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Police: SUV crashes into building; driver and passenger die
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An SUV crashed into a building in Ohio's capital city on Sunday, and the driver and his passenger died, police said. Vehicle and road evidence indicated that Jonathan Mitchell, of Columbus, apparently lost control of the vehicle on an exit ramp of Interstate 671 and went off the road...
Wisconsin man injured while trying to help driver on highway
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A car struck a man who stopped to help a motorist whose vehicle was pulled aside on a distress lane on a Milwaukee interstate, the sheriff's office said. The sheriff's office said the accident happened at about 10 a.m. Saturday. The injured man was in a pick-up truck with two other people...
Bodies of 11 Ukrainians killed in Iran plane crash sent home
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The bodies of the 11 Ukrainians who died when an Iranian missile shot down a passenger plane have arrived in Ukraine on Sunday for a farewell ceremony. They were among the 176 people killed in the Jan. 8 catastrophe, when a Ukrainian Airlines plane heading to Kyiv was brought down...
University student struck, killed by bus in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A college senior who aspired to be a research psychologist was struck and killed by a bus in Pittsburgh over the weekend, authorities said. Barbara Como, 20, of Chester Springs was struck by the Port Authority bus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh shortly after noon Saturday, the...
Hit-and-run driver told Las Vegas police she blacked out
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A suspect in a fatal hit-and-run crash near downtown Las Vegas reportedly told police she blacked out while driving and thought she hit a parked car or a pole instead of a person. According to an arrest report from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, 32-year-old Delilah Tormos was arrested for...
2 men killed in overnight crash
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — Two men died in Massachusetts early Sunday morning after the car they were driving in struck a tree. The Brockton Enterprise reports the crash happened around 1:25 a.m. in Brockton, a city near the Rhode Island state line. Officials say the car had been travelling north on Main...
Driver, 2 children die in fiery wreck on rural Alabama road
WEDOWEE, Ala. (AP) — An adult and two children have been killed in a fiery early morning wreck on a rural Alabama highway, authorities said. The driver of a vehicle on state Highway 48 in Randolph County was trying to make a turn early Sunday while speeding and struck a tree head on, the Alabama Law...
Iran backtracks on plan to send flight recorders to Ukraine
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Iranian official leading the investigation into the Ukrainian jetliner that was accidentally shot down by the Revolutionary Guard appeared to backtrack Sunday on plans to send the flight recorders abroad for analysis, a day after saying they would be sent to Kyiv. Hassan Rezaeifar...
Winter storm brings heavy snow, ice to Midwest, Northeast
CHICAGO (AP) — A winter storm that brought snow and sleet to the Midwest and Plains created travel headaches Saturday after airlines canceled flights and officials shut down major roads. The storm system began moving through the Plains and Midwest on Friday, leading to trouble at airports in Chicago and...
Driver killed going wrong way on Georgia interstate
ATLANTA (AP) — A wrong-way driver was killed early Saturday after colliding with another vehicle on Ga. 400, Atlanta police said. Officers were dispatched to the head-on crash in the northbound lanes near Sidney Marcus Boulevard just before 5 a.m., Atlanta police spokesman Officer Anthony Grant said. The...
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