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NY Court Allows Damages Cap in Hockey Bus Crash

New York’s top court says Canada’s limit on damages for pain and suffering applies to claims against the Canadian charter bus company and driver deemed 90 percent liable for the 2005 crash that killed three passengers traveling with an Ontario …

Crashes Close Part of I-10 West of Phoenix, Ariz.

Two crashes on Interstate 10 west of Phoenix have closed part of the interstate eastbound. The Department of Public Safety says that two people were killed. The crashes involved a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle. DPS says the eastbound lanes …

Differing Views on Seat Belts in Pa. School Buses

The school bus crash on Interstate 81 that sent two dozen people to the hospital Sunday raises that nagging question about why school buses lack seat belts. It’s an emotional and complicated subject, but this is probably true: It has …

Police: Car Crashes Into Indiana Home, Killing Man

Police say a western Indiana fire chief is being held on a preliminary drunken driving charge after his car crashed into a house, killing a man and critically injuring his wife. Parke County Chief Deputy Sheriff Bill Todd tells the …

Accident Victim, New York City Reach Settlement

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 …

Investigators Piece Together Nevada Amtrak Crash

Investigators struggled Monday to piece together how a truck driver who plowed into an Amtrak train in the Nevada desert failed to notice the crossing gates and blinking lights that should have been visible a half-mile away. At least six …

Indiana Hoops Star in Drug-Induced Coma After Crash

An Indiana high school basketball standout who survived a plane crash that killed his father and stepmother is in a drug-induced coma as doctors monitor the badly injured 16-year-old’s brain swelling, his father’s business partner said Sunday. Austin Hatch suffered …

4 Killed in Crash of Louisiana Church Van

Four people were killed, including two children, and seven were hospitalized after a church van veered off a northeast Louisiana highway and struck a culvert. Trooper Mark Dennis said Thursday that a 4-year-old and a 12-year-old were among those killed …

California Highway Patrol Says Driver in Fatal Crash Was Drunk

Investigators say the California driver of a car that flipped, killing two passengers, had a blood-alcohol level three times the legal driving limit. San Luis Obispo County prosecutors say 21-year-old Evan Alexander Green, a Chico State University student, pleaded not …

Police: ‘Jackass’ Star Drunk in Fatal Pennsylvania Crash

“Jackass” star Ryan Dunn had a blood-alcohol content that was more than twice the legal limit for drivers when he and a passenger died in a fiery one-car crash this week, according to a toxicology report. The report said Dunn’s …