Category: car

Body Cam Captures Deputy Lifting Overturned Car Single-Handedly, Saving Trapped Woman’s Life

When a Gloucester County Sheriff’s Deputy saw a vehicle spun off the road, he immediately sprang into action. By summoning all his strength to lift a car for a woman with her head trapped beneath the sunroof to crawl free, he saved her life. Holt was assisting Virginia State Police with a suspected DUI accident…


Italian Cable Car Crash Kills 9, Injures 2 Children

ROME—Nine people died and two children were seriously injured on Sunday when a cable car linking Italy’s Lake Maggiore with a nearby mountain in the Alps plunged to the ground. The Stresa-Mottarone cable car carries tourists and local people from the town of Stresa on Lake Maggiore, almost 1,400 meters (4,593 feet) above sea level,…


Italian Cable Car Crash Kills at Least 13, Injures 3

ROME—At least 13 people died and three were seriously injured on Sunday when a cable car linking Italy’s Lake Maggiore with a nearby mountain in the Alps plunged 20 meters (66 feet) to the ground, local officials and rescuers said. The Stresa-Mottarone cable car takes tourists and locals from the town on Lake Maggiore, almost…


Italian Cable Car Crash Kills 14 People, Child Seriously Hurt

ROME—At least 14 people died and a child was seriously injured on Sunday when a cable car linking Italy’s Lake Maggiore with a nearby mountain plunged 20 meters (66 feet) to the ground, local officials and rescuers said. The Stresa-Mottarone cable car takes tourists and locals from the town on Lake Maggiore, almost 1,400 meters…


Shocked at the Pump

Yesterday, I filled up at the gas station, and I was shocked. Shocked! Cost to fill up? $64.12. I really haven’t been hiding under a rock. It’s just that I don’t often fill the one vehicle I share with my husband, so it wasn’t until I handed over $64.12 that the runaway cost of gasoline…


Housing Prices Surge Across California

LOS ANGELES—The median price of an existing, single-family detached home in the Los Angeles area rose to $725,000 in April, an increase of $45,000 from a month ago, mirroring a spike across California that brought the state’s median price above the $800,000 benchmark for the first time, a real estate group said May 17. The…


Creative Dad Builds a Miniature Version of Family’s Land Rover for Car Obsessed Son

A loving father made his car-obsessed son’s dream come true by building a miniature version of the family’s Land Rover for him. Richard Yeomans, 48, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, South West England, recreated his marine blue Land Rover series 3 right down to the tiniest detail for his 4-year-old son, Sydney. The replica version of the car was made…


High School Custodian’s Car Died, so Colleagues Surprise Him With New SUV in Tearful Reveal

An Alabama high school custodian was reduced to tears, because of an act of kindness from his colleagues. When his car broke down and he was unable to replace it, school faculty members gifted him a new set of wheels in a touching surprise reveal. Citronelle High School custodian Samuel James was forced to start…


77-Year-Old Retired Teacher Living in His Car Gifted $27,000 by Former Students

A retired substitute teacher from California was living in his car when a former student felt the need to help him out. The conscientious student not only organized his beloved elderly teacher’s 77th birthday party, replete with gifts and live music, but also presented him with a life-changing check for $27,000. Jose Villarruel resigned in…


Chick-Fil-A Employee Wins New Car in Raffle, Gives It to Coworker Who Bikes Miles to Work in Winter

A Chick-fil-A employee with a huge heart has bestowed an equally huge gift upon one of her coworkers. After winning a car in a company Christmas raffle, she gifted the vehicle to her friend in need who was cycling miles to work in the freezing winter weather. Teens Haley Bridges, 17, and Hokule’a Taniguchi, 19, work…