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Dad Buys Car, Promptly Shows Kids What Not to Do

Jan 11, 2019 1:41 PM CST

What Not to Do After Buying Your Car

Please refrain from doing doughnuts in a parking lot with live power poles

(Newser) - A man in Riverside, Ohio, gave his two children a driving lesson in all the wrong ways. Police say the unidentified man bought a Pontiac G8 and decided to show off for his kids, the oldest one in high school, by doing doughnuts in a Kmart parking lot, reports the...

For Boston Marathon Survivor, One More Setback

Boston Marathon Survivor
'Broken' After Another Setback

Jan 7, 2019 9:45 AM CST

Boston Marathon Survivor 'Broken' After Another Setback

Adrianne Haslet is struck by a car, has surgery

(Newser) - She lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombing, only to return to run the race again , as well as to dance . Now Adrianne Haslet has suffered another blow. She was hit by a car Saturday evening in Boston and already has undergone surgery, reports TMZ . "Struck by a...

14-Year-Old Charged With Murder After Egging Leads to a Death

Boy, 14, Charged With
Murder After Egging
Leads to Death

Jan 2, 2019 11:05 AM CST

Boy, 14, Charged With Murder After Egging Leads to Death

Woman was killed as fleeing boys allegedly ran red light, hit her truck

(Newser) - An egging prank ended with a murder charge after a New Year's Day tragedy near Houston. Police say a 14-year-old male driver and two teenage passengers were inside a GMC Acadia Tuesday afternoon, throwing eggs at cars driving by on a road in Aldine, when the driver of one...

He Was Hit by a Car.
She Couldn't Live Without Him

Dec 29, 2018 9:35 AM CST

He Was Hit by a Car. She Couldn't Live Without Him

Jason Francis and Alice Robinson die within hours of each other in Perth, Australia

(Newser) - A tragic end for a British couple that moved to Australia less than a year ago: Jason Francis was out day-drinking in Perth on Saturday with friends who said they put him in a cab home to his girlfriend of eight years after he became drunk. The 29-year-old reportedly ended...

BMW Goes Airborne Right Into Tunnel Roof

How This Guy Lived,
We Have No Idea

video

Dec 22, 2018 10:05 AM CST

How This Guy Lived, We Have No Idea

The driver was apparently sober, too

(Newser) - Amazing this guy is even alive. Stunning video footage shows a BMW launching 20 feet in the air off a concrete barrier, smashing into the top of a tunnel, and flipping over before rolling to a halt near Poprad, Slovakia, ABC News reports. Police say the 44-year-old driver was alone...

Woman: 'Why Is There a Truck
in My Living Room?'

Dec 15, 2018 1:10 PM CST

Woman: 'Why Is There a Truck in My Living Room?'

Vehicle smashes into Massachusetts home

(Newser) - A pickup truck has smashed through a home in Massachusetts, barely missing a woman who was asleep on her couch. Police say the crash happened around 11:30am Thursday in Templeton, the AP reports. Tracy Samuels, who was sleeping on the couch, says she heard a loud bang, woke up...

An Early Morning Crash, Then 5 Hours in the River

Rescuers Find Very Alive
Man in Submerged Car

Dec 13, 2018 7:56 AM CST

Rescuers Find Very Alive Man in Submerged Car

After his car crashed into a California river, Michael Finn was able to breathe thanks to air pocket

(Newser) - It took more than two hours to extract him from his vehicle, and he'd been trapped inside it for more than two hours before that. Michael Finn is lucky to be alive after being pulled out of California's Klamath River early Wednesday after an accident that sent his...

Devoted Mom 'Lost Everything'
on This Stretch of Road

Dec 9, 2018 2:51 PM CST

Devoted Mom 'Lost Everything' on This Stretch of Road

Three of Jackie Brown's young children die in accident

(Newser) - A South Carolina mother "lost everything" Friday when three of her young children died in a car crash and a fourth was critically hurt, the Greenville News reports. "Those children were her strength. She lost everything," says Crystal Griffith, a co-worker of Jackie Brown at Taco Bell...

Sarah Hyland
Tweet-Blasts
Cousin's 'Murderer'

Dec 4, 2018 5:33 AM CST

Sarah Hyland Tweet-Blasts Cousin's 'Murderer'

Trevor Canaday, 14, killed by alleged drunk driver in Nebraska

(Newser) - Modern Family star Sarah Hyland is taking a break from Twitter as she mourns her teenage cousin, killed by an alleged drunk driver in Nebraska over the weekend. Trevor Canaday, 14, was traveling with his father to a show choir event in Omaha on Saturday when a driver ran a...

Tractor Driven by Dog
Kills Millionaire Farmer

Nov 24, 2018 4:30 PM CST

Tractor Driven by Dog Kills Millionaire Farmer

The death is called 'a very tragic accident'

(Newser) - A multimillionaire farmer met an untimely end when a tractor driven by his pet dog crushed him to death, the Independent reports. Derek Mead, 70, was apparently building a rock garden at his home in England last June when he got out of the vehicle, leaving it in neutral without...

They Were Driving to Their
Wedding. Instead, Tragedy

Nov 19, 2018 10:40 AM CST

They Were Driving to Their Wedding. Instead, Tragedy

Couple killed in crash en route to nuptials

(Newser) - Kathryn Schurtz and Joseph Kearney were on their way to their wedding when the unthinkable happened Wednesday. The New Jersey couple was driving to Pittsburgh for the nuptials when a crash occurred ahead of them on I-78 in Windsor Township, Pa. Traffic slowed, but a tractor-trailer behind the couple wasn'...

Driver in Crash That Killed
Broadway Star's Child,
Unborn Baby Kills Self

Nov 7, 2018 10:25 AM CST

Driver in Crash That Killed Broadway Star's Child, Unborn Baby Kills Self

Dorothy Bruns was facing 15 years in jail

(Newser) - The woman charged with hitting and killing two young children in a Brooklyn crosswalk in March was found dead Tuesday in an apparent suicide, NBC New York reports. Dorothy Bruns, 44, was charged in May with crimes including manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and assault and was facing 15 years behind...

Pickup Kills 3 Girl Scouts,
Adult Picking Up Trash

Nov 4, 2018 5:30 AM CST

Pickup Kills 3 Girl Scouts, Adult Picking Up Trash

Another girl is in critical condition in Wisconsin

(Newser) - It's another hard-to-fathom road accident involving kids . A pickup truck in rural Wisconsin veered off the road Saturday morning and struck a group of Girl Scouts and their chaperones who were picking up trash, reports the NBC News . Three fourth-graders and one adult woman were killed, and a fourth...

They Were Waiting
for the Bus. Then,
Backpacks Everywhere

Nov 2, 2018 12:10 PM CDT

They Were Waiting for the Bus. Then, Backpacks Everywhere

Tampa car crash that injured 7 is 5th time in 3 days that accidents occurred at or near bus stops

(Newser) - School safety has become a nationwide issue , but now school bus stops are also in the spotlight, for a completely different reason. CNN notes that, for the fifth time in three days, kids have been injured or killed at or near bus stops, with the latest story coming out of...

Driver 'Trusted in What the
Limo Company Said': Widow

Oct 10, 2018 9:44 AM CDT

Driver 'Trusted in What the Limo Company Said': Widow

Kim Lisinicchia says fatal crash 'still would've happened' despite husband lacking permit

(Newser) - The widow of limousine driver Scott Lisinicchia, one of 20 to die in Saturday's crash in upstate New York, says Prestige Limousine "should have been more responsible." Kim Lisinicchia describes multiple safety violations by company vehicles as "unacceptable" for "a company where you have people'...

2 Sets of Newlyweds, 4 Sisters
Among Limo Crash Victims

Oct 8, 2018 6:47 AM CDT

2 Sets of Newlyweds, 4 Sisters Among Limo Crash Victims

Tragedy in upstate New York is worst US crash in 9 years

(Newser) - More details have emerged in the horrific upstate New York stretch limousine crash that killed 20 people in the nation's deadliest transportation accident since 2009. Friends and relatives say the 17 passengers killed Saturday include Amy Steenburg, who was celebrating her 30th birthday, her husband, Axel, her three sisters,...

Horrific Limo Crash Kills 20

Oct 7, 2018 12:14 PM CDT

Horrific Limo Crash Kills 20

The vehicle apparently barreled over a hill in New York state

(Newser) - A crash involving a limousine at an upstate New York tourist spot killed 20 people, officials said Sunday. A person with knowledge of the investigation tells the AP that 18 of the victims were in the limo and two were bystanders. Local officials tell the Times Union of Albany that...

YouTube Star Kills Mom,
Daughter in Fatal Crash

Aug 25, 2018 4:30 PM CDT

YouTube Star Kills Mom, Daughter in Fatal Crash

Trevor Heitmann, 18, was driving the wrong way when he killed Aileen Pizarro and her daughter Aryana

(Newser) - A YouTube star driving the wrong way on a California freeway Thursday smashed into an SUV and took three lives, including his own. Trevor Heitmann, 18, was apparently in a troubled state when he drove his sports car south on the northbound I-805 and killed Aileen Pizarro, 43, and her...

George Clooney
Hit by Car in Italy

Jul 10, 2018 10:05 AM CDT

George Clooney Hit by Car in Italy

Actor is 'fine,' escaped with only minor injuries, after collision on his motorbike

(Newser) - George Clooney is "fine" but recovering after he was hit by a car in Sardinia on Tuesday. Clooney had departed his Costa Corallina hotel on what's variously described as a motorbike or scooter when he was hit by a car around 8:15am local time. Per CNN , Clooney—...

Car Crash Kills
Entire Family
—Except One

Jul 8, 2018 9:30 AM CDT

Car Crash Kills Entire Family —Except One

Mary Rose Trinidad is currently in stable condition

(Newser) - The sole survivor of a horrific Delaware car crash is Mary Rose Trinidad, whose husband and four children all died in the Friday accident, People reports. Trinidad was admitted to hospital with serious injuries and is currently in stable condition and alert. Dead on the scene were Mary's husband,...

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