Seven US citizens killed in Afghanistan cargo plane crash

May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment

 

A civilian US cargo plane crashed soon after take-off in Afghanistan, killing seven people on board.

The National Airlines Boeing 747-400 was carrying vehicles and other cargo out of Bagram Air Field, north of Kabul.

A spokeswoman for National Air Cargo, which owns the plane, confirmed everyone on board had died.

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A plane crashed just off a road near Bagram Air Field (Picture: YouTube/LiveLeak)

The Taliban said it was responsible for the crash on Monday but Nato dismissed the claim, saying there was no evidence of insurgent activity in the area when the aircraft went down. The cause is being investigated.

The names of those killed have not been released but they have all been confirmed as US citizens.

The National Transportation Safety Board has said it is sending a team to help the Afghanistan Ministry of Transportation and Commercial Aviation, who are in charge of the investigation.

Earlier in the week four members of the international military coalition were killed in another crash in southern Afghanistan.

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1 dead after 2 small planes collide near LA; 1 crashes into mountains, 1 lands on …

April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment

1 dead after 2 small planes collide near LA

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Two small airplanes collided in midair over the Southern California mountains Monday, sending one crashing into a rocky ridge and killing its pilot while the second was able to maneuver a belly-flop landing on a nearby golf course, officials said.

Rescuers searched through the wreckage of the plane that crashed and sparked a fire in rocky terrain in Calabasas and found the body of one person believed to be the only one aboard, Los Angeles County sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

Firefighters responding to a report of a small wildfire at about 2 p.m. spotted the aircraft debris, put out the fire and began a search for survivors, county fire Inspector Quvondo Johnson said.

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1 person dead in St. Johns tractor trailer crash

April 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment

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ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — One person has died in a single-vehicle tractor trailer crash that happened on Interstate 95 north just past County Road 210.

Initially, all lanes of I-95 north from County Road 210 were closed and traffic at exit 329 was being diverted to U.S. 1 north, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

One lane of I-95 in the area will remain closed for an extended period of time as the Florida Highway Patrol continues to investigate what caused the crash.

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1 person dead in tractor trailer crash

April 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment

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ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — One person has died in a single-vehicle tractor trailer crash that happened on Interstate 95 north just past County Road 210.

Initially, all lanes of I-95 north from County Road 210 were closed and traffic at exit 329 was being diverted to U.S. 1 north, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

One lane of I-95 in the area will remain closed for an extended period of time as the Florida Highway Patrol continues to investigate what caused the crash.

First Coast News

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2 killed, 1 injured in crash near St. Ignatius – The Montana Standard

April 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Two Missoula women were killed and another Missoula resident was injured in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 93 North near St. Ignatius.

The Montana Highway Patrol says slushy roads may have contributed to side-impact crash between a passenger car and a full-sized pickup shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday.

All three passengers in the car were taken to Missoula hospitals, where two were declared dead. Their names and ages have not been released. The driver of the car was injured.

The patrol says the three people in the pickup escaped injury.

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2 killed, 1 injured in crash near St. Ignatius – Independent Record

April 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Lake County authorities have released the names of a Missoula woman and her mother who died in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 93 near St. Ignatius.

The sheriff’s office says the victims were 68-year-old Debby Ramsey and her 91-year-old mother Mary Virginia Smith. Department spokeswoman Karen Sargeant says Smith was from California, but had been living with her daughter.

The vehicle the two were riding in collided with a full-sized pickup truck shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday.

The Montana Highway Patrol says witnesses reported the car slid out of control and the pickup hit the side of the car. Ramsey’s husband, Jim, suffered minor injuries.

The cause of the crash is under investigation. The roads were slushy at the time.

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2 killed, 1 injured in crash near St. Ignatius – Missoulian

April 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Wintry road conditions may have played a part in causing a two-vehicle accident that killed a mother and daughter near St. Ignatius Sunday evening.

The accident occurred around 6:15 p.m. Sunday near mile marker 35 on U.S. Highway 93 North near St. Ignatius.

A 68-year-old Missoula woman and her 91-year-old mother were killed when the 2002 Buick Regal they were riding in collided with a 2002 Dodge Ram pickup, said Karen Sargeant, Lake County Sheriff’s Department public information officer.

The 68-year-old male driver of the Buick was taken to a Missoula hospital with minor injuries, Sargeant said.

The names of the victims have not been released. Sargeant said she believes the 68-year-old woman and male driver were husband and wife.

Initial reports said no major injuries were sustained by the three passengers in the pickup, Sargeant said.

The damage to cars indicated it was a “T-bone” or side impact crash but it’s unclear which car caused the impact, Sargeant said.

Road conditions were treacherous at the time of the accident. There was as much as 2 inches of slush on the roadways, Sargeant said.

However, officials are still working to determine the cause of the crash.

“They’re not quite sure what the cause was at this point in time.

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1 killed, 2 injured in crash on US 74/76 west

April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

First Sgt. Troy Pope said the driver of a westbound truck swerved to the left, striking a concrete construction barricade twice. The second time the driver hit the barricade, the truck ran up the barricade and flipped over, landing on its hood.

The driver and two children in the truck were taken to New Hanover Regional Medical Center, where the driver was pronounced dead, Pope said.

Westbound traffic on the highway was intermittently shut down as workers cleared debris from the road and police investigated. One vehicle was overturned. Construction workers used orange barrels to block off the accident scene so traffic could continue to pass in one lane.

The accident scene is under an overpass that’s under construction just west of the Leland industrial park.

Check back at 8 p.m. for an update on this developing story.

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Crashes, some fatal, clogging US 1

March 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment

If it seems like U.S. 1 in the Florida Keys has become more dangerous to travel the past few weeks, you’re not alone.

A 67-year-old man died Tuesday morning after crashing his truck into a vacant Key Largo building just a week after a Colorado motorcyclist died on the Seven Mile Bridge. Monday night, a Homestead woman ended up closing down the 18-Mile Stretch connecting the Keys to the mainland after she reportedly was at the wheel of a hit-and-run in Key Largo. And the Long Key Bridge around mile marker 65 has been the scene of three crashes since March 1.

Tuesday around 7:05 a.m., James Hightower, 67, of Islamorada was driving a 2004 Ford F-150 northbound on U.S. 1′s inside lane and, “for unknown reasons,” according to the Florida Highway Patrol, drove off the road at mile marker 99 and struck a traffic sign and bushes before crashing into a former Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Hightower was pronounced dead at Mariners Hospital and became the Keys’ seventh traffic fatality of the year.

That came fewer than 12 hours after another crash around the same location that ultimately

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Driver killed in rollover crash on Old U.S. 12 near Chelsea

March 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The vehicle rolled over and ejected the victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene, said Joyce Williams, spokeswoman for Huron Valley Ambulance.

The driver was a man, but police could not confirm his age. He is believed to be from the Dexter area, said Michigan State Police Sgt. Chris Pascoe. It’s not clear why he ran off the road.

The crash occurred shortly after 4 a.m. on Old U.S. 12 east of Freer Road in Lima Township. Michigan State Police troopers were still at the scene at 7:30 a.m. Monday and had closed the road for their investigation.

Huron Valley Ambulance paramedics were transporting another patient under-non-emergency conditions when they came upon the crash scene, Williams said. They stopped to check on the crash and called for more responders.

Further information was not immediately available.

This article will be updated.

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