Category: car accident

Driver Whose Car Vaulted Over Tow Truck Says: ‘I Thought I Was Going to Die’

VALDOSTA, Ga.—A woman whose car was captured on video vaulting into the air over a tow truck and crashing onto a Georgia highway says she’s recovering after spending two weeks in a hospital and undergoing several surgeries. “I don’t really remember much, but I know that I thought I was going to die,” Tanaijsha Bruton…


Quebec Police Say Third Man Dies After Pedestrians Struck by Truck Last Week

Provincial police say a third person has died after a pickup truck crashed into pedestrians in an eastern Quebec town one week ago. Police say Simon-Guillaume Bourget, 41, died on the weekend after being injured last Monday. Two other men, Gérald Charest, 65, and Jean Lafrenière, 73, died after being struck in Amqui, about 350…


87-Year-Old Identified as Montreal Driver Who Hit Baby in Carriage Without Stopping

Montreal police have identified an 87–year–old man who they say was behind the wheel of a vehicle that hit a baby stroller last month and drove off. Police had asked for the public’s help to find the driver, who was recorded hitting a stroller that was being pushed along a Montreal intersection by an Orthodox…


Louisiana Democrat Running for Reelection Dies in Crash

Melville’s Democrat Mayor Velma D. Hendrix, who was running for reelection in the Nov. 8 midterms, died in a car crash just a few hours before the polls were to close. The 84-year-old Democrat was involved in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 190 near LA Highway 741 on Tuesday, according to a Nov. 8…


Italy Investigates US Servicewoman in Crash That Killed Teen

ROME—Italian authorities Monday were investigating a U.S. servicewoman, stationed at an air base in northern Italy, for alleged vehicular homicide in the death of a 15-year-old boy struck by a car on a town road. The woman was driving a car which crashed into the curb at the edge of a roundabout about 2:30 a.m….


3 Children Hurt in Collision Near Santa Ana School

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Three children were injured on Monday, May 23, near Taft Elementary School when a man who had been asked to leave the Santa Ana campus struck them while driving away, authorities said. The 911 call came in at 8:23 a.m., said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Sean Doran. The children were taken to…


Friend Remembers Cadet Who Died in Vehicle Incident for His Sense of Humour, Hard Work

One of four officer cadets who died when their vehicle plunged into water is being remembered as an outgoing athlete who was proud of the hard work he put in at Canada’s Royal Military College. Andrei Honciu had a special way of making people comfortable and acted like a “well-trained class clown,” his high school…


3 Dead in Massive Pile-Up on Florida’s I-95, Explosion Reported

At least three people have died in a series of car accidents in Florida as more than a dozen vehicles were involved in a pile-up, according to reports. The initial accident was reported on Interstate 95 around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, said Kim Montes, a Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman. She added that there were four…


SUV Flips Over Into Michigan Pond, 3 Young Boys Killed

HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich.—A 1-year-old boy who was among three brothers who were trapped inside an SUV that rolled into a southwestern Michigan pond and flipped over died, hours after the two older boys were pronounced dead, officials said Friday. The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office announced that the boy who had been in critical condition since…


Former ‘American Idol’ Star Charged in Fatal DUI Crash

PACOLET, S.C.—A country music singer who was a finalist on TV’s “American Idol” has been charged with driving under the influence resulting in death, South Carolina authorities said Wednesday. Caleb Andrew Kennedy, 17, drove his pickup truck onto a private driveway and struck a residential building in Spartanburg County on Tuesday, killing a man who…