelling concerns over a possible paralysis of the logistics system.
Following the decision to put the strike on hold, thousands of unionized rail workers and truck drivers, who had gathered at a Korea Railroad warehouse in central Seoul, returned to work Friday morning.
The unionists had planned to launch a general strike at 4 a.m.,
but withdrew the threat despite unsuccessful negotiations with Korea Railroad and the government.
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
A Verrierdale developer who has a $3 million council road resealing contract faced court today accused of possessing about $150,000 worth of stolen machinery and other goods.
Police executed a search warrant at Anthony Carmelo Strazzieri’s business and residential premises in Dean Road at Verrierdale, near Eumundi.
A flatbed truck, three tow trucks and several police vehicles were needed to transport the large haul of allegedly stolen property found during the search.
They located a $10,000 Buell motorcycle allegedly stolen in November, a $20,000 bobcat skid excavator allegedly stolen in June, an $11,000 truck allegedly stolen from Buderim in December 2005 and a $96,000 Komatsu excavator allegedly stolen in May 2005.
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
The Utah Highway Patrol on Saturday released the names of two men involved in a car accident Friday.
Shawn Hall, 20, of Nephi was driving north in a red and black Geo Metro on State Road 198 between Payson and Santaquin when the car was hit head-on by a Ford F-150 truck.
Hall’s brother Shane Hall, 24, also of Nephi, was riding in the passenger side of the Geo Metro. Shane Hall was pronounced dead at the scene.
Shawn Hall was flown to Utah Valley Hospital and was still in critical condition Saturday night.
Agent Cori Start, UHP spokeswoman, said before the accident the steering locked up on the truck. The driver had regained control but by then the truck was over the center line of the two-lane road and it collided with the Geo Metro. The roads were wet.
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
The Village Board voted to purchase a new pickup truck at a price of nearly $32,000 for the fire department.
The money for the pickup truck will come out of the equipment replacement fund planned for in the proposed 2008 village budget.
Fire Chief Mark Wallace said the truck the department is using is no longer sufficient for the equipment hauled in it.
“It’s loaded to the max right now, and that’s the problem with the vehicle,” Wallace said at a recent board meeting. “It’s starting to wear on components on the truck.”
Without the heavy equipment in the truck, the vehicle would be usable, he said.
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