2 motorcyclists killed, 4 injured in head-on collision with car in Isanti County, Minnesota

MAY 17, 2015

ISANTI COUNTY, MINNESOTA (KMSP) 

 Two motorcyclists were killed in Isanti County in a head-on crash on Saturday night.

Just before 10 p.m., a Harley-Davidson was traveling south on Highway 47 at 253rd Avenue NW in Stanford Township when it crossed the center line and struck a northbound Ford Taurus head-on with 4 passengers from Cambridge, Minn. inside. 

Steven Gohr, 61, of Andover was driving the motorcycle with Anita Kemp, 47, of Andover was riding with him. 

Both motorcyclists were ejected and killed. 

It is unknown if alcohol was a factor in the crash. State Patrol officials did not say if they were wearing helmets.

The four people in the Taurus, Daniel, Karen, Emily and Abbie Higley, were all brought to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Person hit, killed by Caltrain in Atherton, California. This is the 11th Fatality of the Year for Caltrain

MAY 17, 2015

ATHERTON, CALIFORNIA

 

Caltrain has resumed normal service after a man was fatally struck on the tracks in Atherton on Sunday.

Authorities responded shortly before 1 p.m. to a report of a person struck by southbound train No. 802 in the Atherton Caltrain station,
according to Caltrain officials.

Approximately 1,200 people were onboard the train, which experienced 90-minute delays, Caltrain officials said.

At around 1:30 p.m., the northbound track reopened and trains were single tracking in the area.

As of around 5:30 p.m., Caltrain officials said the trains had resumed normal service.

The death is Caltrain's 11th fatality of the year, officials said. In 2014, 10 people died on Caltrain tracks, officials said.

WOMAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER TWO BOATS COLLIDE ON GEIST RESERVOIR IN INDIANA

MAY 17, 2015

INDIANAPOLIS, IN

Indiana conservation officers are investigating a boating crash on Geist Reservoir that sent one woman to the hospital in critical condition.

A runabout boat collided with a pontoon boat on the southern end of Geist Reservoir about 5:10 p.m. Sunday, according to a Department of Natural Resources Division of Law Enforcement news release.

The accident happened just east of East 86^th and Fall Creek Road.

The driver of the pontoon boat, a 52-year-old woman, was taken to St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital with critical injuries. A passenger, her 55-year-old husband, was thrown from the pontoon boat and was not injured, according to a news release from Capt. Rita Reith of the Indianapolis Fire Department.

The operator and occupants of the runabout, two adults and five children, were not injured, Reith said.

Witnesses said the Sea Doo Challenger 1800 was traveling about 50 mph.  The pontoon boat was traveling at about 15 miles per hour.  They said the fast-traveling runaround boat broadsided the driver's side of the pontoon boat and flew 15 feet in the air, over the pontoon boat, before landing back in the water, Reith said.

The impact critically injured the woman driving the pontoon boat, Reith said. No one on the Sea Doo was injured. The driver, a 38-year-old man, said he saw the pontoon boat and made an effort to avoid it but was not successful.

An accident reconstruction expert was assisting with the investigation, the DNR release said.

Multiple calls to 911 offered different addresses for the crash, which Reith said complicated the rescue effort.

CESSNA 150C HAS EMERGENCY LANDING ON COUNTY ROAD OVER THE ANIMAS VALLEY NORTH OF DURANGO, COLORADO

MAY 17, 2015

DURANGO, COLORADO

A Durango man flying a Cessna 150C over the Animas Valley north of Durango Sunday reported an engine failure at an elevation of 10,000 feet, then made an emergency landing on a country road near homes and survived.

The pilot, Baudy Barnes, was not injured, La Plata County Sheriff's Department spokesman Dan Bender said.

Deputies closed La Plata County Road 205 just north of Durango.

Road crews were waiting for an aircraft mechanic to help remove the wings from the damaged aircraft, Bender said, so it could be moved from the road and trucked away.

Barnes had taken off Sunday from the Animas Air Park south of Durango and was flying alone. It was unclear why the engine cut out, Bender said.

As Barnes spotted the two-lane, paved county road and descended, in a populated canyon within one mile of homes, the aircraft hit a power line. But he was able to guide it down safely, Bender said, and no injuries were reported.

FIERY PLANE CRASH NEAR LAUGHLIN, NEVADA HAS KILLED ONE PERSON AND INJURED THREE OTHERS.

MAY 17, 2015

LAUGHLIN, NEVADA

Metro Police say they are responding to a plane crash near Laughlin that has killed one person and injured three others.

Metro has confirmed the crash happened near Needles Highway and the Big Bend Field, just southwest of Laughlin around 6 p.m Sunday.

Metro, along with Clark County Fire Department and Bullhead City authorities, reported the plane was on fire when they arrived. 

Authorities said two people suffered burns to their bodies and were flown to a nearby hospital. One person was dead at the scene and another person is still trapped inside the plane.

Metro said crews are working to free the trapped passenger. Police said they are assisting with the rescue efforts.

The site of the crash is near the Colorado River.

Authorities have not released any other information at this time.

This is a developing story and will be updated.