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Woman trapped in overturned SUV

SCOTT TWP. -- When Scott Township Police Officer Vincent Figueiredo reached an overturned SUV, Mary Slobinsky, 66, was trapped in the driver's seat and being choked by her seat belt, he said. He cut Slobinsky free of the seat belt while she steadied herself using the steering wheel, but she was still unable to get out of the vehicle on her own, Figueiredo said.

One dead in car that slammed into Pa. school bus

LINWOOD, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in suburban Philadelphia are investigating a fatal accident involving a school bus. WPVI-TV says a car slammed into the back of the bus shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday along Route 322 in Delaware County's Upper Chichester Township. Authorities said the crash left the car wedged under the bus, and one person in the vehicle was pronounced dead. There were no reports of any injuries on the school bus.

Man was drunk when he rammed tree, injuring passenger, police say

NORTH CENTRE TWP. - Darrin Bellum's blood-alcohol level was at well more than twice the legal limit when he smashed his car into a tree, trapping his passenger, and then ran away last month, police say. The April 11 accident on Fowlersville Road left his passenger, Denise Woolridge, with several broken bones and internal injuries that required a hospital stay and rehabilitation, they say.

Fire breaks out aboard Royal Caribbean cruise ship

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A fire that broke out aboard a Royal Caribbean ship Monday did enough damage that the rest of the cruise was canceled and the company said the more than 2,200 passengers will be flown from the Bahamas back to Baltimore where the trip began. The fire that began at 2:50 a.m. Monday was extinguished about two hours later with no injuries reported. A cause wasn't immediately known. The Grandeur of the Seas, which left Baltimore on Friday, never lost power and was able to sail into port in Freeport, Bahamas, Monday afternoon. It had been planned to be a seven-night cruise.

Officials: Gunman in Texas rampage was Marine

EDEN, Texas (AP) -- A man suspected in a West Texas shooting rampage that left one woman dead and five others wounded was a Marine who was wanted for questioning in a slaying in North Carolina, officials said Monday. The rampage Sunday morning ended when Esteban J. Smith, 23, of the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base, N.C., died in a gunfight with an agency trooper and a state game warden, said Tom Vinger, spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety. Six others were shot, one fatally, in the pre-dawn rampage across West Texas' rolling plains, Vinger said in a statement issued Monday.

Philadelphia girl, 7, succumbs to fire injuries

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Fire officials say a 7-year-old girl has died a day after being trapped in a house fire in Southwest Philadelphia. Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers tells The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/11pMvMR ) the department was informed Sunday morning that Raquibah Jeffries had been taken off life support. Jeffries was found in a second-floor bathroom of the home on Saturday morning. Two other children were treated at a hospital and released. Ayers says Jeffries was injured by heat and smoke after seeking shelter in the bathroom.

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