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NEWS ABOUT: traffic fatalities

traffic fatalities stories: 10 news summaries

 Pols, Drivers Dial Up 
 Cell Phone Danger 

It's just as bad as drunk driving, and millions do it

Jul 19, 09 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Driving while talking on the phone—regardless of whether you're using a hands-free device—impairs your attention and reflexes as much as a blood alcohol content of .08, according to studies. With 81% of drivers admitting to gabbing in traffic, it might seem that stricter laws are inevitable, writes the... More »

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cell phones • legislation • driver distraction • hands-free cell phone • traffic fatalities

(Newser) - Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car crash early this morning, the Los Angeles Times reports. Hours after the 22-year-old rookie delivered six shutout innings against Oakland, his car was sideswiped by a minivan running a red light. Two others in Adenhart’s vehicle were dead at the... More »

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California • MLB • car accident • Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim • car crash • pitcher • hit-and-run • baseball • traffic fatalities • Nick Adenhart

(Newser) - Cleveland Browns receiver Donte Stallworth will likely be charged today with DUI manslaughter for a March 14 crash that killed a Florida pedestrian, the Miami Herald reports. Stallworth hit Mario Reyes early in the morning as Reyes was running for a bus after work. Stallworth had a blood alcohol... More »

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Cleveland Browns • Miami • DUI • vehicular manslaughter • traffic fatalities • Donte' Stallworth • Mario Reyes

Storm Kills 19, Cuts Power
to 600K in South, Midwest

Winter bears down (again) on Northeast, trigger travel troubles, and worse

Jan 28, 09 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - A storm sweeping from the middle of the country into the Northeast today has left at least 19 dead and cut power to 600,000 people, the AP reports. In hard-hit states like Arkansas, where power companies warned service might not return for days, 3 inches of ice weighed down... More »

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Northeast • Arkansas • United States • Oklahoma • power outage • winter storm • ice storm • winter weather • East Coast • traffic fatalities

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

 Funny Car Racer 
 Killed in NHRA Crash 

Kalitta's car erupts in flames at 300 mph

Jun 22, 08 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Drag racer Scott Kalitta was killed yesterday after his Funny Car burst into flames as it crashed in an NHRA race, AP reports. The Toyota Solara driven by the 46-year-old former Top Fuel champ had been going 300 mph in a race to qualify for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals... More »

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car crash • drag racing • traffic fatalities

8 Killed in Street Race Crash

At least 3 more injured, including driver, on Maryland speed strip

Feb 16, 08 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - A driver skidded into a crowd of street-race spectators in Maryland this morning and killed eight people, but later told police he was not part of the race, the Washington Post reports. The driver and at least four others were injured in the crash, which also killed the car's passenger.... More »

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Maryland • car accident • police • car crash • street racing • traffic fatalities

Cartoonist Killed in Car Crash

Kudzu creator Doug Marlette dead at 57

Jul 11, 07 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and creator of Kudzu died yesterday when a car he was riding in hydroplaned in heavy rain and crashed into a tree in Mississippi. Doug Marlette, 57,  worked for a series of newspapers, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and was known for his dead-on caricatures... More »

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obituary • cartoon • editorial cartoons • cartoonist • traffic fatalities

Halberstam Dies in Car Crash

Prize-winning writer who blended journalism with history was 73

Apr 23, 07 10:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who wrote definitive annals of everything from the Vietnam War to pro football, was killed in a car crash in Menlo Park, Calif., today. Halberstam, who wrote 21 books, was on his way to interview former New York Giants quarterback Y.A. Tittle when... More »

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sports • Vietnam • David Halberstam • obituary • Pulitzer Prize • Menlo Park • journalism • car crash • journalists killed • traffic fatalities

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