Archive for August, 2009

Man injured in Jeep, bus collision (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)

Monday, August 31st, 2009
BARBOURSVILLE -- The driver of a Jeep Cherokee was taken to Cabell Huntington Hospital on Monday after the vehicle collided with a Tri-State Transit Authority bus in Barboursville, according to police.

Girl, 17, killed in Jeep crash in Canyonville (KVAL Eugene)

Monday, August 31st, 2009
A 17-year-old girl died after being thrown from a Jeep Wrangler as the vehicle overturned multiple times down a 200-foot embankment early Monday morning. Marissa Pratt, 17, of Canyonville, Ore., died at the scene of the crash.

Shawnee Child Backed Over By Jeep (KCTV 5 Kansas City)

Monday, August 31st, 2009
A child is run over by a Jeep backing out of a private driveway Sunday.

Jeep destined for salvage finds new life on Lansing car lot (Lansing State Journal)

Monday, August 31st, 2009
When Sean Lloyd traded in his 1993 Jeep Cherokee for a 2009 Chevy Cobalt in early August, he came clean. The Jeep, he acknowledged, had a cracked frame or so he was told. A mechanic told me it wasnt safe to drive, Lloyd said. The folks at Bud Kouts Chevrolet took Lloyds word, declared the Jeep a salvage case, and paid Lloyd $200 for the vehicle. The Jeep was a true clunker, but this was not a ...

Jeep destined for salvage finds new life on Lansing car lot (Eaton Rapids Community News)

Monday, August 31st, 2009
When Sean Lloyd traded in his 1993 Jeep Cherokee for a 2009 Chevy Cobalt in early August, he came clean. The Jeep, he acknowledged, had a cracked frame — or so he was told.

Soldier dies in Afghanistan (The Virginia Gazette)

Monday, August 31st, 2009
JAMES CITY His sisters say that when Spc. Paul E. Dumont Jr., 23, was home from a tour in Afghanistan two weeks ago, he was obsessed with off-roading and the Jeep Wrangler he wanted to buy.

Soldier dies in Afghanistan (The Virginia Gazette)

Monday, August 31st, 2009
JAMES CITY His sisters say that when Spc. Paul E. Dumont Jr., 23, was home from a tour in Afghanistan two weeks ago, he was obsessed with off-roading and the Jeep Wrangler he wanted to buy.

‘Ax Men’ star Michael Pihl arrested after rolling Jeep with children (Reality TV World)

Monday, August 31st, 2009
A star of History Channel's Ax Men reality series has been arrested after a vehicle he was driving in northwest Oregon flipped over and injured three children.

Armed gunmen rob NJ Turnpike toll booths (The Jersey Journal)

Monday, August 31st, 2009
Two gunmen robbed two New Jersey Turnpike toll booths yesterday morning in Secaucus in what authorities are calling "coordinated" robberies, according to a report in The Jersey Journal. At 5:40 a.m., a man driving a black Jeep without plates drove...

10-year-old boy critical after crash (The Lock Haven Express)

Monday, August 31st, 2009
ANTES FORT -A 10-year-old Jersey Shore boy was critically injured Saturday morning when the pickup truck he was riding in collided with a Jeep Liberty on Route 44 in Nippenose Township, Lycoming County. Tyler Mensch was a passenger in the 1988 Ford Ranger operated by his brother, Steven Mensch, 20, of Jersey Shore.