Govt cannot continue to ignore truck safety - Labour MPs

The tragic death of a truck driver and the serious injury of another yesterday highlight the urgent need for government action say Labour MPs Darien Fenton and Iain Lees-Galloway. "For years now, Labour has been calling for an...

Montage of ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise car crashes

If NASCAR has tough us anything, it’s that people love car crashes. IGN put together a montage of the best crashes from the Fast & Furious franchise. It turns out they’ve destroyed quite a few cars in the past 12 years. Fast &...

3 hurt in crash involving Sahuarita school bus

2013-05-20T16:30:00Z 2013-05-20T16:50:42Z 3 hurt in crash involving Sahuarita school busArizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star 2 hours ago • Arizona Daily Star Three people were injured when a small Sahuarita school bus struck a...

Former BP executive's obstruction charge thrown out by judge

The BP Oil Spill Trial: a Look Back in Photos A federal judge on Monday dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of...

Westfield accident involving dump truck claims life of 7-year-old boy

The boy was pinned under the dump truck in the accident that occurred at 3:36 p.m. at the intersection of Montgomery and Crown streets. This story updates stories posted Monday at 4:43 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. WESTFIELD — A...

Shell community differ over oil spill

Shell, community differ over oil spill The Punch Monday 20th May, 2013 The Ikarama Community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa has disagreed with the Shell Petroleum Development Company over the cause of the...

Topeka Man Pleads Guilty To Firearm Charge

A Topeka man has pleaded guilty to a federal firearm charge, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. Taron Alonzo Huggins , 24,Topeka, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony...

Driver walks for 12 hours after crashing car in Caldwell Co.

A driver hiked for 12 hours after he crashed his truck down a nearly 60-foot ravine in Caldwell County Sunday night. One of his passengers was seriously hurt in the crash. Eyewitness News was there as emergency crews airlifted...

9-Year-Old Crashes Car into Tree; Father Arrested

9-year-old crashes car: A 9-year-old girl crashed a car that her father let her drive, according to reports. The post 9-Year-Old Crashes Car into Tree; Father Arrested appeared first on The Epoch Times .

One dead in Bonduel crash

Updated: Monday, 20 May 2013, 8:55 PM CDT Published : Monday, 20 May 2013, 8:55 PM CDT BONDUEL - One person is dead and another is in the hospital following a car crash in Bonduel. Police say a car driven by a 46-year-old woman...

Wildwood Park to reopen Tuesday following fuel spill

Dauphin County park was closed after a tanker fire Dauphin County's Wildwood Park will reopen Tuesday following the tanker fire on Interstate 81 two weeks ago. Crews were busy cleaning up the fuel that seeped into the park's...

Deadly month of May 40 years ago at Indianapolis Motor Speedway still resonates

A crowd estimated at 250,000 swarmed Indianapolis Motor Speedway's grandstands, suites and infield on May 12, 1973. It was pole day for the Indianapolis 500, a sunny Saturday bright with the promise of speed.

Oklahoma Senators Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, Face Difficult Options On Disaster Relief

WASHINGTON -- As frantic rescue missions continued Monday in Oklahoma following the catastrophic tornadoes that ripped through the state , it appeared increasingly likely that residents who lost homes and businesses would turn...

Dorena-Hickman Ferry to resume service Tuesday

Dorena-Hickman Ferry to resume service Tuesday Dorena-Hickman Ferry to resume service Tuesday The Dorena-Hickman Ferry plans to resume operation on Tuesday morning, May 21. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry plans to resume operation on...

The mammoth's lament: How cosmic impact sparked devastating climate change

May 20, 2013 — Herds of wooly mammoths once shook Earth beneath their feet, sending humans scurrying across the landscape of prehistoric Ohio. But then something much larger shook Earth itself, and at that point these mega...

Federal judge sanctions TriMet for hiding evidence from victims' families in fatal bus crash

A federal judge has chastised TriMet for failing to release scores of internal emails, memos and other documents to attorneys in a lawsuit on behalf of two pedestrians struck and killed by a bus in 2010.

Another police officer killed in Houston by an illegal alien

On Sunday, police in Houston arrested Andres Munos-Munos, 23, after he reportedly ran through a red light on Little York at N. Shepherd, crashing into a pickup truck driven by 47-year-old Harris County Deputy Sheriff Dwayne...

Motorist accused of hitting bicyclist in E. Dundee

EAST DUNDEE — Bail has been set at $150,000 for a woman accused of driving drunk and leaving the scene of a crash in which an early morning bicycle rider was seriously injured. East Dundee Police Chief Terry Mee said the...

Couple charged in hit-and-run that killed horse, injured rider

Woman dies after tumbling out of car on I-95 near Yemassee Woman dies after tumbling out of car on I-95 near Yemassee The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating why a passenger tumbled out of a moving car on Interstate...

San Diego Auto Accident Lawyer Jeff Nadrich Comments on Recent Staged...

San Diego area high school students recently witnessed a staged DUI accident, all for the sake of alcohol education. San Diego auto accident lawyer Jeff Nadrich weighs in. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Students at...

Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 37

A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary...

Florida ahead of the curve on driverless auto testing

WASHINGTON -- Cars that steer themselves through bumper-to-bumper traffic will hit the market by the end of this year, and self-parking vehicles aren’t far behind. Fully autonomous models that don’t need human drivers at all...

Trucker charged in March 2012 fatal wreck

PANAMA CITY — A Panama City trucker was high on meth and pot when he rear-ended the moving vehicle in front of his truck, killing one person and seriously injuring two others, according to court records charging him with...

Ban kids from quad bikes - experts

Three-year-old William Davidson, pictured with his parents and the paramedics who treated him, survived being crushed by a quad bike three weeks ago. Source: Herald Sun Sam Cason was 11 when he was killed in a quad bike crash...

Family Of Fallen Illinois State Trooper Speaks Out

– In November of last year, Illinois state trooper Kyle Deatherage had pulled a motorist over for a routine traffic stop. Suddenly a semi hit Deatherage. He died at the scene. Now his family says they are coping as charges come...

5 Killed in Crash in Ill.; Van Coming From Calif. - ABC News -- 00:11

By JIM SUHR Associated Press A van carrying 11 men returning from a California religious gathering careened off of a southern Illinois freeway and overturned several times Monday, killing five of them and sending six others to...

Couple involved in February collision continue to struggle

Two broken legs, skin grafts, stitches, staples, the prospect of having her right leg amputated, bone infection and constant pain all have made Julie Brooke Payne of Croatan Lane angry. Her family is facing at least $1 million...

Weekend 'Catch-Up' Sleep May Cut Young Drivers' Crash Risk

MONDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Young drivers who get behind the wheel while drowsy run a higher risk of getting into car crashes, but Australian researchers have found that not catching up on missed sleep on weekends puts...

Seven still hospitalized after Friday’s train crash

Connecticut’s newest rail cars are the first in the nation built to new specifications, and their performance in Friday’s derailment and subsequent collision will provide key, new information to transportation safety officials,...

Student, 19, dies after swerving to miss dead kangaroo

The car accident that killed a 19-year-old woman from Kirrawee on Monday night was witnessed by her friend, who was driving the car travelling behind her on Guyra Road at Guyra in the state's north. Police say the woman who...