Archive for December, 2007
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
A driver is lucky to be alive after flipping his truck at a high rate of speed in west Houston.
The accident happened Tuesday as the truck was traveling west on Memorial. The Ford F-150 spun out of control and rolled, stopping at the gate and concrete pillars of a private residence.
Emergency responders worked for 15 minutes to cut the driver from the wreckage. The driver was said to be conscious and walking around but was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
Police do not think alcohol was a factor in the accident
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Two auto-pedestrian accidents and a crash involving a car and a semitrailer truck killed four people on Utah roads over the weekend.
In Layton, a 15-year-old girl died about 11 p.m. Saturday while trying to cross I-15 on foot. The car that hit Chelsea Smith Peaslee didn’t stop, and police are hoping the public can help them find the driver.
Peaslee was trying to get from the west side of the freeway to Layton Hills Mall, according to Utah Highway Patrol spokeswoman Cori Start. She was with another 15-year-old girl.
Police are looking for a dark blue passenger car with front-end damage. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Davis County Sheriff’s Office at 451-4141.
In Ogden on Saturday evening, a 73-year-old woman died after being run over twice by the same motor home on 24th Street.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Fourteen trucks loaded with sachet and bottled water were impounded by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly’s Task Force for not registering with the Accra Waste Management Project before transacting business in the Central Business District (CBD) of Accra.
Some of the companies whose trucks were impounded were Space Filtered Water, Eagle Filtered Water, Ahenfie Filtered Water, Flaco Nsu Pa, and OK Mineral Water.
Mr. Ebo Botwe, Chairman of the Accra Plastic Waste Management Committee, said there had been a tremendous improvement in the registration of sachet water trucks since the operation to impound them started on Monday.
“I am impressed with the rush for the stickers by the sachet water producers since the commencement of this operation,” he said.
Mr. Botwe said it was the hope of the committee to get at least 80% of sachet and bottled water companies which transacted business in the CBD zone to register by the end of the week.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
A pickup truck that was involved in a collision Tuesday afternoon smashed into the side of the city police station.
the truck, a green Chevrolet, struck a black Hyundai at Sixth and Plum streets. The truck then hit the police station’s wall that runs south along Sixth Street.
Police did not say whether the accident was the fault of either of the drivers, whose names were not released.
Police staff said they felt the impact, including the street crimes unit, whose offices are closest to the spot where the truck hit.
The vehicle also knocked down a utility pole, which lay broken under its wheels as police officers swarmed the area to determine the damage.
An ambulance was called to the scene. No details on injuries or charges issued to either driver were immediately available.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Tammy Hillenburg grew up here where her great-grandfather, grandfather, and father all drove milk trucks.
As a little girl, she remembers riding with her dad in his truck. Today, Hillenburg keeps tradition alive with her brother, Tim Hillenburg, who drives a milk truck every day in Pleasant Hope. She started riding with her dad to learn the business four years before he died in 2004 and then inherited his truck.
“I never thought I could do it,” Hillenburg said about driving the 60,000-pound truck. “But my dad knew I could do it.” Hillenburg’s father would say if any girl can do it, she could.
After taking over her father’s milk truck, Hillenburg continued helping people in a different way: She also cuts hair. For 18 years, she has enjoyed making people pretty as a hairstylist.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
The Bush administration must redo upcoming fuel-economy standards for light trucks, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Thursday, as the ones it planned are “inadequate” and don’t take greenhouse-gas emissions into account.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, speaking at the Los Angeles Auto Show, praised the decision to reject the proposed standards, which increased truck fuel economy slightly, saying “the federal government is not showing any leadership” in fighting global warming.
Congressional Democrats and environmental groups also approved. The Sierra Club called the ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals a huge victory and “a stinging rebuke” to the Bush administration.
“I applaud the court for killing this regulatory turkey so close to Thanksgiving,” said Rep. Edward Markey, the Massachusetts Democrat who heads the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Kathleen Stanton of Yorkville reported on Nov. 8 she was northbound in the 3000 block of Division Street when a rock or clod of dirt fell from a dump trailer and damaged the grill and hood of her Chrysler.
Officer Anthony Puleo reported police made several attempts to contact the registered owner of the trailer and had Joliet police also attempt to contact the owner, but without success.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
The Fiat-affiliated company Iveco and Russian industrial group Samotlor-NN have started building a plant in the Volga region to roll out light commercial vehicles.
Located in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the plant will require 50 million euros ($73 million) in investment and will be completed in a year.
The joint venture, where Iveco will hold a 51%, stake is expected to reach a projected capacity of 25,000 vehicles by 2010.
Iveco head Paolo Monferrino said the light trucks produced at the plant will be sold in Russia, former Soviet republics and Eastern Europe.
He said Iveco has 27 plants in 18 countries and will reach a production level of 200,000 vehicles this year excluding production in China.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Houston Police arrested three suspects early Wednesday with the help of a member of the Crime Reduction Team.
Police say a CRT special unit spotted a pickup truck that was reported as stolen. The driver of the truck gave chase after the officer tried to pull the three men over.
The short chase came to an end on Bauman road when the truck lost control and crashed into a ditch. The three suspects then fled on foot but were captured by officers and a K-9 unit a short time later.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
A Newfoundland truck driver has been committed to stand trial on a charge of leaving the scene of a fatal accident accident in Cape Breton last year.
A charge of criminal negligence causing death against Gerald Rowsell, 43, of Botwood was dismissed Monday in court in Sydney. Anne Margaret Knockwood of Indian Brook, N.S., was run over by an 18-wheeler in Millville, N.S., on May 20, 2006.
Rowsell has been ordered to appear in court in Sydney on Dec. 5 to receive a trial date.
He also faces a charge of obstruction for allegedly giving a false statement to police.
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