The Arizona State Senate gave preliminary approval to a ban on texting while driving Thursday.

The vote on Thursday resulted in 17-11 approval of the bill. The measure will get a finale Senate roll-call vote next week, and still needs to pass the House. The bill was introduced more than three years ago, but Thursday's proceedings are the first time the measure has gained Senate approval.

The proposed law would result in a $50- $200 fine for texting drivers involved in an accident. 

Senator Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, thinks the bill is unnecessary, he questioned why the particular distraction of texting merited a law. Pearce said "If you drink your BIg Gulp, its OK... If you're reaching down to get somethig off the floor and not looking at the road, you're OK. If you're changing the radio station, you're OK. If you're putting on makeup, you're OK..." 

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Six people were killed and sixteen others injured Friday after a bus rolled over on the interstate outside Phoenix.

The crash occurred shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Interstate 10, about 25 miles south of downtown Phoenix. The bus, which was carrying 22 passengers, collided with a pickup truck in the westbound lanes of the interstate. The bus driver overcorrected away from the pickup and rolled over. The roof of the bus was crushed and all of the vehicles windows were broken.

Two men and four women were ejected from the bus and killed. Nine others are in critical condition at hospitals around Phoenix.

An 11 year-old boy is in guarded condition, and four others are listed in good condition.

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Six people were killed and several more injured Friday when the bus they were traveling on lost control and flipped over, ejecting passengers onto the interstate.

The accident occurred at approximately 5:27 in the morning along an Arizona stretch of I-10, south of Phoenix.  According to police reports, the bus hit the back of a pickup truck, swerved left, then right across the road, then flipped over, rolling at least once as passengers were ejected from the vehicle.  Four women and two men were killed in the tragic accident, and another 15 passengers were rushed to area hospitals.  Five people suffered injuries so severe that they had to be life-flighted.  Two 11-year-old children were among the injured.

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An Arizona woman was seriously injured in a two-car collision at the Loop 101 and Arizona 51 Wednesday morning.

Arizona Department of Safety spokesman Bart Graves said a westbound vehicle traveled underneath cable barriers, leaving the road, and struck an eastbound car on Loop 101. The female driver who crossed the barrier sustained serious injuries in the accident. She was transported to John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital.

The two vehicles were the only ones involved in the accident.

The condition of the other driver is unknown.

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A man from Utah was struck and killed by a vehicle while repairing a car on Interstate 17.

Shortly before 7:15 a.m. 55 year-old Ronald Norris was changing a tire on a Cadillac with another man on Interstate 17 in Maricopa County. According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, a Kia drifted into the emergency lane and struck Norris as he was standing to the right of the Cadillac's trunk. Norris was pronounced dead at the scene.

Arizona State Police officials say they don't know why the driver of the Kia crossed into the emergency lane. The man standing near Norris and two women inside the Cadillac were not injured.

The accident remains under investigation. 

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A man in Phoenix, Arizona is in serious condition after being hit by a car during a relay race early Saturday.

Race officials say 18-year-old Robert Mayasich, a runner in the Ragnar Del Sol Relay Race, was running on the shoulder of State Route 74 shortly before 1:30  a.m. when he was struck by a car. The driver of the Toyota Solara that hit Mayasich immediately stopped the vehicle and cooperated with investigators from the Department of Public Safety.

All racers participating in the event were required to wear a reflective bib and a flashing L.E.D. light. Use of a flashlight or headlamp was also mandatory.

No arrests have been made as police continue to investigate the incident.

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A charter bus carrying the Dixie State College mens baseball team was involved in a collision with a snowplow early Sunday morning.

The accident occured in the northbound lanes of Arizona State Highway 389 shortly before 6:00 a.m. The Red Storms baseball team was returning home from a four-game Pacific West Conference weekend series in Phoenix when a snowplow slowed to 10 miles per hour as a car on the right of the road came into view. The driver of the bus did not realize the plow was snowing and struck the vehicle from behind.

Trent Pratt, assistant coach of the Storms, said the bus driver "did all he could and did a great job in minimizing the damage." Pratt said the accident "could have been a lot worse."

Five student-athletes were transported to Dixie Regional Medical Center following the crash. All five were treated and released by 10:30 a.m.

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