Five people were killed in a multi-vehicle crash Saturday onthe New Jersey Turnpike. The pileup took place at 1 p.m. in Mount Laurel when atractor-trailer hit a Buick LeSabre. The impact pushed the Buick across thecenter laine of the highway where it was hit by a Jeep and burst into flames.There were at least five other vehicles involved in the accident.

Two married couples were killed, one from Kearny and theother from Passaic. A female relative from Kearny was also killed. Three menfrom New York, who were in the Jeep, were hurt. One is in critical condition,another was described as being seriously injured. The truck driver is expectedto face charges.

Witnesses reported seeing a man with a wrench at the scene,who managed to knock out one of the windows of the Buick, in an attempt torescue passengers, but it was too late. The crash caused a two hour backup onthe southbound lanes of the Turnpike.

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Two people were injured last night when their car crashed into a tour bus on the New Jersey turnpike near the Lancaster-Lebanon interchange. The vehicle was driven by 18 year old Missy Marufa of Egg Harbor. The car struck the rear of the Mayflower tour bus, driven by Sergi Kovalyshkin of Staten Island, which was carrying 27 passengers, according to state police. The accident occurred around 8:30 p.m. four miles west of the Lebanon exit in Rapho Township.

After hitting the bus, the car careened across the highway and crashed into a tree. The bus, which was headed from Pittsburgh to New York, struck the dividing barrier before coming to a controlled stop at the Mt. Gretna maintenance shed.

Marufa and a passenger, Patrick Daniel Richard, were taken to the Hershey Medical Center. No one on the bus was injured. 

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A western New York Pavillion high school has brought in grief counselors after two teenage sisters were killed in a car accident over the weekend. The grief counselors will be available for classmates of 17 year old Sarah Protulipac and 16 year old Gretchen Protulipac , who were killed instantly when their car was hit by a pick up truck on Saturday afternoon. 

Sarah, the driver, failed to stop at a stop sign and the car was broadsided by a truck at an intersection on Route 77 in the town of Darien, 25 miles east of Buffalo. Police officials say the two sisters were on their way home from work orientation at the Darien Lake Theme Park. The driver of the pick up truck and his passenger both escaped injury. 

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Grammy-nominated singer and composer the Reverend Timothy Wright has died from injuries sustained in a car accident last summer. Wright was critically injured last July 4 in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 80 near Loganton. Another car crossed the center line and struck Wrights vehicle. 

Reverend Wright’s wife Betty as well as their 14-year-old grandson, D.J. died later in the hospital. The driver of the other car, John Pick, was also killed. 

The singer and song-writer died at the Bronx Veterans Hospital. He was 61. 

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The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled this week that a fatal car crash was the result of a faulty tire, not alcohol. Travis Kirby, 20, was driving his Chevrolet Camaro nearly 90 mph on Highway 27 when the vehicle,according to court records, “left the road, rolled, clipped a tree, continuedto roll, hitting another tree, and then came to rest on its side.”

Kirby was killed instantly. Authorities said his bloodalcohol level was 0.25, more than three times the legal limit. RileyStrickland, 18, and Sidney Odom, 19, were both injured.

The court upheld a $2.1 million verdict against GoodyearTire and Rubber Co. and Big 10 Tire Co. Attorney for Odom, Mike Allred said thetire failure was “the direct cause of the accident…I’m very pleased that theCourt of Appeals followed the law and did the right thing in affirming thejudgement.”

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A DUI accident left one dead and four others injured. Police say that around 6 a.m. Saturday morning, 17-year-old Tebor Hoxie of Norwich was driving on Route 206 in Bainbridge, when he lost control of his car, veered off the road and rolled several times. 18-year-old passenger Ashley Crisell suffered major head trauma and was pronounced dead at Wilson Memorial Hospital. 17-year-old Kathryn McLaughlin is currently in critical condition, suffering from a skull fracture, broken pelvis, as well as a foot amputation. 18-year-old Darren Houck is also in critcal condition with multiple injuries to his extremities as well as a punctured lung. 17-year-old Kathryn Card is in stable condition with a broken right shoulder. 

Hoxie was treated for minor cuts and pain, then released to the New York State Police. He has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and is being held in Chenango County Jail. His bail is set at $200,000. Police say that none of the teens were wearing seat belts, and all were thrown from the vehicle. 

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A crash occurred near Ames on Saturday evening. A utility truck went off an I-35 overpass and hit a guardrail. The truck was hit by a semi while both tried to merge, and the utility truck was sent off the edge, rolled down an embankment and came to a stop near Highway 30.

The driver of the utility truck was killed in the accident. None of the other parties involved were injured in the 4:15pm accident. Police are still investigating.

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