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  • June 2008

    • Surplus Signs Driving Motorists to Distraction

      newser  |  Atlantic Monthly  |  Jun 11, 08 2:27 AM CDT

      Surplus Signs Driving Motorists to Distraction

      Drivers in America are often confronted with a forest of signs reminding them of speed limits and traffic control measures—but the overwhelming information may be making roadways more dangerous, John Staddon writes in the Atlantic . The glut of reminders can take drivers' attention away from the road and dull their judgment, resulting in more accidents. More »

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      driving  • car accident  • traffic  • highways  • highway safety

  • May 2008

    • Singer's Son Runs Over Daughter

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 22, 08 10:16 AM CDT

      Singer's Son Runs Over Daughter

      The youngest daughter of Grammy-winning Christian musician Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed yesterday when one of her older brothers ran over the tyke in the family driveway, the AP reports. Several family members witnessed the accident that claimed the life of 5-year-old Maria Sue, who died later at a nearby Nashville hospital. More »

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      murder  • children  • music industry  • Tennessee  • car accident  • accidental death  • Nashville  • foreign adoptions  • Steven Curtis Chapman

    • Oops! Brit Plays Bumper Cars Again

      newser  |  People  |  May 14, 08 9:08 AM CDT

      Oops! Brit Plays Bumper Cars Again

      Almost a month to the day since her last fender bender, Britney Spears rear-ended another car yesterday afternoon, People reports. The poptart, who spent most of her fall from grace aimlessly driving the streets of LA, was out for a midday cruise when she got herself into the latest insurance-swapping incident. More »

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      celebrity  • Los Angeles  • Britney Spears  • car accident

    • Barrymore Rebounds From Hit-and-Run

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 13, 08 1:32 PM CDT

      Barrymore Rebounds From Hit-and-Run

      Drew Barrymore was on the receiving end of a hit-and-run accident in West Hollywood yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The actress was unharmed, and even managed to tail her assailant and snag his license-plate number. Police are looking for the driver. More »

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      Hollywood  • car accident  • hit and run  • Drew Barrymore

    • Curses! 9 Totally Unlucky Films

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 11, 08 12:25 PM CDT

      Curses! 9 Totally Unlucky Films

      Even dramas and spy movies can turn into disaster flicks, either during or after the final wrap. The Los Angeles Times takes a close look at 9 accursed movies. Quantum of Solace : Anything but peaceful, the disaster tally included one lake-submerged Aston Martin, one stabbed technician, and a totaled Alfa Romero. Is it the work of SPECTRE?     More »

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      list  • celebrity  • movies  • car accident  • James Bond  • stunts  • curse

  • April 2008

    • 2 Dead, 21 Hurt in Chicago Truck Crash

      newser  |  Chicago Sun-Times  |  Apr 25, 08 9:14 PM CDT

      2 Dead, 21 Hurt in Chicago Truck Crash

      A speeding semitruck barreled into a Chicago train station today, killing two people and injuring 21—11 critically, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Coming off a freeway in rush hour, the truck hit a bus stop, wedged under a train overpass, and crashed "several steps" up the train platform escalator, one witness told the Chicago Tribune . Several victims are being treated in Chicago hospitals. More »

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      car accident  • car crash  • trucks  • accidental death  • traffic accident

    • Seinfeld Rolls Vintage Car, Is Unhurt

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Apr 3, 08 9:20 AM CDT

      Seinfeld Rolls Vintage Car, Is Unhurt

      What’s the deal with brake lines? Jerry Seinfeld found his suddenly inoperable Saturday night, leading to a spectacular rollover crash in the swanky Hamptons, the New York Post reports. With the car careening out of control, Seinfeld swerved sharply to avoid sailing into an intersection, and the car flipped—a maneuver the police chief said “probably avoided a very serious accident.” More »

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      car accident  • Jerry Seinfeld  • Fiat  • Hamptons  • brakes  • rollover

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • 5 Joyriders Die After Car Flies 200 Feet

      newser  |  Ocala Star-Banner  |  Jan 26, 08 6:50 PM CST

      5 Joyriders Die After Car Flies 200 Feet

      Five young men were killed on a joyride in Florida last night when their speeding car careened off a private airstrip, flew 200 feet in the air, hit a large tree, and split in two. Three were thrown from the car and two were partly ejected, but all were pronounced dead on the scene, the Ocla Star-Banner reports. More »

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      Florida  • student  • airport  • high school  • car accident  • BMW  • wrestler

    • No Cover-Up in Diana Crash, Survivor Says

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 23, 08 1:21 PM CST

      No Cover-Up in Diana Crash, Survivor Says

      Still bearing scars on his face from the 1997 crash that killed Princess Diana, bodyguard Trevor Rees told the inquest into her death today that he isn't part of a British cover-up alleged by Mohammed al-Fayed, Reuters reports. "All I have ever done is give the truth as I see it," said Rees, who has little memory of the accident of which he was the sole survivor. More »

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      Princess Diana  • Diana inquest  • car accident  • Dodi al Fayed  • conspiracy  • Henri Paul  • Mohamed Al Fayed  • Trevor Rees  • bodyguard

    • Clueless Driver Follows GPS Directions Onto Train Tracks

      newser  |  Journal News (NY)  |  Jan 4, 08 10:05 AM CST

      Clueless Driver Follows GPS Directions Onto Train Tracks

      When the GPS in his rental car told him to turn right as was driving over a railroad crossing, a New York area driver obediently followed directions—right onto the tracks. The car got stuck and he abandoned it minutes before a train slammed into it. No one was hurt, but the driver will be billed for the damages. More »

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      driving  • GPS  • car accident  • train

  • December 2007
  • November 2007

    • Two Die in 100-Car Calif. Pileup

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Nov 3, 07 5:40 PM CDT

      Two Die in 100-Car Calif. Pileup

      About 100 cars collided today on a foggy freeway near Fresno, Calif., killing two and injuring dozens, the AP reports. A 6-year-old boy and 28-year-old man died in separate cars and more than three dozen were sent to hospital. Police closed the road to probe the crash, but officials say that seasonal “Tule fog” is the likely cause. “There was probably two-foot visibility when I got here,” said one. “It was really bad.” More »

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      California  • car accident

  • October 2007

    • I-5 Reopens After Gruesome Pileup

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 15, 07 6:36 PM CDT

      I-5 Reopens After Gruesome Pileup

      Some California I-5 lanes reopened today after Friday's massive 15-truck pileup, but police still haven't assessed blame for the blaze. One trucker phoned a friend after slamming into a semi in the tunnel, the Los Angeles Times reports; he described a fire, vehicles exploded and the line went dead. Police say 3 died in the fire, including a 6-year-old boy. More »

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      car accident  • interstates

  • May 2007

    • Times Honcho on the Mend After Truck Accident

      newser  |  New York Observer  |  May 30, 07 10:36 AM CDT

      Times Honcho on the Mend After Truck Accident

      The New York Times managing editor for news headed home yesterday after three weeks in the hospital recovering from injuries suffered when she was hit by a truck. Jill Abramson, who has a broken femur and fractured hip, tells the New York Observer that she still must undergo “an intensive course of physical therapy to re-learn to walk.” More »

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      accident  • New York Times  • news  • injury  • car accident

    • Lohan Arrested in DUI After Hitting Curb

      newser  |  CNN  |  May 26, 07 6:00 PM CDT

      Lohan Arrested in DUI After Hitting Curb

      Lindsay Lohan had a run-in with a curb on Sunset Boulevard early this morning, leading to hospitalization for apparently minor injuries and an arrest for possible DUI.  Cocaine was found on one of the two passengers in her convertible, the AP reports. More »

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      alcohol  • cocaine  • Lindsay Lohan  • paparazzi  • drunk driving  • rehab  • car accident

    • Corzine: Do As I Say, Not As I Did

      newser  |  Newsday  |  May 25, 07 3:21 PM CDT

      Corzine: Do As I Say, Not As I Did

      Jon Corzine dodged a bullet, and he wants to make sure he isn't alone. The New Jersey governor, gravely injured in an SUV crash last month while not wearing a seatbelt, appears in a new 30-second TV ad that makes it clear he's learned his lesson. Today he joined the secretary of transportation to drive home the message: Buckle up. More »

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      safety  • car accident  • Jon Corzine  • highway safety  • seatbelts

    • Pitcher Was Drunk at Wheel

      newser  |  St. Louis Post-Dispatch  |  May 4, 07 4:11 PM CDT

      Pitcher Was Drunk at Wheel

      Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was drunk, speeding, talking on the phone and not wearing a seatbelt when he died in a traffic accident, officials announced today. The St. Louis medical examiner said the 29-year-old right-hander's blood-alcohol level was 0.157, nearly twice the legal limit, when he crashed his SUV early Sunday morning. More »

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      MLB  • accident  • death  • St. Louis Cardinals  • drunk driving  • car accident

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