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Woman Jailed in Crash Linked to Facebook Feud

Torrie Emery gets up to 60 years after deadly accident

(Newser) - A woman who caused another car to crash in a high-speed chase was sentenced to 18 to 60 years in prison after pleading no contest to second-degree murder, the AP reports. Torrie Emery, 23, had been trading hostile Facebook posts with 21-year-old Danielle Booth over the affections of man in... More »

Ex-Congress Aide Found Dead in Burning Car

Ashley Turton's death investigated for odd circumstances

(Newser) - A long-time Congressional aide was found dead in her garage after a low-speed car crash that appeared to have started a fire, Politico reports. Police think Ashley Turton, who had recently worked as a lobbyist, crashed through her garage door, starting a fire that consumed car, garage and driver. “... More »

Man Crashes Into Ambulance Carrying His Daughter

He admitted to police he was driving too fast as he rushed home

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania man rushing home after hearing his daughter had suffered a seizure collided almost head-on … with the ambulance that was transporting the little girl. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt, WNEP reports. The four-year-old girl, who was not injured in the Friday night crash, was taken to the... More »

Study: Time for Fat Crash Dummies

Obesity brings higher risk of death in car crashes: study

(Newser) - Obese people face a much higher risk of death in car crashes—so doctors say we should be building overweight crash test dummies, the Daily Mail reports. A study of more than 150,000 US car crashes found that moderately obese people were 21% more likely to die in car... More »

Faulty Camry Blamed for Deadly Crash

Vehicle had been recalled to fix accelerator problem

(Newser) - A faulty Toyota is being blamed for yet another deadly crash, this time involving a vehicle that had already been recalled. Investigators believe an accelerator problem on a Toyota Camry was the likely cause of a crash that killed two people in Utah and injured two others, AP reports. The... More »

Was Obama's Dad Murdered?

Family members question 'car accident' story

(Newser) - The official story is that President Obama’s father died after crashing his car into a tree—but Obama’s family in Kenya fears foul play had a hand in his death, according to a book Peter Firstbrook is working on about the Obamas. Though Barack Sr.’s car... More »

Firefighter Filmed, Posted Video of Woman's Death

Parents sent link to gruesome online clip

(Newser) - A Georgia couple who discovered a gruesome video of their daughter's death posted online wants the rules changed so no other family will have to go through the anguish they suffered. The video was taken with a cell phone by a firefighter who arrived on the scene soon after the... More »

Ex-NFL Star Drives Car Off Cliff

Junior Seau injured in car crash after domestic violence arrest

(Newser) - Former NFL star Junior Seau has been hospitalized after driving his car off a cliff in California. The ex-linebacker had been arrested on domestic violence charges and released on bail hours earlier, CNN reports. His 25-year-old live-in girlfriend sustained minor injuries in the domestic incident, according to cops. Seau, star... More »

Police Fatally Shoot Pace Univ. Football Player

Danroy Henry drove into two cops outside bar fight

(Newser) - Police shot and killed a Pace University football player after he drove his car into two officers outside a bar where customers were fighting early yesterday morning, the New York Daily News reports. Danroy Henry and two friends were parked in a fire lane outside the bar; after police responding... More »

Transformers Filming Suspended After Crash

Police SUV slams into 'Bumblebee' during filming

(Newser) - The character "Bumblebee" was involved in an unscripted crash during the filming of a Transformers 3 car chase in Washington DC. A police SUV slammed into the yellow Chevy Camaro as it drove through an intersection that had been cordoned off by police, Fox reports. The officer, an explosives... More »

Speeding Teen Crashes Into House, Kills Girl

Sixteen-year-old driver only had learner's permit

(Newser) - A 16-year-old driving more than twice the speed limit crashed into a Brooklyn home yesterday, killing his 13-year-old passenger. Eric Hakimisefat has his junior driver's permit, but seemingly wasn't following two of the permit's regulations as he drove the victim and her brother home: There was no adult in the... More »

Tom Brady OK After Car Crash

He looked 'shook up,' but went to practice

(Newser) - Tom Brady is fine following a car crash in Boston this morning, the New England Patriots confirm. Brady was driving an Audi sedan that collided with a minivan at 6:34am, the Globe reports. Though Brady was able to get out of the car and walk, an unconscious man in... More »

US Ambassador Kills Nun in Car Crash

Priest injured in Calif. wreck

(Newser) - An elderly nun was killed when the car she was riding in, driven by US Ambassador to Malta Douglas Kmiec, drifted onto a dirt shoulder and hit a drainage ditch in Los Angeles County yesterday. Kmiec and his other passenger, a 94-year-old pastor, were taken to hospital with serious injuries,... More »

Driver Somehow Survives 'Disintegrating' Crash

(Newser) - When the phone rings, but it's not God at the other end, well, it means that it's not your time. Ask Brennan Eden. The 19-year-old's 1985 Pontiac Firebird went airborne, smashed into a pillar, and disintegrated early yesterday morning. But he's still around to talk about it, though he remains... More »

Texting While Driving Likely Caused Celeb Surgeon's Crash

Heidi Montag's doctor went over Malibu cliff

(Newser) - Dr. Frank Ryan, plastic surgeon to the stars, was texting while driving just before he went over a cliff in Malibu and died, his ex-girlfriend tells People . Ryan, who performed surgery on Heidi Montag among others, reportedly went over the side around 4:30pm. Shortly before that, he tweeted a... More »

2 Dead, 50 Injured in Missouri Crash

Accident on I-44 involved two school buses, tractor-trailer

(Newser) - Two people are dead and about 50 injured after a highway crash involving two school buses, a tractor-trailer, and an SUV in Missouri, reports KMOX . The buses were reportedly carrying teenagers from a school band. The accident occurred on I-44 this morning, though it's unclear what caused it. More »

Teen Declared Dead in Crash Found Alive a Week Later

Hospital mix-up confuses Abby Guerra for Marlena Cantu

(Newser) - A tragic hospital mix-up has brought one teen back from the dead, while deepening another family's heartache. The family of 19-year-old Abby Guerra was told the soccer player died in a July 18 car crash. On Saturday, as they made the final preparations for her funeral, they learned that she... More »

Woman Crashes Car, Blames Vampire

Encountering the undead in the middle of the road is startling

(Newser) - Attention motorists: Be on the alert for vampires in Colorado. One woman who crashed into a canal Sunday night after throwing her SUV into reverse has a perfectly reasonable explanation for the accident: She saw a vampire in the middle of the road! Neither the undead creature nor the car... More »

Woman Gets in Argument, Causes Crash, Gives Birth

She was fighting with someone in the back seat

(Newser) - Paramedics were already on the scene when a pregnant woman started having contractions on the side of the interstate in Ohio Saturday—because she’d just caused a five-car accident. Police say the 20-year-old stopped dead in the left lane of I-77 because she was having a fight with a... More »

Mandela's Great-Grandchild Killed in World Cup Crash

13-year-old was in car accident after concert

(AP) - Nelson Mandela's 13-year-old great-granddaughter was killed in a car crash on the way home from a concert in Soweto on the eve of the World Cup. Zenani Mandela died in the one-car accident after attending the World Cup kickoff concert at the Orlando Stadium. Police have charged the unidentified driver... More »

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