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NEWS ABOUT: traffic accident

traffic accident stories: 17 news summaries
COLLATERAL DAMAGE

En Route to Daily Show,
a Not-So-Funny Incident

3 injured in Biden motorcade wreck

Nov 17, 09 8:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Three people were injured tonight when New York police clearing the way for Vice President Joe Biden’s appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart collided with a livery cab trying to skirt the stopped traffic. “They T-boned him,” a witness told the Post of the incident,... More »

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entertainment • Joe Biden • New York City • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • neck injury • motorcade • traffic accident • head injury • livery cab

(Newser) - “Beer bikes”—party vehicles that combine two of Amsterdam's favorite things—are under scrutiny after two recent accidents involving the gizmos, Reuters reports. Each large conveyance seats 10 peddlers at a central bar while a non-drinker steers. “This beer bike is completely legal,” said a transport... More »

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weird • alcohol • motorists • drinking • Amsterdam • Holland • bicycle • traffic accident • beer bike

 UK Paid for Truck That 
 Killed Tsvangirai's Wife 

Party plans independent investigation into crash

Mar 8, 09 5:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The truck that killed the wife of Zimbabwe's prime minister was funded by Britain and registered with US officials in Harare, the Times of London reports. The driver, who said he had dozed off, was transporting anti-HIV drugs when he crashed into a vehicle carrying Morgan Tsvangirai and his wife.... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • aid • car crash • assassination attempt • HIV/AIDS • traffic accident

Culkin Sister Was Drunk When Killed 

Coroner says Dakota's blood-alcohol level was 3 times state limit

Jan 21, 09 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Macaulay Culkin’s sister was drunk when she was struck and killed by a car in Los Angeles last month, E! Online reports. Dakota Culkin, 29, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.31%, more than triple California’s legal limit. “It might have influenced her decision to walk into... More »

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drinking • death • accidental death • traffic accident • drunk • Macaulay Culkin • Dakota Culkin

 Snow Frosts New Orleans 


Dec 11, 08 2:17 PM CST
(Newser) - For the first time since Christmas 2004, snow fell today in New Orleans, shuttering schools and causing accidents on the region’s roads, the Times-Picayune reports. The snowfall has mostly tapered off or turned to freezing rain, leaving some damage behind. About 7,000 homes lost power statewide, and... More »

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weather • New Orleans • power outage • snow • snowstorm • traffic accident • flight delays • precipitation • school closing

(Newser) - Macaulay Culkin’s older sister, Dakota, died yesterday at UCLA Hospital after being hit by a car the night before, E! reports. She was struck by a vehicle when she stepped into a Los Angeles street; the driver attempted to help her, and police determined he was not under the... More »

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film • Los Angeles • UCLA Medical Center • traffic accident • Macaulay Culkin • Dakota Culkin • fatality

ANALYSIS

 Honked Off: 
 Car Horns 
 More Harm 
 Than Good 

Horns are hard to ban, but may make drivers more reckless

Nov 26, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The next time you honk your car’s horn, you might want to ask why you're doing it. Grabbing the horn by the bull for Slate, Dave Johns thinks you’re probably too close to do anything but tell your obstacle to get out of the way. That’s because... More »

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car safety • traffic accident • cars • automobile • Car horns • honking

 Kate Busted 
 Driving While 
 Yakking 

Nabbed chatting on cell on country road

Oct 14, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Royal and apparently naughty girlfriend Kate Middleton was snapped by a photographer happily chatting on her cell phone while driving, in defiance of Britain's strict ban on using the devices behind the wheel, reports the Sun. Prince William's 26-year-old gal pal was deep in conversation as she tooled along a... More »

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Prince William • Kate Middleton • cell phones • traffic • British royals • traffic accident

Nissan's New Safety System Uses Bee Logic

Lasers will mimic compound eyes to detect, avoid obstacles

Sep 26, 08 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nissan is set to unveil new collision-avoidance technology modeled on the behavior of bees, PC World reports, with a small robot car to demonstrate the system in Japan next week. The automakers’ engineers have developed laser range-finders that mimic the insects’ ability to adjust their path and avoid collisions by... More »

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bees • Nissan • safety • auto industry • auto technology • laser • car safety • traffic accident

High Gas Prices Mean Fewer Traffic Deaths

People are changing where, when,
and how they drive

Aug 25, 08 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of traffic deaths may drop this year to their lowest since Kennedy was president—thanks in large part to higher gas prices, the AP reports. As they rose above $3.20 a gallon, fatalities plummeted 22.1% in March and 17.9% in April, a study found. The... More »

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driving • gas prices • car safety • fatalities • teenage drivers • traffic accident • traffic fatalities

 Motorcycle Deaths Rise 6.6%

Overall traffic deaths down but motorbike deaths up for 10th year in a row

Aug 15, 08 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of motorcyclist deaths rose in 2007 for the 10th year in a row, the New York Times reports, jumping 6.6% even as the overall number of vehicle deaths continued to drop. Motorcycle deaths now account for one in eight traffic fatalities, totaling 5,154 last year—a... More »

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highway safety • accident • driving • motorcycle crash • road safety • traffic accident • drivers • traffic fatalities

Waiting for Green Has Gas-Conscious Seeing Red

Needless idling in turn lanes irks Calif. drivers

Jun 11, 08 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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traffic • fuel • gas prices • highways • traffic accident • fuel costs • traffic light

 Londoner Dies in
 Double-Decker Crash 

Bus runs into tree, killing bystander and injuring 19

May 20, 08 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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London • United Kingdom • public transportation • traffic accident • bus accident

 2 Dead, 21 Hurt in
 Chicago Truck Crash 

Semi barrels into bus stop and train station during rush hour

Apr 25, 08 9:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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

 44 Children
 Killed in India
 Bus Plunge 

Rescuers only save four

Apr 16, 08 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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. "... More »

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India • traffic accident • Gujarat

 Oops! She Screwed Up Again! 

Britney in new traffic accident

Apr 13, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Britney Spears • driving • traffic accident

Power Returns to Millions in Fla.

Authorities rule out terrorism but disagree on cause

Feb 26, 08 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Florida • Miami • power outage • nuclear power plant • blackout • traffic accident

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