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September 18, 2010

Ambulance carrying mine blast victims crashes in Turkey

An explosion in the Yuksekova town of Hakkari on Friday, the second in two days, left 9 police officers wounded. A mine blast which rocked a minibus Yesterday travelling between the villages of Gecitli — 28 kilometers from Hakkari — and Durankaya on Thursday, killed 10 people. Two of the victims were laid to rest...
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Driver: Ambulance ‘barely rolling’ before fatal crash on Route 303 – Ohio

By Cindy Leise – The Chronicle-Telegram GRAFTON TWP. — An ambu­lance driver for the township told fire officials he was “barely rolling” at the time of the crash that killed 82-year­old Zygmunt J. Pacyna of Hinckley Township on Wednesday, according to Assistant Fire Chief Timothy Adams. Richard Robinson told fellow fire personnel that he had...
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Speed’s effect in fatal Prince George’s crash debated – Maryland

By Matt Zapotosky Washington Post Staff Writer     The three men were planning a guys’ night in, family members said. Only a few hours earlier, Emmanuel Jones had swung by his nephew’s house with a friend, picked up the hearing-impaired young man whom he had always tried to show a fun time and headed...
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Speed's effect in fatal Prince George's crash debated – Maryland

By Matt Zapotosky Washington Post Staff Writer     The three men were planning a guys’ night in, family members said. Only a few hours earlier, Emmanuel Jones had swung by his nephew’s house with a friend, picked up the hearing-impaired young man whom he had always tried to show a fun time and headed...
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FATAL OH AMBULANCE CRASH – FIREFIGHTER INJURED

An elderly man driving a blue Chevrolet Cavalier with Medina County license plates died at the scene of an accident this afternoon at state Route 303 and Island Road. According to the Highway Patrol, the driver who died was an 82-year-old man from Hinckley. They aren’t releasing his identity until family is notified. The 2001...
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NORTH CHARLESTON FD FINED BY OSHA FOR VIOLATIONS

The North Charleston Fire Department has been cited for two violations of workplace safety rules in the handling of a July house fire that left three firefighters injured. Mayor Keith Summey’s office on Wednesday released a copy of a report issued Sept. 9 by the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The report cites the...
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