Dallas firefighters rescued a man who was trapped in high water at the bottom of an approximately 60-foot embankment on White Rock Creek early Wednesday morning. A witness called 911 after hearing the man yelling for help in the 9300 block of Whistle Stop Place, which is along the Jackson Branch of White Rock Creek […]
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Tesla plunges hundreds of feet down Highway 50 embankment, killing driver in California mountains
A motorist died Tuesday after a Tesla plunged hundreds of feet down an embankment on Highway 50 in Northern California’s high Sierra, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officers were alerted to the incident just before 11:30 a.m. in which the vehicle veered off westbound lanes near a Chevron gas station several miles east of […]
California Jeep driver dies in rollover crash after vehicle hurtles down embankment on I-5
A driver was killed Monday evening on Interstate 5 in Yolo County after his vehicle slid down an embankment and rolled over, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officers were alerted of the crash just after 6:30 p.m. on Interstate 5, north of Country Road 103, said Officer Rodney Fitzhugh, a spokesman for the CHP’s […]
Truck rolls down Lucky Peak embankment. Two people rescued with ‘significant injuries’
The Boise Fire Department rescued two people thrown over an embankment near Lucky Peak Lake on Saturday. The department said it responded to a 5:30 p.m. incident involving a truck rolling off an embankment at milepost 13, according to a department social media post. Fire crews quickly found one person near the highway and, with […]
1 injured after vehicle crashes over embankment, lands on its roof in Marshall Township
A vehicle crashed over an embankment in Marshall Township. Allegheny County dispatchers say police, firefighters and medics were called to the 900 block of Brush Creek Road at around 4:30 p.m. One person was taken to a hospital from the scene, investigators say. The vehicle appeared to have rolled onto its nose and then flipped […]
This man drove over embankment on purpose, hit a family’s van. Idaho prison term is next
A 74-year-old Idaho man will spend at least the next nine years in prison after he launched his car over an embankment and struck a family’s van head-on in an attempt to die, the Canyon County Prosecutor’s Office said. Third District Judge Thomas Whitney sentenced the Nampa man to up to 18 years in prison […]