The accident occurred at around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of 1st Street and New York Avenue in northwest Washington, according to D.C. fire department spokesman Ken Crosswhite.

According to Crosswhite, around 16 children that were occupants of the buses suffered non-life-threatening injuries and are under evaluation.

No further details regarding the accident have been released. The accident is being investigated by authorities.

Matthew Lee Kaplan, 20, of Harmony Woods Road near Owings Mills was driving a 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer eastbound on Caves Road when he lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle crossed the westbound lane and ran into a tree at about 12:00 p.m. Wednesday. Kaplan was pronounced dead at the accident scene, said police.

According to investigators, foul weather conditions such as rain is believed to have played a role in the accident.

The accident is under investigation.

The multiple accidents happened between the hours of 12:30 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. in Kansas City, Missouri. One of the accidents involved an Overland Park police officer that was responding to an earlier accident at Interstate 435 and Antioch Road. The officer suffered minor injuries in the accident.

The snowfall on Saturday night resulted in the slick roads which caused the eleven accidents Sunday. According to a Missouri Department of Transportation snow removal worker, melting snow was refreezing on the pavement and recommended that drivers stay off the roads if possible.

In Houston County, Corey Shane Jones, 19, of Pansey died when the vehicle he was traveling in drove off the County Road 75 and flipped in a pond. The crash occurred at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday, according to troopers.

James Ronald Walker Jr., 24, of Lillian died when his motorcycle crashed on U.S. 98, about 2 miles east of Elberta at approximately 11 a.m. Sunday.

James Lutton Summers, 36, of Repton died when he apparently lost control of his motorcycle on Winston Bell Road, about 14 miles west of Evergreen at around 7 p.m. Sunday.

A big rig carrying a load of paper plates was involved in a collision with a semitruck, causing the plates to spill across the freeway. No injuries were reported but traffic was delayed as authorities cleared the freeway, said Officer Francisco Villalobos of the California Highway Patrol.

In the Palms area of West Los Angeles a motorcyclist was injured when they were involved in a collision with a truck on the northbound 405 Freeway, Villalobos said. As authorities investigated the accident two lanes just south of Palms Boulevard were closed for a little over an hour Tuesday morning. The extent of the motorcyclist’s injuries was not known, Villalobos added.

The first accident occurred on Highway 81 when a driver ran off the roadway and struck a utility pole, according to sheriff’s deputies. Power was out in much of the area due to the accident, which occurred at about 7:00 a.m. Monday. It took crews several hours to clear the accident scene and regain power.

The second accident occurred as an indirect result of the previous Highway 81 accident. According to deputies, because Highway 81 was blocked, a semi-truck driver was using Highway 554 as a detour. The truck slid off the highway and jack-knifed near Todd Bridge Road. Highway 554 was closed for a short time in result of the accident.

Fortunately, no serious injuries reported in either accident.

Of the 22 vehicles that were involved in the accident near Iron County-Beaver County line, six were tractor trailers; one of which was carrying 1,000 gallons of fuel and spilled a large amount onto the road. The amount is still not confirmed.

The one fatality was an 18-month-old baby boy from Orem, stated Roden. Seven others involved in the accident were transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

While the accident was being cleared, vehicles heading southbound took detours on routes 89, 130 and possibly 21, Roden said. The road was cleared by 11:30 p.m. last night.

A 19-year-old man was traveling southbound in a Ford Mustang on State Road 111 around 7000 South around 5:30 p.m. when the car swerved across the center line and collided into a Jeep Cherokee towing a trailer, stated Salt Lake County sheriff’s Lt. Don Hutson. A man and woman, both 30, and their 5-year-old son were traveling in the Cherokee.

The driver of the Mustang was trapped inside when the vehicle caught fire, Hutson said. Another motorist stopped at the scene and put out the flames with a fire extinguisher.

The couple in the Cherokee was airlifted to University Hospital, and the 19-year-old was airlifted to Intermountain Medical Center. All are suffering from life-threatening injuries but are expected to survive, said Hutson.

The 5-year-old was airlifted to Primary Children’s Medical Center in serious condition, Hutson said.

It is unknown where the victims were from or if they were wearing seatbelts.

Witnesses reported that the driver of the Mustang seemed to be distracted while he was driving just before the accident. The accident is being investigated.

The crash, involving 28 passenger vehicles, five semis and one Fishers fire engine, happened after 9 a.m. Tuesday near mile marker 8 just south of the State Road 238 said Indiana State Police.

Of the 34-veicles, two people were found dead inside one vehicle, 11 people were taken to hospitals, at least three vehicles had passengers trapped inside and 5 five people had minor injuries but refused treatment.

“Our goal is to take care of the injured and get them taken care of and take care of the non-injured drivers out of the elements. They did arrange for Hamilton Southeastern school buses to come to the scene and transport those drivers back to a facility at the Fishers Police Department,” said ISP Sgt. Anthony Emery.

Over 50 first responders, including three tactical response vehicles, were dispatched to the scene from Fishers and surrounding communities.

Accident reconstruction experts are at the accident scene to try to determine what caused the pile-up.

Monongalia County sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene at mile marker 157, at 7:26 a.m. They found the driver of a 2004 Yukon Denali, Geremiah Giles, 28 of Waynesburg, Pa., dead in the drivers’ seat. Investigators believe that at some time Wednesday night Giles was driving north on I-79 when he ran off the right side of the road and hit a large rock. Giles, who was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident, was pronounced dead at the scene. Deputies are still investigating.

Thursday evening police say that as an SUV was attempting to pass a tractor-trailer, just before the rest stop at the mile marker 124, it was cut off by a car. The SUV ran off the roadway, overcorrected its steering wheel and hit the front of the semi. While the car never stopped at the scene, the passenger in the SUV was transported to United Hospital Center. The accident shut down both lanes of traffic, forcing cars onto the shoulder to alternate routes through Bridgeport.