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Updated: 11-23-2009
 

Posts Tagged ‘car crash’

Woman’s car hit by a escaped boar on interstate

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Holy cow Batman we just got sideswiped by a boar?   What the heck, since when does bacon attack back, apparently in New Hampshire they do.

NEW LONDON, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire wildlife officials said a boar that ran into the side of a woman’s car on Interstate 89 in New London most likely escaped from a private game preserve. Becky Field said she didn’t realize her car had been hit by a boar until a state trooper told her after her vehicle was damaged on Sunday night.

Fish and Game Wildlife Chief Steve Weber said boar are not native to New Hampshire, but they are stocked at the 24,000-thousand acre Blue Mountain Forest and Game Preserve, based in Croydon, two towns away from New London.

He said most boar sightings are animals that have escaped from the preserve.

Weber told the Concord Monitor there’s little danger the boars will expand into a wild population.

Information from: Concord Monitor, http://www.cmonitor.com

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Driver smashes through pharmacy to get drugs

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

I guess good old fashioned stick ups just won’t do these days.  The discriminating thief just drive in using his chariot of choice, grabs what he wants and heads for the hills.   My question would be.  After smashing into the pharmacy how do you find what you want?  Dare I say he’s a darwinian in training?

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Police say a masked man drove a stolen car through the front doors of a northern Ohio clinic and down the hallway before ramming into a pharmacy desk and stealing drugs.

Toledo police say security cameras recorded the robbery shortly after 3 a.m. Monday.

The car was found burned behind a Toledo library, about a mile and a half from the clinic.

Police are still looking for the suspect.

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SUV hits Texas church before Sunday service

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

I know some people had a hard time when younger learning left and right, but by the time they drive this should all be sorted out.   Gas pedal on the right, break to the left of that.   Or it could be as simple as she got tired of not getting a front row seat and she thought she’d clear the place out with a small diversion.

Okay so this wasn't the photo, but it looks good

Okay so this wasn't the photo, but it looks good

GILMER, Texas (AP) — Three people were injured when an SUV crashed into a church in eastern Texas just as the service was about to start.

Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Kenneth Nolley told the Tyler Courier Times Telegraph that the SUV crashed into the auditorium of the Zion Hill Baptist Church in Gilmer on Sunday morning. Nolley said the driver indicated she accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake.

Nolley said the driver would not be cited because the accident happened on private property.

The driver was not injured. However, three other people, including two children, were taken to hospitals. All were treated and released.

Information from: Tyler Morning Telegraph, http://www.tylerpaper.com

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Police: Texting, talking NY trucker hits car, pool

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Hmmm. . .  Wonder what was so important that he had to text while driving a Semi.   Texting in a car is bad enough but add 80,000 pounds to the equation and watch out.

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a western New York tow truck driver was texting on one cell phone while talking on another when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool.

Niagara County sheriff’s deputies say 25-year-old Nicholas Sparks of Burt admitted he was texting and talking when his flatbed truck hit the car Wednesday morning in Lockport, which is outside Buffalo.

The truck then crashed through a fence and sideswiped a house before rolling into an in-ground pool.

Police say the 68-year-old woman driving the car suffered head injuries and was in good condition. Her 8-year-old niece suffered minor injuries.

Sparks was charged with reckless driving, talking on a cell phone and following too closely. It couldn’t be determined Thursday whether he has a lawyer.

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