UPDATE: One person dies after car hits street sweeper
WZZM - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
Kentwood - The passenger in a car that hit a street sweeper early Friday morning has died. Kimberley Ann Rumble, 28, of Grand Rapids, died this afternoon at ...
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Keeping the streets clean
The Amherst Daily - Amherst,Nova Scotia,Canada
He drives the Elgin Whirlwind Street Sweeper eight hours a day, Monday to Friday. "It's an interesting job, too. You have to watch the brush and the traffic ...
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After blaze guts businesses, owners wait for access to rubble
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA
27, and Department of Public Works crews cleared the debris with a front end loader and cleaned the asphalt with a street cleaner at about 11 am.
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Car rear-ends street sweeper; 2 injured
WOOD-TV - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
KENTWOOD, Mich (WOOD) - Two people were injured after the vehicle they rear-ended a street sweeper in Kentwood Friday morning. Police say one of the people ...
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2 Injured in Street Sweeper Crash
WXMI - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
... The Kentwood Police Department is investigating an overnight crash, in which two people were injured when their car rear-ended a street sweeper. ...
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Did You Know?: Street sweeper to increase days of cleaning
Friday Flyer - Canyon Lake,CA,USA
by Paul Johnson The Association contracts with Interstate Sweeping Services Inc. to sweep the streets of Canyon Lake. Starting in July, Interstate Sweeping ...
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Quincy, Ill., gets a break from flooding threat
Chicago Tribune - United States
Thursday morning, a street sweeper began cleaning inside of the civic center where daylight sandbagging operations have ceased for the first time since ...
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River takes a toll on Midwest farmland
Chicago Tribune - United States
On Thursday a street sweeper cleaned the inside of the civic center where daylight sandbagging operations have ceased for the first time in a week. ...
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Kemp Town street strewn with rubbish
Argus Lite - Brighton,Brighton and Hove,UK
Residents, business owners and the local street cleaner are asking for an alternative rubbish collection to be put in place to tackle the growing problem. ...
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FBI Informant Cooper Gets Six Months for Money-Laundering
Memphis Flyer - Memphis,TN,USA
One councilman netted in that sing, called Operation Main Street Sweeper, was Rickey Peete, who pleaded guilty after resigning his seat and is now serving a ...
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Kalona ponders qualifying
Kalona News - Kalona,IA,USA
Herington said he had followed the street sweeper and saw that it was not doing the job. He urged that the city get the sweeper fixed or look for a new one. ...
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Mount Jackson Stretches Limits Of Technology
Harrisonburg Daily News Record - Harrisonburg,VA,USA
You see a street sweeper running out here right now," Moore said, as he pointed outside his office window. "VDOT used to do all of the street sweeping. ...
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Leash At Issue In Street Sweeper Dog Killing
WCBS-TV New York - NY,USA
NEW YORK (CBS) ― The sanitation worker whose street sweeper scooped up and killed a small dog will not be disciplined for the mishap. ...
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City court costs going up, Bolivar aldermen decide Thursday
Ozarks Newsstand - Bolivar,MO,USA
New street sweeper: Rick Shuler, director of public works, reported that the city has purchased a 2002 Elgin Geovac Sweeper for $45000, less than what the ...
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Street-sweeper sucks up dog on lead
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
By staff writers A NEW York dog owner reportedly watched in horror as his terrier, still on the lead, was sucked up by a street-sweeping truck and killed. ...
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Street sweeper crushes Bronx dog
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
A Boston terrier was sucked into a fast-moving street sweeper and killed in a heartrending accident in the Bronx. "It happened so fast," said the dog's ...
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STREET-SWEEPER SUCKS UP DOG
UK Express - UK
By Julia White for express.co.uk A DOG owner watched in horror as his pet was sucked up and killed by a street-sweeping truck in New York. ...
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Street sweeper sucks up pet dog
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Photo: AP A street-sweeping truck roaring down a New York city street sucked up a dog and killed her as her owner held the leash. Robert Machin said he had ...
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Dog Swept Up, Killed By NYC Street Sweeper
WCBS-TV New York - NY,USA
NEW YORK (CBS) ― A Bronx man is devastated after his dog was swept up and killed by a city street sweeper Thursday morning. The incident occurred at Randall ...
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NYC Street sweeper truck sucks up and kills dog!
The Spoof (satire) - UK
NEW YORK CITY - A street-sweeping truck flying down a Bronx street sucked up a dog and killed it as her startled owner held onto the leash. ...
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Street-sweeper sucks up dog
The Press Association -
A dog owner in New York saw his pet sucked up and killed by a street-sweeping truck and was left holding just the lead. Robert Machin, 57, had just finished ...
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You, too, can adopt a county road
Bakersfield Californian (subscription) - Bakersfield,CA,USA
BY ANGELLE BARBAZON, Californian staff writer A cleanup crew of about 15 volunteers wearing work gloves and neon yellow vests endured the summertime heat to ...
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Local remembers brush with Russert
Williamson Daily News - Williamson,WV,USA
"And someone said he could talk to the Pope or to a street cleaner. I know exactly what they were talking about. He talked to me, and I'm just a peon from ...
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Dog owner sees pet sucked to its death by street sweeper
Times Online - UK
Robert Machin was about to put his two dogs into his car after a walk in the Bronx, New York, when a strong tug on one of the leads spun him round. ...
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Cheers and Jeers: June 16, 2008
Plattsburgh Press Republican - Plattsburgh,NY,USA
A street sweeper was lumbering along in front of him, about to sweep beside the curb on the east side of the street, right across from the Post Office. ...
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Street Sweeper Kills Pet Dog in Bronx
Gothamist - NY,USA
The distraught owner chased after the street cleaner for a few blocks before getting his attention, but the driver refused to even turn off the spinning ...
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Street sweeper crushes terrier in NYC
Baltimore Sun - United States
A Boston terrier returning from a walk with his owner was sucked into a fast-moving street sweeper and killed in an accident in the Bronx. ...
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Ex-chief honors retiring colleague
Monessen Valley Independent - Monessen,PA,USA
In other news, Anita Frezzell told council she and several neighbors have problems finding parking places three days a week when the street sweeper comes ...
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Building supply firm hit by fire
Charleston Post Courier - Charleston,SC,USA
A fire that started on a privately owned street sweeper spread to a building-supply company on a road that runs parallel to Interstate 26 on Friday morning, ...
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