Munir Niazi Dies in Fatal Crash in Hurst

One man was killed Monday morning after he crashed his car into a light pole in Hurst. Hurst police Sgt. Craig Teague said the deadly accident happened just before 4:30 a.m. on Mid Cities Boulevard near Grapevine Highway. The driver, 57-year-old Munir Niazi of Bedford, was pinned inside the vehicle for over an hour before being rescued. The pole nearly split the vehicle from bumper to bumper. Niazi was flown to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth where he died a few moments later. Teague said the accident caused a power failure. The crash remains under investigation.

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Three Navy crew members, including one from El Paso, were killed in a plane crash during a training flight Monday morning in Eastern Washington. The aircrew members were identified by the Navy as Lt. j.g. Valerie Delaney, 26, from Ellicott City, Md.; Lt. j.g. William McIlvaine, 24, from El Paso; and Lt. Cmdr. Alan Patterson, 34, from Tullahoma, Tenn. Delaney was a naval aviator and McIIvaine and Patterson were naval flight officers. The twin-engine EA-6B Prowler was engaged in low-level training exercises when it crashed. It went down in a farm field about 50 miles west of Spokane. The plane…

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A bystander was killed after an SUV hit her in downtown San Antonio early Sunday morning. The accident occurred when a truck ran a red light on West Travis street and struck an SUV traveling on St. Mary's street. The SUV was pushed into the sidewalk and hit Catherine Gutierrez, 36, who was standing on the sidewalk. She was rushed to San Antonio Military Medical Center, where she later died from her injuries. Police said alcohol was not a factor in the crash.  

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One motorcyclist is dead Sunday following a head-on crash near Interstate 45. At around 3am, a car was in the northbound lane when it swerved into the center lane and crashed head-on into a southbound motorcycle. The Texas Department of Public Safety said the motorcyclist, 42-year-old John McSwain of Spring, was thrown from his motorcycle and was instantly killed in the crash. The car driver, Jennifer Lopez Harden, 35, of Spring, and her passenger sustained minor injuries and were transported to a hospital. The incident remains under investigation.

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Five teenagers were killed after the sports utility vehicle they were driving in collided with a tanker truck carrying gasoline. The fatal incident happened on Sunday at the intersection of two country roads in Dumas, Texas. The SUV’s driver failed to stop at a stop sign and an oncoming truck slammed into the passenger side of the vehicle. Both vehicles caught fire, seriously injuring the truck driver and killing the five teens in the SUV. They were identified as Jacob Paul Stipe, 16, the driver, and passengers, October Dawn Roys, 17; Elizabeth Kay Roys, 15; Derrek Lee Hager, 17; and…

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A Goodfellow Air Force Base airman was killed in a fatal crash in San Angelo Saturday night. Marine Sgt. Donald Di Pietro, 28, an intelligence instructor from Taylor, Mich. was riding a motorcycle on the 5200 block of Christoval Road heading south when he crashed into a pickup truck shortly before 7:30 p.m. A San Angelo Police Department accident report said a Chevrolet Cheyenne pickup truck pulled out of Party Ranch bar and was disabled in the roadway with no lights on. Di Pietro’s motorcycle brakes were applied 79 feet before it fell on its left side and slid 18…

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A drunken woman was killed Saturday after jumping out of a moving pickup truck in Southeast Dallas. According to police, a 27-year-old woman had left a nightclub, intoxicated, and was riding as a passenger of a truck at around 2:50 a.m. She then got into an argument with the driver, opened the door and leaped out of the vehicle. She landed on her side on C.F. Hawn Freeway near the exit for South 2nd Avenue. The victim, who was identified by police as Garland resident Nancy Rodriquez, was taken to Baylor Hospital Downtown. She was later pronounced dead. Any foul…

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A motorcyclist was killed when he crashed his bike and plunged from an elevated roadway on U.S. Route 281 in San Antonio early Friday. Officer Matt Porter, spokesman of the San Antonio Police Department, said 29-year-old Joshua Kalib Landers was riding a Victory motorcycle heading north on U.S. 281 when it crashed at approximately 12:30 a.m. Friday. Landers struck a battery in the road, lost control and stumbled over the handlebars near Grayson Road. He was thrown over the side of the elevated highway near the Pearl Brewery and fell about 26 feet to Avenue B below. Police said Landers,…

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A man is killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash early Friday in Denison. The fatal wreck happened at about 3:25 a.m. on U.S. Highway 75, just north of the Morton Street exit. Husband and wife, James Larry Agan, 67, and Sharon Agan, 56, of Mabank, Texas, were driving a 2004 Chevrolet Blazer when it left the southbound lane of the highway and rolled over. The couple was ejected from the vehicle. James, who was in the passenger seat, was instantly killed in the crash. Sharon, who was behind the wheel, was taken to Texoma Medical Center for treatment and was…

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A truck loaded with hazardous chemicals swung off the road in Hermiston on the border of Walla Walla, Oregon around 6:00 am. Richard James, 72, of San Antonio, Texas, semi-truck with 10,000 gallons of jet fuel. He was driving for KCCS Inc. Oregon State Police said James lost control of the wheel when another vehicle tried to overtake. The semi-truck veered off the roadway landing sideways along the railroad tracks. The initial crash caused one oncoming train to stop and a second one to collide with the overturned truck and a tanker trailer. James was able to head out of…

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