Thursday 12 July 2012

Fatal Truck Crash Shuts Highway



According to reports passengers on a shuttle bus for the Tough Mudder Endurance Competition, escaped injury, when the bus caught fire. According to authorities the shuttle bus was carrying participants from the Tough Mudder Endurance Competition, Saturday afternoon, when the bus burst into flames. The passengers were able to avoid injury due to the bus driver’s quick actions, authorities said. The driver of the shuttle bus said she heard a loud noise and pulled the bus over, which is when she spotted flames.
The shuttle bus was on Highway 330 in Snow Valley, in San Bernardino, when the incident occurred. The driver evacuated 55 passengers from the bus, without injury, according to continue

A fatal crash involving two tractor-trailers on Hwy. 401 Tuesday caused a large fire at Shannonville Road and resulted in the deaths of both drivers, according to Napanee OPP. Emergency crews responded to the scene of the accident around 3:30 p.m. The accident closed traffic in both directions due to thick smoke causing poor visibility for motorists. The 401 eastbound lanes were closed between Deseronto Road and Hwy. 37, and one lane was expected to reopen by 2 a.m. Wednesday morning. The 401 westbound lanes are closed between Marysville Road and Shannonville Road, and are not expected to reopen until continue

Township police say a Levittown man was behind the wheel of the car that struck a Mercedes Benz from behind early Saturday, spinning it out of control and ejecting both of its occupants, who died on impact. Lt. Henry Ward of the Falls Township Police Department said the Mercedes was traveling south on Route 13 around 2:07 a.m. on Saturday, when it was rear-ended near Penn Valley Road. The impact sent the Mercedes spinning and investigators say it went over the guard rail, at which point the male and female occupants were thrown from the car. The driver of the Mercedes lives in Bristol Boro, Ward said, and police are searching for his next-of-kin. The female passenger has not yet been identified, police said. The Levittown man sustained a head injury in the crash, and is currently being treated in St. Mary Medical Center, Middletown continue

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