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Truckload of concerns after lawmakers OK higher speed limit
Illinois drivers soon could roll along rural interstates at 70 mph after House lawmakers Wednesday approved a higher speed limit on nonurban highways despite safety concerns and a possible veto showdown with the governor. Supporters said the higher...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Politics, Illinois Department of Transportation, Manufacturing and Engineering, Highway Transportation
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Illinois 70 mph highway speed limit bill sent to governor
Clout StreetThe Illinois House today sent Gov. Pat Quinn legislation that would raise the speed limit on non-urban interstate highways from 65 mph to 70 mph. Supporters said increasing the limit would put Illinois in line with neighboring states and help the...Tags: Pat Quinn, Politics, Jack D Franks, Barbara Flynn Currie, Illinois Department of Transportation
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'Emotional paramedics' there in times of trauma
He was a wreck, this stranger sitting alone in front of the nurses' station at the hospital. It might have been Tom Walsh's first day as a trauma volunteer, but life experience told him that this man was the man he'd been called to help. This man's...
Tags: Nursing, Motorvehicle Accidents, Stroke, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest
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Bicyclist in critical condition after Fort Lauderdale crash
Sun SentinelA bicyclist is in critical condition after a crash in Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale police said Achille Alexandre, 40, of Fort Lauderdale was riding his bike on May 10 when he was hit by a gold 2007 Chevy Cobalt around 9:37 p.m. on the 1600 block...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Motorvehicle Accidents, Police Investigations
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Five Baltimore men killed, several others injured in Illinois crash
The long white van veered out of control before buckling, shattering its windows, flipping four times and ejecting nine of its 11 passengers along a grass-lined interstate in Illinois on Monday morning — leaving five Baltimore men dead and several...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Motorvehicle Accidents, Accidental Death, Christianity
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The heat is on: Wear a seat belt or face a fine
The Memorial Day weekend is coming up and state troopers are cracking down. Their target: those who refuse to wear seat belts. Last year, there were 205,633 of you. And that doesn't sit well with the Florida Highway Patrol, which is participating...Tags: Florida Highway Patrol, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Motorvehicle Accidents, U.S. Department of Transportation, AAA
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Police: Two teens injured, one seriously, in east Allentown crash
Two teens were injured, one of them seriously, when they crashed into a utility pole on Union Boulevard on Wednesday morning, Allentown police said. David DeJesus Lewis, 19, of Allentown was driving east at a high rate of speed at 7 a.m. Wednesday when...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Allentown
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NTSB: Pilots in Deadly Midair Collision Weren't in Contact
Channel 2 NewsThe pilots involved in a midair collision near Talkeetna nearly two years ago that left a family of four dead were communicating on different radio frequencies, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. A factual NTSB report, released...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Boeing Co., Science and Technology, Radio
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UPDATE: Route 151 in Amherst County re-opens after tractor-trailer crash
Route 151 in Amherst County is back open after a tractor-trailer crash Wednesday morning. ================================= The tractor-trailer that tipped over on Route 151 on Wednesday morning was carrying blasting material. The accident...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Virginia Department of Transportation, Amherst County
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Eldersburg's Knutson-Cullen among honorees at Memorial Day service
U.S. Army Capt. Sara M. Knutson-Cullen, a former Eldersburg resident who died in a helicopter crash in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 11, will be among the honorees at the May 27 Memorial Day service at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium....
Tags: Afghanistan, Air and Space Accidents, Holidays, Iraq War (2003-2011), Robin Williams
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Coroner: Pedestrian killed on Airport Road identified
The Lehigh County Coroner has identified the woman killed Tuesday night when she was struck by a sport utility vehicle while crossing Airport Road as a 61-year-old homeless woman. Susan Thompson, last known to live in Allentown, was pronounced dead at...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Allentown
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Woman drives into Hampton creek; pulled to safety by residents
Daily PressHAMPTON — It has been 40 years since Bill Leath last worked as a lifeguard, but when he saw a car careen into Newmarket Creek on Wednesday morning, those life-saving instincts resurfaced. “The woman had gotten out of the vehicle and yelled...Tags: Hypothermia, Motorvehicle Accidents, NASA, Services and Shopping, Vehicles
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