Automobile Accidents

• Electric Jellyfish in deadly Ohio Turnpike crash

  Richard Schulte | October 19, 2007 6:46 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A member of an Australian rock band and his wife died Thursday morning on the Ohio Turnpike after their vehicle crashed trying to avoid a deer.Electric Jellyfish guitarist Hayden Rodney Sweeney, 23, and Bridget O'Brien, 26, from California died at the scene, said Lt. John Maxse, head of the State Highway Patrol's Milan post. Three other band members were taken to MetroHealth Medical Center in...

• Dayton Officer Injured In Bus, Car Collision

  Richard Schulte | September 24, 2007 11:16 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  DAYTON, Ohio -- Police in Dayton said an officer was injured when his cruiser collided with a car and a school bus.The crash happened around 2:30 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Keowee and Monument Streets.The driver of the car said the officer ran a red light. The officers and the bus driver were taken to a local hospital.Investigators said none of the children on the bus were injured.The...

• Motorist plumets off unfinished bridge into Ohio River

  Richard Schulte | July 31, 2007 1:01 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Meigs County authorities say emergency crews have recovered the car and body of a motorist who drove off an unfinished Ohio River bridge Sunday night.Police say 19-year-old Gerald Baker of Coolville drove onto the completed onramp and plowed through a five-thousand-pound concrete barrier at the end of the bridge that's still under construction.It will span the river from Pomeroy, Ohio, to West...

• Car Accident kills OU student

  Richard Schulte | July 17, 2007 2:17 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Ohio University student was killed Saturday night in a pedestrian accident when he was struck by an SUV and thrown into a river. Witness indicated that the SUV skipped onto the sidewalk and struck the victom as he was crossing the hocking river bridge. Witnesses were unaware that a pedestrian had been struck, Gray said. The bridge has lights, but not directly in the area of the accident, he...

• Man in Car Accident had been Shot

  Chrissie Cole | July 08, 2007 1:14 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Police arrived at Valley Street, Wednesday morning, after receiving a report of a car accident and found the driver had crashed his vehicle because he'd been shot.Dayton Police Department said the man, 38, of Dayton, had been shot behind 1228 Valley Street just a few minutes after midnight on Wednesday. He attempted to drive away but his vehicle crashed through a fence at Bickmore Avenue and...

• Ohio Man Dies Days After Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | June 17, 2007 11:42 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A 20-year-old Ohio man died at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, on Sunday, from injuries he suffered in a car accident that happened several days ago. The accident is still under investigation.On June 6, he was driving a 1999 Ford Ranger, northbound on Ohio 49, when he swerved to the left and went off the road hitting a ditch and driving through a yard. His vehicle sideswiped a tree before...