Mar. 16, 2025
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An Indiana woman has been charged with reckless homicide, accused offatally striking three siblingswith her truck as they crossed the road to board a school bus on Tuesday.
Alyssa Shepherd, 24, was taken into custody on Tuesday afternoon. She was charged with three counts of reckless homicide and one misdemeanor count of disregarding a stop sign and causing injury, PEOPLE confirms. According to court records, she was taken to the Fulton County Jail, and released Tuesday night on a $15,000 surety bond.
Mar. 16, 2025
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A driver who left five cyclists dead after allegedly veering into their group on a Nevada highway faces multiple charges of driving under the influence after methamphetamine allegedly found in his system created the possibility that he fell asleep at the wheel, says a prosecutor.
“I have said hundreds of times, to countless people, making the choice to get behind the wheel of a car when you are intoxicated is reckless," says Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson, reportsKLAS.
Mar. 16, 2025
A man died and a woman was injured after a tractor-trailer crashed into a local bar and grill in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Craig Allen Dickson, 33, of Hopewell Junction, was killed Monday when his 2020 Peterbilt tractor partially plowed through Junior’s Lounge, according to Hyde Park police.
The Dutchess County Medical Examiners Officer pronounced Dickson dead at the scene of the crash.
Investigators believe Dickson was involved in a separate crash before his truck crashed into Junior’s Lounge.
Mar. 16, 2025
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A man was found dead after the dump truck he was driving fell hundreds of feet into a water-filled pit at the Indiana rock quarry where he worked, officials said.
The victim was operating the truck “near the edge of the pit” in rural Crawford County on Tuesday when the vehicle “slipped over the edge,”Indiana’s Department of Natural Resourcessaid in a press release.
The dump truck then fell “several hundred feet” into the water below, with the driver still inside.
Mar. 16, 2025
Photo:GettyA suspect who took off with a toddler in the backseat of a stolen vehicle in Connecticut crashed the car and died — but the 17-month old survived, say police.On Wednesday, at about 9:10 a.m., a suspect stole a car from St. Gabriel School in Windsor with the toddler in the back seat, police said,WFSBreports.Shortly after, police received a 911 call that Windsor Federal Savings Bank on Broad St. had been robbed, authorities said,NBC Connecticutreports.