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Houston police were called to a fatal car crash in the 6000 block of West Ridgecreek Drive about 7 a.m. March 26. The female, 25, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her identity is pending verification by the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office. HPD officials reportedly said that the victim was driving a blue Ford Explorer at a high rate of speed, westbound on Ridgecreek, when she lost control of the vehicle. She evidently struck a tree and was ejected…

Houston police continue their investigation of a fatal car crash on the popular Southwest Freeway (U. S. Highway 59 South) service road near South Gessner that occurred about 3:30 a.m. March 29th. The accident occurred when the driver of a white Chevrolet truck, traveling outbound on the Southwest Freeway service road, reportedly struck a white Nissan Frontier pickup truck traveling northbound on South Gessner. The victim, a male passenger in the Nissan, was partially ejected from the vehicle and was…

Robbery Division Investigators received information about a robbery being planned near the 1200 block of Oak Meadows in Houston, TX in March, and then set up surveillance on the location in question. While under surveillance, five suspects were seen walking through a vacant field, carrying weapons. When the suspects approached an area occupied by HPD, the officers identified themselves and ordered all to surrender. Four suspects fled the location on foot, but the fifth, Rosalio Ledesma, 25, reportedly approached the…

Steven Lewenden, 34, was feeding paper into a machine when he was pulled in and trapped on a reeling drum. Eventually freed from the equipment by paramedics and taken to hospital, damage to Lewenden’s arm was so severe that doctors had to amputate his limb at the elbow. The accident happened at the closure-threatened International Paper mill in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. The firm and the Health and Safety Executive have launched inquiries into Tuesday’s accident, and company spokesman reportedly said that…

With a history of accidents, yet another Staten Island, NY ferry malfunctioned as it approached its terminal earlier this year and smashed into a pier. The crash a jolted injured passengers to the deck, leaving 37 people hurt and in need of treatment. The ferry, the Andrew J. Barberi, arrived at the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island, carrying 252 passengers and 18 crew when what appears to be a mechanical failure caused the ferry to approach the shore…