Police have charged a Lexington man with felony driving under the influence after they say he tested positive for synthetic marijuana after a fatal crash. Thirty-two-year-old James Furman Prescott is charged with two counts of felony DUI and reckless homicide. …
Three lawsuits have been filed in the wake of a crash that killed two Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center employees and injured two others. Authorities say 27-year-old Ronnie Rios was driving Oct. 15, 2010, when he swerved into the oncoming …
A federal report says the thriving curbside bus industry, which is based on cheap fares, has a fatal accident rate seven times higher than other types of interstate bus operators. The report released Monday by the National Transportation Safety Board …
The family of a rural Brandon man killed in 2009 when a train collided with his truck has filed a lawsuit against the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. The Argus Leader reports that the family of Robert Defries filed the …
D.C. United’s Charlie Davies is suing the owners of a Washington nightclub and the drink company Red Bull for $20 million, claiming they are responsible for a fatal car crash that ended the MLS player’s hopes of joining the 2010 …
A third federal lawsuit has been filed stemming from a fatal July accident at the All-Good Music Festival near Masontown. Elizabeth Rose Doran, 21, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., filed the lawsuit alleging negligence against the event’s producer, the venue’s owner …
Train engineer William Smith screamed like crazy for the young woman to move as she walked along the railroad tracks with her back to his approaching locomotive. And for a split second, he envisioned himself swooping down in superhero fashion …
There were fewer highway fatalities in September than there were during the same month last year. The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety reports there were 46 fatal accidents last month, a decrease of 11 from September 2010. Of the fatal …
State police say a 24-year-old man participating in a rodeo was fatally injured when he was thrown from a bull. State Police Sgt. Julian Castellanos tells The News of Cumberland County that Rigoberto Flores of Brentwood, N.Y., was taking part …
The Indiana Department of Transportation will install new caution lights at a southern Indiana intersection where three teenagers were killed under a legal settlement with the families of two of the teens. The settlement Wednesday halted the third day of …