Fri, Jul 10th, 2009 | U.S. |

DETROIT — Toxicology tests will be performed on all the young people killed in Thursday's train crash in Canton Township, Mich., outside of Detroit, with special attention to the driver, according to investigators. Investigators are looking at all aspects of the ...Read More

Harriet Harman prosecuted over car crash

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | U.K. |

Harriet Harman prosecuted over car crash A court summons will be served on the minister after a police investigation into an incident in which she was reported to have clipped a parked car in south-east London. Prosecutors said on Thursday that there was “sufficient evidence” and that ...Read More

Autopsies: Drowned students had no drugs in system

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | U.S. |

DICKINSON, N.D. -- Authorities say final autopsy results show that three college softball players who drowned when their sport utility vehicle went into a North Dakota pond had not been drinking or using drugs. Dickinson Police Lt. Rod Banyai (BAN'-yeye) said ...Read More

Cop in Fatal Crash Was Driving 94 MPH

Wed, Nov 18th, 2009 | U.S. |

ORANGE, Conn. (Nov. 18) - An arrest affidavit says a Milford police officer charged with manslaughter for a car crash that killed two teenagers was driving 94 miles per hour and was not on an emergency call. State police earlier this ...Read More

Joe Biden's Security Detail In Car Crash In New York

Wed, Nov 18th, 2009 | Entertainment, Politics |

Joe Biden's Security Detail In Car Crash In New York The advanced security detail for Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a car crash in New York today. According to NBC New York, three advance NYPD vehicles "were moving down 49th Street near 10th Avenue when they slammed into the ...Read More

Four killed in car-train crash in SC

Tue, Nov 17th, 2009 | U.S. |

(CNN) -- Four people, including a 12-year-old, died when an Amtrak train hit their car in Hardeeville, South Carolina, an official said Tuesday. The accident occurred Monday night near the South Carolina-Georgia state line, not far from the intersection of South ...Read More

Three Britons die in Dutch car crash after cash machine raid

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | U.K. |

Three suspected robbers from Britain were killed in a car crash after they fled following a raid on a cash machine in a small Dutch village. Police in the Netherlands denied the crash was a result of their officers pursuing the ...Read More

Three men killed in Dutch crash

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | U.K. |

Three men killed in Dutch crash Three British men have been killed and two others seriously injured in a car crash in The Netherlands, after they allegedly raided a cash machine. Two men from Liverpool, aged 21 and 27, and a 25-year-old man from London were killed ...Read More

Joe Girardi a hero when helping victim of car crash after World Series

Fri, Nov 6th, 2009 | Sports |

Joe Girardi a hero when helping victim of car crash after World Series NEW YORK — Hours after managing the Yankees to their first World Championship in nine years, Joe Girardi managed to become a hero to a Westchester County woman whose car struck a concrete barrier. On his way home from the World ...Read More

Morgan Freeman settles lawsuit over crash

Thu, Nov 5th, 2009 | Entertainment |

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar winner Morgan Freeman has reached an out-of-court settlement with a woman who was his passenger in a car crash and later sued him, court documents showed on Thursday. Details of Freeman's settlement with Demaris Meyer, the ...Read More

Joe Girardi stops to aid motorist after Series win

Thu, Nov 5th, 2009 | Sports |

EASTCHESTER, N.Y. - Yankees Manager Joe Girardi capped off a victorious evening by helping a car crash victim in Westchester County. Police say Girardi pulled over to help after a woman lost control of her car on the Cross County Parkway ...Read More

Records show Freeman settles car crash suit

Thu, Nov 5th, 2009 | Entertainment, Top Stories |

Records show Freeman settles car crash suit JACKSON, Miss. - Morgan Freeman has settled a lawsuit related to a 2008 car accident that seriously injured him and a passenger, according to court records posted Thursday. Terms of the settlement were not released. Demaris Meyer filed a federal lawsuit ...Read More

Real MVP: Girardi helps crash victim on way home

Thu, Nov 5th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Sports |

You win the Super Bowl, you go to Disneyland. You win the Indy 500, you drink the milk. You win the World Series, you ... help a car crash victim? If you're Joe Girardi you do. Just hours after guiding the Yankees ...Read More

Man Attends His Own Funeral in Brazil

Wed, Nov 4th, 2009 | World |

A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral. Relatives of Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of a Sunday night car crash in Parana state ...Read More

Man appears alive at own funeral in Brazil

Wed, Nov 4th, 2009 | U.S., World |

RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral. Relatives of Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of a Sunday night car ...Read More

1.9 Million Drivers Have Fatigue-Related Car Crashes or Near Misses Each Year

Sun, Nov 1st, 2009 | SciTech |

Contact: Jennifer Cowher Williams of the National Sleep Foundation, +1-202-347-3471 x211, jwilliams@sleepfoundation.org National Sleep Foundation Launches Annual Drowsy Driving Prevention Week(R) to Prevent Fall-Asleep Crashes With Tips and Countermeasures WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sleepiness is often overlooked as a major contributor ...Read More

Ritchie gets a restraining order against 2 paparazzi

Fri, Oct 30th, 2009 | Entertainment |

A Los Angeles judge has granted a temporary restraining order against two paparazzi accused of stalking Nicole Richie and her children. The order, signed Friday by L.A. Superior Court Judge David S. Cunningham, requires that the men, Eduardo Arrivabene and Ivon ...Read More

Nicole Richie gets restraining order against two paparazzi

Fri, Oct 30th, 2009 | Entertainment |

A Los Angeles judge today granted a temporary restraining order against two paparazzi accused of stalking Nicole Richie and her young children. The restraining order, which was signed by L.A. Superior Court Judge David S. Cunningham III, requires that the men, ...Read More

John O'Quinn, Texas personal-injury lawyer, killed in car crash

Thu, Oct 29th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

John O'Quinn, the Houston trial lawyer who won a $1-billion verdict in a diet drug case and shared more than $3 billion in legal fees representing Texas in tobacco litigation, died today in a car crash. He was 68. O'Quinn was ...Read More