Category: car

Police Probe Killing of 12-Year-Old by Stolen Car’s Owner

DENVER—Police in Colorado said Thursday they were investigating a car theft and the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy found inside by the car’s owner after an exchange of gunfire. No arrests have been made in Sunday’s shooting in Denver, and it is still not known who stole the vehicle, police said. They spoke at…


Off-Duty NYPD Officer Buying Car Shot and Critically Injured

NEW YORK—A manhunt was underway Sunday for a gunman who critically wounded an off-duty New York Police Department officer who arranged on social media to meet at a Brooklyn street address to buy a car, authorities said. When the officer arrived with a relative in the borough’s East New York neighborhood, the gunman announced a…


Driver in California Cliff Crash That Injured 4 Is Charged

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—The driver of a car that plunged off a treacherous cliff in northern California, seriously injuring himself, his wife, and their two young children, was charged Monday with attempted murder. Dharmesh A. Patel, 41, also faces enhancements for great bodily injury and domestic violence in the Jan. 2 crash, San Mateo County District…


Driver in California Cliff Crash Moved From Hospital to Jail

MONTARA, Calif.—The driver of a car that plunged 250 feet (76 meters) off a treacherous cliff in northern California, injuring his two young children and his wife, was released from the hospital and jailed on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse, authorities said Friday. Dharmesh A. Patel, 41, was booked into jail where he…


Car Drove Into Barricade Outside Bankman-Fried’s Parents’ Home, Lawyers Say

NEW YORK—A car drove into a metal barricade outside Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents’ home in California, his lawyers said on Thursday, in a recent incident they said underscores the security risks faced by the FTX founder and those ensuring his return to court. In a filing in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for the 30-year-old onetime billionaire…


Connecticut Motorist Survives After Steel Guardrail Impales Car From Front to Rear on a Highway

A motorist has miraculously managed to survive a shocking collision in which a steel guardrail impaled the car from front to back. The incident that occurred on Dec. 26 involved a single vehicle traveling on I-384 in Manchester, Connecticut. The driver, who remains anonymous, lost control of the car and struck the guardrail, which then…


India Wicketkeeper Pant ‘Stable’ After Fiery Car Crash

NEW DELHI—India cricketer Rishabh Pant suffered multiple injuries but is in a stable condition after his car hit a central divider, flipped over and caught fire in the early hours of Friday morning. Police said the wicketkeeper-batsman, who was alone in the car when it crashed in the northern state of Uttarakhand, had lost control…


‘It’s the God Story’: The ‘Miracle’ Car That Finds the Family of Late Pastor Who Built Churches All His Life

A late pastor who was born on Christmas Day in 1906 built 12 churches by mortgaging and re-mortgaging his own home and transformed the lives of hundreds and thousands of people. He would have never imagined that one day, long after he was gone, his good deeds would find his family in such a humbling…


Classic American Car Collector Dies Leaving Over Two Dozen Flashy Autos for Family to Auction in Dec.

An impressive collection of almost 30 classic cars is being rolled out for auction in Florida. An American hotrod collector recently passed away in his eighties, and family members had no idea what automobile memorabilia he had tucked inside his garage. Real estate developer and car show promoter Leroy Gonzalez, from Tampa, had coveted fancy cars…


Thai Authorities Seeking Suspect in Southern Car Bombing

HAT YAI, Thailand—Police said Wednesday they were trying to identify the suspect in a bombing of police housing that killed one officer and wounded 45 other people in a part of southern Thailand troubled by a Muslim separatist insurgency for almost two decades. Police said the suspect drove a black pickup truck into the compound…