An unidentified woman, 25, is dead after attempting to run across northbound Interstate 29. The accident occurred around 4:15 a.m. on the morning of June 8, 2011 at the Tiffany Springs Parkway exit. The woman was initially hit by one vehicle which stopped. She was then hit by several other vehicles on I-9. Emergency personnel… read more
Chester Fisher, 61, is dead and his wife Viola, 61, is in critical condition after a motorcycle accident in Chase County, at 8:42 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, June 5, 2011. The Fishers were on their way to Cassoday for the Cassoday Bike Run when the accident occurred. They were travelling south on K-177… read more
Twelve people were injured when a Metra train collided with an Amtrak train at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, June 3, 2011. Both trains were moving at low speed when the collision occurred at the south end of Union Station between Tracks 1 and 2. The Metra Burlington Northern No. 1242 was travelling into Union station… read more
A motorcycle and a pickup truck collided on U166 on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 leaving one man dead. The accident occurred about four miles east of South Haven, in Summer County. Curtis Wayne Proffitt, 55, of Wellington was driving his 2006 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle westbound U166 on at approximately 8:16 p.m. Connie Ray Herman, 52, of… read more
Chicago native Martin Mireles, 37, suffered a spinal cord injury when he was shot in the neck almost 20 years ago. Earlier this month, he was fitted with a magnetic tongue stud as part of a clinical trial at Northwestern’s medical school. The tongue stud is designed to help Mireles steer his wheel chair. The… read more
T.C. Drake is in serious condition at University of Louisville Hospital after his motorcycle collided with a car on U.S. 62 in Nelson County, Kentucky around 9:00 p.m. Sunday. Drake, played tight end for the University of Kentucky before playing for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2010. Drake was travelling down U.S. 62 when Jennifer… read more
When Colorado Springs police officers responded to an automobile accident late Wednesday night, they were expecting a regular accident. When they arrived at the scene, they got more than they bargained for. The accident occurred at the intersection of Airport Road and South Chelton when a car, driven by Mahogany Aviles, was hit by another… read more
The Colorado Highway Patrol shut down U.S. 50 on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 after two unrelated motorcycle accidents within one-half mile of each other. The first accident occurred at 3:10 p.m. at Mile Marker 254 when a big horn sheep collided with the side of Marvin Phillips’ Harley Davidson as he was travelling east. Phillips,… read more
Jeff and Cindy Burnett of Lyndon, Kansas were driving on the South Lawrence Trafficway when, a piece of metal debris crashed through the windshield killing Cindy. Jeff Burnett was not injured in the accident. The Burnetts were on their way to visit their son when a piece of metal flew off the flatbed trailer of… read more
The fatal crash occurred between the hours of midnight and 2:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, but the wreckage was not discovered until several hours later. Twenty-one year-old Brandon Dellinger, the driver, and 21-year-old Richard Dillingham, the front seat passenger, were both killed in the crash. Twenty-year-old Aaron Parker, the back seat passenger, retained serious injuries and… read more
