A driver of a U-Haul truck carrying beer kegs through a tailgating area before the Yale-Harvard game Saturday suddenly accelerated, fatally striking a 30-year-old Massachusetts woman and injuring two other women, police said. It’s not clear why the driver sped …
Passengers in hybrid-powered cars are about 25 percent less likely to be injured in a crash than those in their conventional-powered counterparts, according to research released today. According to new research by the Highway Loss Data Institute, the additional weight …
The New Hampshire Supreme Court will decide whether a law that allows suspension of boating privileges for life is constitutional. The justices on Wednesday will hear the appeal of 38-year-old Erica Blizzard of Laconia – the pilot in a fatal …
The Canadian couple who died in a helicopter crash on the Hawaiian island of Molokai were taking their first vacation in several years. Stuart Robertson was second in command at Toronto-based Quartet Service Inc., a technology management service company, where …
An overloaded school minibus crashed head-on with a truck in rural western China on Wednesday, killing at least 18 kindergarten children on their way to class, officials said. Sixty-two children and two adults were crowded into the bus, which had …
A man accused of killing his mother surprised those in a Lincoln County courtroom when he changed his story on the witness stand about how she died. Chase Boruch told jurors that he staged a car crash at Moraine Lake …
Police are trying to determine why a 34-year-old mother drove a van in front of a commuter train in Kaysville, Utah, while her two small children were inside. The woman was in critical condition with a skull fracture after the …
The parents of a Lawrence woman who died in a 2010 crash are proposing a $100,000 settlement with the insurance carrier for the other driver involved in the accident. Lawrence attorney James Wisler has asked a Douglas County judge to …
A judge has scheduled a hearing Nov. 16 on whether Greenwood police can analyze medicine taken from a 41-year-old attorney’s purse after a wreck. A lawsuit says it was taken unconstitutionally without permission or a warrant, and a judge has …
Mexican officials ruled out engine failure in the helicopter crash that killed the government’s No. 2 official, saying Sunday that all evidence in the investigation so far points to an accident. Civil aviation director Gilberto Lopez Meyer said at a …