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Bryan Casey (21) was hit by a car and killed while trying to cross a highway
A 21-year-old man was fatally hit by a Ford Escort station wagon while crossing an East County highway yesterday morning, authorities said. Bryan Casey, 21, of Mira Mesa was walking on state Route 94 just west of Lyons Valley Road about 5:45 a.m. when he was hit. The driver was a 47-year-old woman from Dulzura who was heading west, California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings said. read more...

Brandon Cope (17) was struck and killed when his ATV slid off a dirt road onto the highway
An Anchorage youth died Friday when the four-wheeler he was driving slid off a dirt road on the Glenn Highway and was hit by a car, Alaska State Troopers said. Brandon Cope, 17, was transported to Cross Roads Medical Center but died en route. read more...

Justine Stevens (22) and another passenger were killed in a when their car slammed into a highway median
Prosecutors were considering charges against a driver whose two passengers died after a single-car crash that closed down the Edens Expressway early Sunday, police said. Justine Stevens, 22, of the 400 block of East Lake Avenue in Glenview and Joseph Thomas, 23, of the 6600 block of West Imlay Street in Chicago died of injuries from the 2:15 a.m. crash, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Neither was wearing a seat belt, said Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Russell Gann. read more...

Gavin Donohue (22) was struck and killed by a minivan while working on a highway
A highway worker was struck and killed in a Mo-DOT construction zone on westbound Highway 40 in the Chesterfield Valley, Saturday morning. Sources say Gavin Donohue, 22, an engineering student at University of Missouri-Rolla, was struck by a minivan and killed about 3:00 a.m. read more...

Sabrina Coutu (15) was struck by a car and killed while trying to cross a four lane highway to get potato chips
No charges have been filed against the driver who struck the 15-year-old girl and killed her last night on Route 6 in Rehoboth, and it doesn't appear as if any will be. "Based on the information currently available to investigators, it does not appear that criminal charges will be forthcoming against the vehicle operator," the Rehoboth Police Department said in a statement issued late this morning. read more...

Kelsi Boyden (16) was killed when her car hit a truck trying to cross the highway
According to a Colorado State Trooper, just before five thirty Friday evening, 16-year-old Kelsi Boyden was driving westbound on Highway 50 when she crashed into a Dodge truck traveling north across the highway from 28 1/2 Road. read more...

Amanda Marie Webber (18) was killed after stopping her car to avoid hitting a mattress lying on the highway
An 18-year-old Tri-County Technical College student died Saturday from injuries sustained in a two-car collision the night before. Authorities said Amanda Marie Webber of 115 Shadowood Road in Clemson was on her way home from her boyfriend's house at 11:20 p.m. Friday when she came across a queen size mattress in the southbound lane of U.S. 123 and stopped her car in the road. She was about a mile before Cartee Road in Easley. read more...

Tamas Sogor (22) was struck and killed by a taxicab while walking along a highway median
A 22-year-old Jacksonville man was struck and killed early Sunday by a taxicab as he walked near the median of the 6700 block of Philips Highway. A police report said Tamas Sogor, of the 10300 block of Belmont Stakes Court, was walking in the inside southbound lane of the four-lane divided highway at 2:25 a.m. when he was struck by a Jacksonville Transportation Group taxi operated by Hobson McLeod Bethune, 51, of the 1300 block of Brookwood Forest Boulevard. read more...

Tiffany Nealon (28) was killed by someone driving the wrong way on the highway
As State Police continue to investigate the crash that claimed her life, we're learning more about 28-year-old Tiffany Nealon. Not from her friends and family but through Nealon herself online. Responsible, wise, creative and unique, just some of the words Tiffany Nealon used to describe herself these details of her life are shared through the online social network site "MySpace." read more...

Kevonna Edwards (17) was in the back seat of a car that slid across the highway where it struck a tree
A Bunnell High School senior was killed in a single-car accident Friday night on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Woodbridge. Kevonna Edwards, 17, was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:44 p.m. when State Police arrived. She was seated in the back seat of a 2002 Chevy Cavalier driven by Utika Sheffy, 31, of Bridgeport. read more...

Quinn Do Truong (20) was pulled from the river two days after her car went off the highway and down a steep embankment
A 20-year-old Oregon State University student was found dead Tuesday afternoon in the North Umpqua River, and a fellow student remained missing. A body recovered in the river was tentatively identified as Quinn Do Truong of Tigard. The Douglas County medical examiner will do a positive identification. read more...

Mikenzie Hoberg (16) died when the car she rode in slid onto the icy highway where it was struck by a semi
Two teenage girls and a young man are dead after a devastating car crash on an icy patch of highway outside Regina over the weekend. Thom Collegiate students Mikenzie Hoberg, 16, and Tara Berner, 16, were killed in the collision, as was a 23-year-old Regina man whose name is not yet being released by RCMP. read more...

Michael Tresenriter (20) was killed when he drove his car across the centerline of a highway and into the path of an SUV
One man was killed after he drove his car across the centerline of a highway near Black Diamond and into the path of an SUV late Saturday. Killed was Michael Tresenriter, 20, of Oroville. Three young children in the SUV were hurt and taken to Valley Medical Center, but their parents were uninjured. read more...

Max Caputo (17) was struck and killed while riding his bike along the Pacific Coast Highway
A black paint chip found where a 17-year-old bicyclist (Max Caputo) was hit and killed by a vehicle whose driver fled was being being analyzed Monday for its potential to provide clues to the vehicle and driver responsible, police said. Laguna Beach police Detective Ted Falencki said that despite a plea for witnesses to the collision at 3 a.m. on Saturday on Pacific Coast Highway near Upland Road, no one has come forward. read more...

Joshua Crouch (24) was struck and killed on New York's West Side Highway
Former "Dawson's Creek" actor, Josh Crouch, was killed on New York's West Side Highway by a hit-run driver, the New York Post reported. The 24-year-old actor, who recently has been an emcee with the band Mindspray, was hit by an unknown driver at West 12th Street early Tuesday morning. The death has left those closest to him shocked. read more...

Janice Estelle Hodgdon (16) was killed in an automobile accident on the Alaska Peninsula Highway
A fatal accident on the Alaska Peninsula highway has claimed the life of a Naknek high school student and seriously injured two other woman. Four young people were in the accident that claimed the life of 16-year-old Janice Hodgdon. read more...

Chris Welch (17) and a friend were killed when a car veered off the highway and stuck them
A jury trial is planned for March against a West Fork man accused of running over and killing two teenagers on U.S. 412 this summer. David C. Orman, 64, faces two counts of misdemeanor negligent homicide in the June 28 deaths of two teens who had stopped to help a driver with a flat tire. Each charge is punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. read more...

Zachariah Blanton (17) shot at vehicles from a highway overpass and killed one person
A teenager who confessed to a series of highway shootings had been on a hunting trip in the area and drove off in anger after arguing with relatives shortly before the attacks, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Police believe the 17-year-old went to a nearby overpass outside Seymour early Sunday, aimed his rifle over the trunk of his vehicle and began shooting at trucks on Interstate 65 about 60 miles south of Indianapolis. read more...

James Carbine IV (21) died after hitting the center median of Highway 99 and then crashing into a sound wall
A 21-year-old Sacramento man died early Friday after hitting the center median of Highway 99 and crashing into the sound wall north of Florin Road, officials said. James Edward Carbine IV was driving north in a 1991 Honda Accord at about 2:05 a.m. when he hit the center median, said California Highway Patrol spokesman Jasper Begay. read more...

James Williford (17) was killed in a car crash along Highway 12
Stoughton High School students and staff are mourning after learning that 17-year-old James Williford was killed in a car crash yesterday along Highway 12 and Fischer Road. Dane County Sheriff's officials say a car driven by Williford failed to yield the right of way while making a left turn onto Highway 12. It was then struck by a pickup truck. read more...

Brandon J. Rasmussen (15) was killed in a two-car crash near Highways 16
A 15-year-old Fall River boy was killed Wednesday morning in a two-car cr read more...

Teresa Fagen (15) was rear-ended on a rural highway
In the town of Perry, people are coping with the news that a stand-out student and athlete died in a car crash Friday night. read more...

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