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Police reports say Brenda Gail Johnson, 49, faces a charge of intoxication manslaughter for her role in the death of a pedestrian, Theodore Jones, 31, of Houston. A second pedestrian, Mr. Jones’ son, Seth Jones, 7 months, was transported to Texas Children’s Hospital in stable condition with a possible broken arm. A group of citizens flagged down a Houston patrol officer to let him know that Johnson was driving a white Chrysler 300 westbound on West Little York in an…

A driver of a Lexus struck and killed and unidentified 57-year-old man who was crossing the street at North Beale Road west of Yuba Community College in Sacramento, reports say. Pablo Arredondo, 25, of Yuba City, reportedly stated that he saw the man cross the road an instant before striking him with his Lexus. Reports also say that he swerved to avoid hitting the man, but was unsuccessfully. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, reports say. Reports also…

Trolley riders in downtown San Diego were injured when a U.S. postal service van slammed into the trolley on which they were riding at the intersection of G Street and Park Boulevard, with several sustaining minor injuries. No major injuries were sustained from the crash, but two people are known to have experienced some minor bruises and bumps, reports say. One woman who was standing up was knocked down and a man in a wheelchair hit his head against the window. …

Ollie The Trolley, a specialized bus that tours Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, was a participant in a major accident last month. The crash, which took place on Florence Boulevard and Cass Street, in Omaha, happened when a driver of a Chevy Blazer, driven by Lois Rasmussen, hit the trolley carrying Campfire USA kids on a field trip.  Most of the children were injured, reports say. And those not hospitalized were shaken up. In all, paramedics took 14 kids and one adult to…

A woman crossing corner of 40th and Spruce streets in Philadelphia was hit and injured recently by a trolley, reports say. The woman, who was unidentified other than what witnesses report as a black woman in her 60s at the 40th Street intersection shortly after 6 p.m. late last month, was evidently trying to catch the trolley when she slipped and the vehicle hit her. She was taken via ambulance to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she…