TAMPA — A 4-year-old was seriously injured Sunday when a pick-up truck blew a tire and overturned on Interstate 4, state troopers said.

The child, Yahel Cruz of Lakeland, was not in a child seat and was thrown from the Chevrolet truck, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Three other children, all from Lakeland, were restrained and received minor injuries, the patrol said. They are Yajaira Valintina Cruz Perez, 1; Yury Parras, 9; and Judith Parras, 12. Two adults, driver Osbaldo Marroquin Cruz, 21, and Hilaria Perez, 31, each of Lakeland, also suffered minor injuries.

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All were taken to Tampa General Hospital.

The patrol said the truck blew a tire shortly after noon and overturned several times on Interstate 4 near McIntosh Road.

The driver was cited with not having a valid license and failing to use a child seat, troopers said.

Article source: http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/crash-closes-segment-of-westbound-i-4/2109536

SEFFNER — A 50-year-old pedestrian was killed after being struck Wednesday afternoon by a semitrailer truck on Interstate 4, authorities said.

The man from Seffner, whose name was not released, was taken to Tampa General Hospital in critical condition, but died.

The Florida Highway Patrol said the crash happened about 2:45 p.m. near the Kingsway Road overpass.

The semi driven by Thomas Alan Coleson, 43, of Jackson Springs, N.C., was headed east on the interstate. The pedestrian was walking east along the shoulder but, for some reason, walked into the path of the truck, troopers said. Coleson was not injured.

Article source: http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/seffner-pedestrian-killed-in-i-4-crash/1270883

ORLANDO – 

It was a busy morning along Interstate 4 as crashes blocked several lanes for hours and the hazardous driving conditions continued into the afternoon.

Crews are working multiple accidents:

• Crash on I-4 Eastbound at SR 109 has the two lanes closed, along with one westbound lane at 4 p.m.
• Deadly crash on the Florida Turnpike at SR 429 has the ramp closed as of 3:30 p.m.

Friday morning, the roads were wet at the time of the accidents, which began around 5:30 a.m. along State Road 436 at I-4. Following that crash, others popped up up and down I-4 from Orange Blossom Trail to Kaley Avenue to even on the 417 near Aloma Avenue.

The crash on I-4 at OBT caused some of the most significant headaches.

Crews towed away the tractor trailer that crashed and caused a chain reaction on I-4. Orlando police said the truck lost control, jack-knifed in the westbound lanes and slammed into the concrete barriers in the middle of the interstate. The impact was so strong, it actually crushed the concrete barrier into several pieces in both the west and eastbound lanes.

Concrete debris were scattered as far as a quarter mile away. Several vehicles were involved in the crash, including another semi that was heading east on I-4. Police said that driver ran over some of the concrete debris and it punctured his fuel tank.

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Article source: http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2013/1/4/several_crashes_bloc

ORLANDO – 

It was a busy morning along Interstate 4 as crashes blocked several lanes for hours. Most of the roads have since reopened.

The roads were wet at the time of the accidents, which began around 5:30 a.m. along State Road 436 at I-4. Following that crash, others popped up up and down I-4 from Orange Blossom Trail to Kaley Avenue to even on the 417 near Aloma Avenue.

The crash on I-4 at OBT caused some of the most significant headaches.

Crews towed away the tractor trailer that crashed and caused a chain reaction on I-4. Orlando police said the truck lost control, jack-knifed in the westbound lanes and slammed into the concrete barriers in the middle of the interstate. The impact was so strong, it actually crushed the concrete barrier into several pieces in both the west and eastbound lanes.

Concrete debris were scattered as far as a quarter mile away. Several vehicles were involved in the crash, including another semi that was heading east on I-4. Police said that driver ran over some of the concrete debris and it punctured his fuel tank.

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Article source: http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2013/1/4/several_crashes_bloc

VOLUSIA COUNTY – 

A driver is recovering from injuries after a fiery crash on Interstate 4 that shut down part of the road for two hours.

It happened just before midnight on the eastbound lanes of the highway near Deltona.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers said a woman ran into a truck that was abandoned on the side of the interstate.

The impact caused a small fire.

The woman was taken to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial with minor injuries.

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Article source: http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2012/12/1/fiery_crash_shuts_do

ORLANDO, Fla. –

Orlando police blocked off two lanes of Interstate 4 after a semi-truck jack-knifed, sending one person to the hospital with injuries.

Eastbound I-4 opened roughly three hours after the crash, that happened just south of Universal Boulevard. The semi jack-knifed and slammed into a tree in the median stalling traffic past Sand Lake Road. Crews sprayed down the scene because the truck appeared to be leaking fuel.

Most drivers had no idea what happened.

“It looked very bad coming around. I wasn’t sure what had happened, but I knew that I didn’t want to get involved in that traffic,” said Julio Mojica, who was one of the few drivers able to take the last exit before getting stuck like everyone else.

“It looked like a horrible situation to be in,” said Mojica. “Not very often to see something that bad, especially during the holiday time, it’s a tragic thing to happen.”

After seeing the wreck first-hand, it’s a reminder for him and others, to pay attention on the road.

“You’ve got to be extra careful,” said Mojica. “Make sure that you don’t make the wrong turn, cut in front of a big truck or just not using your turn signals can probably cause something that bad.”

Police have not said if they know what caused the truck to run off the road.

Article source: http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Traffic-snarls-after-semi-crashes-on-Interstate-4/-/1637132/17572738/-/9otauxz/-/index.html

UPDATE 11/26/12 @ 8 a.m.
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (WSAZ) — A woman has died after an accident along Interstate 77 in Sissonville.

The accident happened just before 6 p.m. Sunday just north of the Eden’s Fork exit.

According to a news release, Angela Sharps, 24, of Julian, was headed north on I-77 when she lost control of her car and went into the media. Sharps was thrown from the vehicle as the vehicle rolled, according to deputies.

Sharps died at the scene.

The accident remains under investigation.

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UPDATE: 11/25/12 @ 7:15 p.m.
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (WSAZ) — A woman was critically injured after crashing her car along Interstate 77 Sunday evening, according to Kanawha County Sheriff’s Deputies.

Deputies say it happened just before 6 p.m. Sunday. They say the woman had been driving recklessly on the interstate near Sissonville when she skidded sideways near mile marker 108 and crashed into the median. She was ejected from the car.

Deputies say she was taken by ambulance to the hospital but is not expected to survive.

No one else was hurt or inside the car. The woman’s name has not yet been released.

All lanes of I-77 have since reopened.

Keep clicking WSAZ.com for updates.

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ORIGINAL STORY
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (WSAZ) — A person was transported to the hospital after getting thrown from a car, according to Metro 911.

Dispatchers tell WSAZ.com the fast lanes of North and Southbound Interstate 77 remains closed following the crash.

It happened just before 6 p.m. Sunday near mile marker 108 on Interstate 77 North.

Dispatchers initially got reports that a semi truck may have been involved. A car was found in the median and a person was ejected, according to Metro.
That person was rushed to the hospital.

We have a crew on the scene. Keep clicking WSAZ.com for updates.

Article source: http://www.wsaz.com/news/charlestonnews/headlines/Major-Crash-on-I-77-Near-Sissonville-180772901.html

The family of a Redding man said late Sunday he was pronounced dead at Shasta Regional Medical Center after crashing into a light pole on Hilltop Drive, It is believed he suffered from some sort of heart problem.

Redding Police said 70 year-old Donald Haines was traveling southbound on Hilltop Drive Sunday afternoon when he left the roadway and struck a light pole.

Inside the vehicle at the time was Shirley Omerod, 69, who was uninjured in the crash.

Police said based on Shirley’s statements it appeared Don suffered some sort of medical issue just prior to the collision.

Scott Turner said he was watching football with his wife in their home when they heard the truck crash into the light pole at the intersection of Hilltop Drive and Mercedes Lane.

“I came running out here as quick as I could,” said Scott.

“Another gentleman and I got him out of the truck and onto the ground and started CPR.”

Scott said he and another man performed CPR for several minutes until an off-duty paramedic arrived on scene.

“She’s a hero, she took over for me,” stated Scott.

The unknown off-duty paramedic continued CPR until an ambulance and fire truck transported Don to the hospital.

Article source: http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/Family-Man-Dies-in-Light-Pole-Crash/-/14322302/17544748/-/mvyqw/-/index.html

While authorities have pegged thick Texas fog as the main culprit in the 140-car Thanksgiving pileup on I-10 just southwest of Beaumont, big rig truckers posting on Internet message boards suggest that civilian and professional drivers maintaining potentially reckless speeds, despite the conditions, may have been another major contributing factor.

Crowded with motorists and tractor trailers, the I-10 phalanx was moving at near 70 miles per hour despite the pea soup fog that rolled in, authorities said. Texas and Utah are the only states that allow truckers to travel at 80 miles an hour, while most states only allow 65-mile-an-hour truck travel. California‘s truck speed limit is the lowest, at 55. Compounding speed with low visibility, the margin of error shrank to dangerous levels, truckers wrote.

“It’s a wonder there wasn’t one like that between Detroit and Grand Rapids on 96 in the wee hours on Tuesday into Wednesday as many super truckers were flying by me in the pea soup non vis [non visibility] fog up there,” a rookie truck driver wrote on The Truckers Report website. “[Heck] of a choice though … run with them (or fast as I could anyway lol) and risk a wreck or slow to a safe speed and worry about getting rammed from behind.”

The I-10 Texas pile up was “even worse than last week on I-35, 4 rigs, 9 cars, 1 DOA,” another trucker wrote on the board. “I saw that one as the lifeflight was coming in. There have been several in a 10 mile part of I-35 under construction, all with fatalities. Guys PLEASE be careful.”

The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) recently reported that 25 percent of speeding-related large-truck fatalities occurred during adverse weather conditions, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

To be sure, investigators are still looking into how the Beaumont pileup started and developed, though, as in the bulk of mega pileups, weather conditions were chiefly to blame, as a single mistake quickly multiplied with the limited visibility.

While statistics show that more than two-thirds of truck-passenger car crashes are the fault of the motorist, not the trucker, Texas authorities have confirmed that it was a tractor trailer that crashed into the SUV of a Pearland,  Tex., couple that were killed in the massive Thanksgiving pileup. Truckers commenting on the crash also noted the prominence of several other tractor trailers in news pictures. The scene was chaos, with first responders overwhelmed and those unhurt from the crash scrambling to help survivors, many of them bleeding and at least 10 critically injured.

Drivers weighing in on the accident on various comment boards lamented the possible cultural dynamics of the crash. “Unless you’ve ever traveled here [in Texas], it’s hard for anyone to imagine how fast drivers in this state actually go,” one commenter wrote.

“Probably a better solution is to put a lower speed limit on those crazy big rigs,” a commenter on aCBS News story wrote on Friday. “The speed limit on 20 S of Midland is 80. I often travel this road and the big rigs just go flying past me. Those big heavy loads are hard to stop/slow down in an emergency. [The speed limit for trucks should be] 60 mph in Texas.”

But creating differential speed limits has its own problems. Studies have found that crashes increase when trucks drive slower than motorist traffic, and the Transportation Research Boardhas concluded that “a strong case cannot be made on empirical grounds in support of or in opposition to differential speed limits” for trucks and cars.

For now, Texas is leaning toward stepping on the gas, not the brake. The state legislature approved 85 mile per hour speed limits last year, and the first such stretch in the nation – a 41-mile Austin-San Antonio toll road – opened in September. (Congress ceded the speed argument to the states in1995, when it eliminated all federal restrictions on maximum speed limits.)

Article source: http://www.minnpost.com/christian-science-monitor/2012/11/texas-highway-pileup-time-slow-super-truckers-down

Investigators from three departments are trying to piece together the events leading up to an officer-involved shooting in Davis County.

The shooting happened late Sunday night near 700 East Cottonwood Drive, just off I-84.

Investigators said a Morgan County Deputy spotted a pickup truck in Weber County with a headlight out. He tried to pull over the truck, but the says the driver took off, leading deputies on a chase along I-84.

Spike strips were eventually used on the truck, taking out three tires but investigators say that did not slow the woman driving the truck.

She drove for another eight miles before finally making a u-turn on Cottonwood Drive, just off the highway.

According to the Davis County Sheriff’s Department, the woman crashed the truck into a pair of Morgan County cruisers.

A Morgan County Deputy got out of the cruiser and fired a single shot through the suspect’s windshield, hitting the woman driver.

“No idea why she’s running, or any information that goes along with that. She’s been transferred to a hospital in Ogden and right now she’s in intensive care,” said Capt. Kenneth Payne, Davis County Sheriff’s Office.

The woman is in stable condition on Monday morning.

Investigators identify her as a 41-year-old woman from Colorado, but her name has not been released.

The truck she was driving is also registered in Colorado, but investigators said they are looking into who owned the truck.

Article source: http://fox13now.com/2012/11/26/woman-hospitalized-after-chase-officer-involved-shooting/