Car Accident Round-Up – Car Plunges into Lake Killing Three

Three pronounced dead after divers pull them out of submerged car

Three Men Drown in Florida When Car Plunges into Lake
Local10.com reports three men drowned after their car ran off the road and plunged into a Pompano Beach, FL lake.  The early Saturday morning car accident occurred when the car was traveling south on Andrews Avenue off Sample Road.  Apparently, the car ran off the road, hit a guard rail then veered into the lake.  Rescue divers pulled the men from the water, and they were then rushed to the hospital where all three were pronounced dead.  Police are continuing to investigate, and autopsies will be performed on all the men. 

Fatal Dayton, Ohio Accident Kills Two  
Two young adults lost their lives in a violent crash early Saturday morning when a car smashed into their Ford Neon while they were stopped at a light in Dayton, Ohio.  According to the Dayton Daily News, the driver of a rental car was traveling over 100 mph southbound on Wayne Avenue when he struck the Neon causing it to go airborne where it landed on top of a brick wall. The 20-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene.  Her 18-year-old passenger died at the hospital. The other driver suffered minor injuries.  He has been charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and one count of aggravated vehicular assault.  Police believe the man was drinking alcohol, but did not release whether he was drunk at the time of the accident. 

KY Teenager Dies When Horse-Drawn Buggy is Struck by SUV
The Associated Press reports an accident last Friday in Cub Run, KY resulted in the death of an Amish teenager driving a horse-drawn buggy.  The buggy had apparently stopped to pick up a passenger when an SUV struck the buggy from behind. The 18-year-old was thrown from the buggy and was pronounced dead while being airlifted to the local hospital.  Police indicated that the buggy was not displaying a reflective, slow-moving vehicle sign on the back, as required by law.  No charges have been filed, but the crash remains under investigation. 

Fatal Crash Leaves Infant Critical, Two Dead
WRAL.com reports a 22-month-old girl is in a coma and her two parents are dead after a Thursday evening crash last week on I-40 near Clayton, North Carolina.  The couple, with their baby, were returning home from work around 10 p.m. when their Mitsubishi Eclipse crossed the median from the eastbound to the westbound lanes hitting two vehicles traveling westbound.  The couple in the Eclipse was pronounced dead at the scene.  Rescue workers took 20 minutes to pull the girl from her car-seat when she was then airlifted to the hospital. Two of the occupants of the other cars suffered minor injuries, and a third remained in the hospital with unknown injuries.
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