car accidents

In a recent study, by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, experts found that Black people represent the largest racial group killed in traffic deaths.

LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine service operator was charged Wednesday with criminally negligent homicide in a crash that killed 20 people, while police continued investigating what caused the wreck and whether anyone else will face charges. The operator’s lawyer said that the man wasn’t guilty and that police were rushing to judgment. The company, […]

Ouachita County Sheriff’s Office There are times when so many bad things happen that even the most faithful may question their belief. And then there are times when the miraculous happens and its clear that God’s presence is the only thing that made it possible. That is the case with two children in Arkansas. After […]

Twelve years ago actor Lamont Bentley was driving alone when he was killed in a single car accident in Southern California.

Following her opening round win Monday at Wimbledon, Venus Williams broke down in tears when asked at her post-match press conference how she was dealing with her involvement in a Florida car crash that killed a 78-year-old man. Asked specifically about her July 1 Facebook message offering condolences to the family of victim Jerome Barson, and if there […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 8 of every 10 U.S. drivers admit expressing anger, aggression or road rage at least once in the previous year, according to a survey released Thursday by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The behavior could include following too closely, yelling at another driver, cutting them off or making angry gestures. […]

Three Houston teens heading back from Spring Break festivities in South Padre Island are dead in what  has been characterized as a ‘distracted driving’ crash. The teen died in an accident after the Hyundai Elantra they were driving collided with an 18-wheeler when reportedly, the car’s driver, went to look at her GPS and veered […]

SEATTLE (AP) — A “duck boat” tour vehicle and a charter bus carrying foreign students to a college orientation event collided on a busy Seattle bridge Thursday, killing four people and sending dozens to hospitals. The crash happened on the Aurora Bridge, which carries one of the city’s main north-south highways over a lake. At […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young was taken to a hospital Monday afternoon as a precaution after a cement truck overturned on a car he was riding in, authorities said. Young, 83, was first treated at roadside by emergency crews after Monday’s accident, Atlanta police spokesman Sgt. Greg Lyon said. Young was in […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Tracy Morgan is fighting to recover from a severe brain injury suffered in a highway crash more than five months ago, and it’s uncertain if he will be “the Tracy Morgan he once was,” his lawyer said Tuesday. Benedict Morelli said the former “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock” star suffered […]

A rainy night in Maryland turns into a scene of tragedy as one car rear-ends another. Two sisters, Typhani Wilkerson, 35, and Tameika Curtis, 32, were killed, along with two children 1-year-old Hassein Boyd and 13-year-old Khadiua Ba. Reports the NY Daily News: On a rainy night in Oxon Hill, a Mercedes crashed into the […]