Tag: Accidents
Passenger survives being hit in the head by flying turtle
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It’s not unusual for rocks and other debris to crash through a windshield and injure a driver or passenger —...
Man whose NYC subway pipe-bomb fizzled gets life in prison
NEW YORK — A judge sentenced a Bangladeshi immigrant whose pipe bomb mostly misfired in a busy New York City subway station in 2017...
Consumer Reports tricks Tesla to drive with no one at wheel
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Consumer Reports said Thursday it was able to easily trick a Tesla into driving in the car's Autopilot mode with...
Chicago man charged in road-rage shooting that wounded child
CHICAGO — Attempted murder charges have been filed against a suspect in a road-rage shooting on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive earlier this month that...
South Carolina driver killed by exploding air bag inflator
DETROIT — A driver in South Carolina is the latest person to be killed by an exploding Takata air bag inflator.
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6th body recovered from wreckage of capsized Gulf vessel
NEW ORLEANS — A sixth victim has been recovered from the wreckage of a lift boat that capsized last week off the coast of...
Search for survivors of capsized lift boat ends
CUT OFF, La. — The search for survivors from a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico has closed and attention now turns...
Egypt fires top railway official after deadly train crashes
CAIRO — Egypt’s transportation minister on Tuesday said he sacked the country’s top railway official, following three train accidents in less than a month...
Pilot views obstructed, alerts missing in midair plane crash
WASHINGTON — The pilots of two Alaskan sightseeing planes that collided in midair couldn't see the other aircraft because airplane structures or a passenger...
Two injured in Army helicopter training crash in Alabama
NEW BROCTON, Ala. — Two people were hurt Tuesday when an Army helicopter crashed at a training base in south Alabama, military officials said.
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