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Students, Bus Driver Injured in Missouri Bus Accident

A dump truck rear-ended a school bus in suburban Kansas City, sending six students and the bus driver to hospitals with apparently minor injuries. Lee’s Summit School District spokeswoman Janice Phelan says the students were headed to the AmericanJazzMuseum when …

Maryland School Bus Hits Crossing Guard

An Anne Arundel County crossing guard is suffering from life-threatening injuries after being struck by a school bus in Glen Burnie. County Fire Department spokesman Lt. Cliff Kooser said the 40-year-old woman was taken to a Baltimore hospital in serious …

Ambulance Driver Files Lawsuit in New Mexico Crash

A 19-year-old woman who was severely injured when a wrong-way drunken driver slammed into the ambulance she was driving on Interstate 25 near Santa Fe last December has filed a lawsuit in state district court. Vanessa Carrillo’s lawsuit names the …

Federal Team to Probe Fatal Iowa Train Accident

A federal team has been assigned to investigate a train accident in southwest Iowa that left two crew members dead, officials said Monday. A news release from the National Transportation Safety Board said Michael Flannigan, the lead NTSB investigator, will …

Man Killed in Hovercraft Crash on New Hampshire Lake

A man has died following a hovercraft accident on New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee. Moultonborough Fire Chief David Bengtson told WMUR-TV that the man crashed the hovercraft after taking off from shore and getting caught up on some ice about 4 …

Murder an Accident? To Insured It Is, Court Says

New York’s top court says the estate of a man run down by a homicidal driver is entitled to make insurance claims for injuries caused by an accident. The Court of Appeals says that even though Ronald Popadich pleaded guilty …