Stories related to: traffic accident

Though their safety value in heavy traffic isn't disputed, some Californians are starting to see left-turn arrows as a drag on ever-pricier gas and an avoidable threat to the environment, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reports. The California Energy Commission estimates that idling for 2 minutes (often a needless waste of time, some say) uses the same amount of fuel as driving 1 mile. More »

A double-decker bus crashed into a tree this morning near Tower Bridge, one of London's most famous landmarks, leaving one woman dead and 19 people injured. The victim was believed to be a pedestrian in her early 20s. Bystanders told the Times of London that the bus windows had been smashed and that the top deck of the bus had "pretty much caved in." More »

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 »

At least 44 children and three adults were killed today when a school bus plunged into a canal in the western Indian state of Gujurat. Most of the victims were on their way to a school exam, reports Reuters. Only four children were rescued and several were still missing. "Everything has ended for her," one mom said of her daughter, who was delighted about an upcoming holiday. More »

Troubled pop tart Britney Spears was in yet another traffic incident yesterday when she ran her 2008 Mercedes into a car in front of her in stalled traffic on a Los Angeles freeway. That car, in turn, hit the one in front of it. No one was injured and no damage was reported. Spears has been involved in a spate of traffic incidents, from driving with her son on her lap to a hit-and-run in a parking lot. More »

A blackout that cut off millions of Florida residents today is ending, authorities say, but they disagree on the cause. Florida Power & Light blames a substation west of Miami for sparking the outage, and a state emergency office says a station south of Miami suffered a mechanical failure that triggered two nuclear plants to go offline, the St. Petersburg Times reports. More »