No one was injured but more than $275,000 in damage was reported when two semitrailers, one carrying a wind turbine blade, crashed in downtown Dubuque, Iowa. The Telegraph Herald is reporting that the accident happened Wednesday morning on the west …
A 51-year-old man is dead after an accident at the Keystone Steel & Wire Co. plant in central Illinois. Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll says maintenance worker David Hezlet of Cuba, Ill., was pronounced dead Sunday afternoon at OSF Saint …
Authorities in northwestern Congo say more than 100 people are feared dead after two boats collided on a river. Equateur province spokeswoman Rebecca Ebale Nguma says at least 220 people were aboard the boat on the Tshuapa River when it …
One worker has been killed and another seriously hurt in an industrial accident in Central Texas. San Marcos police say a pre-engineered metal building frame under construction collapsed Wednesday at Thermon Manufacturing Company. Police did not immediately provide further details …
Authorities say four people were hospitalized and 40 others sustained minor injuries in a hayride accident on Shaw Island. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened Sunday morning when a flatbed trailer carrying about 50 people collided …
A replica taxi used in the Canadian version of the TV game show “Cash Cab” struck and killed a pedestrian after finishing production for the day in Vancouver. Vancouver Police said a 61-year-old man from Surrey, B.C., died in a …
An elderly San Diego couple is recovering after they were run over by their own car. Police say the 69-year-old husband accidentally backed his 1999 Toyota Corolla over his wife Thursday. The man got out to check on his wife, …
A prosecutor is seeking criminal complaints against acting Holyoke fire chief William Moran for making a “fictitious” call to his own department. Hampden District Attorney Mark Mastroianni said Moran told a dispatcher on June 15 to send a fire truck …
A Staten Island woman injured in a car accident involving a police emergency vehicle has settled her lawsuit with the city for $400,000. According to court records, Ashley McNeely suffered a ruptured spleen and hip and rib fractures in the …
A newspaper’s analysis of South Dakota accident records shows that 21 passengers younger than 14 died in the past seven years in accidents after not being restrained in a car seat or safety belt. The Argus Leader reports that nearly …