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accident stories: 126 news summaries

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 21 Killed in India Train Wreck 

Train plows into rear car reserved for women, disabled

Oct 21, 09 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Indian passenger train plowed into another near the Taj Mahal early today, killing 21 people and injuring more than a dozen. The rear car of the struck train, which was reserved for women and disabled passengers, took the brunt of the impact. Soldiers and villagers near the accident in... More »

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India • Taj Mahal • accident • train crash • deaths

 Daredevil 
 Stunts 
 Crippling 
 Cheerleaders 

Serious injuries skyrocket as performers take to the air

Oct 13, 09 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - American high school and college cheerleaders are losing teeth, breaking backs and becoming paralyzed in increasingly dangerous stunts that agonized parents and experts say should be stopped. "I didn't know that they were throwing her up in the air.  Why would the school allow that?" asked one stunned... More »

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high school • health • college • accident • paralysis • cheerleading • male cheerleaders • cheerleaders

 Blanchett 
 Bloodied 
 in Stage 
 Accident 

In Streetcar performance, radio destined for window finds her head instead

Sep 2, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cate Blanchett left the stage of a Sydney performance of A Streetcar Named Desire with a bloodied head after a prop mishap, the Telegraph reports. A co-star charged with throwing a radio out of window during a fight “sort of slipped and hit her in the head,... More »

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entertainment • theater • Australia • accident • Cate Blanchett • Sydney • head injury • Tennessee Williams • A Streetcar Named Desire

(Newser) - A horrifying car crash video graphically highlighting the gory dangers of texting behind the wheel has been viewed some 4 million times online. But experts doubt that it will significantly change teen driver behavior, reports the New York Times. The video-gone-viral has been the buzz of schools since it... More »

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YouTube • video • car crash • accident • driving • viral video • texting • teenage drivers • teenager • reckless driving • viral marketing

13-Year-Old Runs Over,
Kills Father

Bronx man, 45, was teaching boy to drive Porsche SUV

Aug 19, 09 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 13-year-old Bronx boy accidentally killed his father last night while trying to park the family’s Porsche SUV, the New York Post reports. The family had just eaten at a restaurant, and waiters heard the boy ask if he could move the car. John Cedeno, 45, stood beside the... More »

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car accident • accident • Bronx • accidental death • Porsche • child • John Cedeno


 Tyler Just Glad He 
 Didn't Break His Neck 

He's grateful injuries aren't worse

Aug 14, 09 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Steven Tyler’s fall from the stage last week brings an early end to Aerosmith's summer tour, Entertainment Tonight reports. “Words can't express the sadness I feel for having to cancel this tour,” Joe Perry wrote on the band’s website. Tyler also spoke out for the... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • injury • accident • concert • Aerosmith • concert tour • Steven Tyler

(Newser) - Thirty years after Yankees captain Thurman Munson died in a plane crash, the New York Daily News looks back at athletes "gone too soon": Roberto Clemente (Dec. 31, 1972): His plane went down while trying to deliver supplies to Nicaragua earthquake victims. Search parties never found Clemente's body.... More »

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Pat Tillman • athlete • death • plane crash • Dale Earnhardt Sr. • accident

 Idol Hit-and-Run 
 Suspect Was 
 Fleeing Cops 

Was running from previous collision when he allegedly hit Cohen

Jul 28, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The driver suspected of killing outspoken American Idol contestant Alexis Cohen was fleeing police at the time of the hit-and-run, People reports. Authorities say Daniel J. Bark, 23, hit a parked car, refused to stop for a bicycle cop, and was pulled over minutes later—allegedly after fatally... More »

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entertainment • American Idol • New Jersey • drunk driving • death • accident • singer • hit-and-run • Alexis Cohen

(Newser) - A suspect has been arrested in the hit-and-run death of sassy former American Idol contestant Alexis Cohen, TMZ reports. Her body was found by a New Jersey roadway over the weekend, 350 yards from her parked car. The 23-year-old driver faces charges of reckless driving causing death and leaving the... More »

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American Idol • accident • singer • hit-and-run • Alexis Cohen • Daniel Bark

Freak Accident Nearly Kills Grand Prix Racer 

Car part bounces off track, fractures Felipe Massa's skull

Jul 26, 09 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Brazilian auto racer is in “life-threatening,” though stable, condition after a spring from another car bounced off the track and hit the driver in the helmet, knocking him unconscious as he drove into a barrier, the Independent reports. Felipe Massa’s surgery for multiple skull fractures was... More »

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auto racing • accident • Hungary • Ferrari • hospitalization • head injury • Felipe Massa

(Newser) - A feisty former American Idol contestant who boldly lashed out at Simon Cowell has been killed in a hit-and-run accident in a Jersey seaside resort, reports the New York Daily News. Alexis Cohen, known to TV viewers as "Glitter Girl" because of the glitter she wore during an Idol ... More »

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American Idol • New Jersey • Simon Cowell • accident • song • singer • hit-and-run • Glitter Girl • Alexis Cohen

 4 Killed in 
 Md. Highway 
 Copter Crash 

Commercial helicopter bursts into flames after crashing into interstate

Jul 24, 09 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - All four people on board were killed when a helicopter crashed into an interstate highway in western Maryland last night and burst into flames, AP reports. No cars were hit as the commercial helicopter smashed into the I-70. Witnesses say the helicopter appeared to be trying to land on the... More »

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Maryland • interstates • helicopter • accident • helicopter crash

New Autopsy: 
Peterson's 3rd 
Wife Murdered

Bruises show struggle; coroner had called death accidental

Jul 23, 09 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Drew Peterson’s third wife was killed, a new autopsy says, countering the original coroner’s report that concluded Kathleen Savio’s death was an accident, CNN reports. Bruises point to a struggle in the new autopsy by a top forensic pathologist. Peterson, a former Illinois cop, has been charged... More »

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murder • autopsy • accident • Kathleen Savio • Drew Peterson • coroner

(Newser) - A collision of two streetcars today at a municipal station in San Francisco left 44 people injured, three seriously, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The driver who rear-ended another train was hurt the worst; the crash shattered the front window of the train and crumpled its nose. "This is... More »

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San Francisco • crash • accident • rail travel

Hybrid Owners Have More Accidents, Get More Tickets

Environmentally-conscious motorists also drive more, study says

Jul 17, 09 6:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Owners of hybrid vehicles tend to drive more, have higher repair bills, and get more tickets than their gas-guzzling counterparts, the Car Connection reports. A study of the behavior of 360,000 motorists found insurers pay 17% more for comprehensive coverage of hybrid owners compared to owners of conventional models.... More »

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insurance • Toyota Prius • accident • driving • Prius • hybrid car • vehicle • cars • gas mileage • automobile • traffic violation • gasoline

updated

Pope Slips
on Vacation, Breaks Wrist

Injury is 'nothing serious,' says pontiff spokesman

Jul 17, 09 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI broke his wrist today after slipping and falling in his room during a vacation in the Italian Alps,  reports the New York Times. "It's nothing serious," said a Vatican spokesman. Benedict, who even celebrated Mass before going to the hospital by car, is expected... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Italy • injury • accident

(Newser) - A New Jersey man encountered literal death by chocolate yesterday after falling into an 8-foot vat of the stuff, CNN reports. The factory worker fell off a platform while loading solid chocolate into the melting vat. The 29-year-old's colleagues rushed to shut off the machinery, but he suffered a fatal... More »

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accident • factory • chocolate • accidental death

Thirteen Bodies, Plane Wreckage Found Near Tanzania

Remains suspected to be from Yemenia flight

Jul 7, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thirteen bodies found off the coast of Tanzania’s Mafia Island may be the remains of passengers from the Yemen Airways flight that crashed into the Indian Ocean last week, Reuters reports. Tanzanian authorities say that airplane seats and what may be part of an airplane wing were also found... More »

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Africa • flight • Tanzania • plane crash • Indian Ocean • Comoros • accident • remains • bodies • Yemenia Air

(Newser) - The Washington subway car that rear-ended another yesterday, killing nine passengers, was two months overdue for brake maintenance, a Metro source tells the Post today. “These components are supposed to be changed out to prevent failures,” the source said; officials have not said if they think the car’... More »

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accident • brakes • Washington Metro • Washington, DC • subway accident

(Newser) - Experts suspect yesterday’s deadly subway collision in Washington was the result of both a system failure and human error, the Washington Post reports. The city’s trains are run by onboard computers, which should, theoretically, prevent trains from colliding. The system has failed once before, in 2005, but... More »

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subway • Washington DC • accident • Washington Metro • train crash • collisions • subway accident

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