Category: collision

Driver Who Triggered Deadly Arizona Freeway Collision Had Just Been on TikTok, Officials Say

CHANDLER, Ariz.—A tractor-trailer driver was on the social media app TikTok just before causing a Phoenix-area freeway collision that killed five people, authorities said. The Arizona Department of Public Safety announced in a news release that 36-year-old Danny G. Tiner was arrested at his home Thursday on multiple charges related to the January crash, including…


4 Pedestrians Injured in Apparent Hit-and-Run Collision Outside Chicago White Sox Stadium

CHICAGO—An apparent hit-and-run collision Tuesday evening injured four pedestrians, two critically, outside Guaranteed Rate Field, where the Chicago White Sox were preparing to play the Texas Rangers, and a related traffic incident injured four others, authorities said. The pedestrians were injured just after 6:20 p.m., Chicago police and fire officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear…


Police Say Fiery Collision on Major GTA Highway Leaves 2 Dead, Shuts Down Traffic

Ontario Provincial Police say a multi-vehicle collision has left two people dead and sparked a massive fireball on Highway 401, at Brock Road in Pickering, east of Toronto. OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says just before 11 p.m. ET Tuesday, there was a collision involving two transport trucks and a passenger vehicle that resulted in an…


RCMP Working to Confirm Identities of 15 Killed on Bus Heading to Manitoba Casino

Residents in Dauphin, Man., are anxiously waiting for word on the identities of 15 people killed in a fiery bus crash. Mounties say the group of mostly seniors was heading to a casino when the bus they were on crashed with a semi-trailer near the town of Carberry, west of Winnipeg. Ten people were also…


No Injuries After Planes Collide on Ground at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport: NHK

TOKYO—Some flights were delayed at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Saturday after two planes appeared to have collided on the ground near a taxiway, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing Japan’s transport ministry. No injuries occurred, NHK and one of the airlines said, but the incident led to the closure of one of four runways at the…


Texas Freight Train Collision Injures 2, No Hazmat Onboard

CHICO, Texas—A train collision and subsequent derailment injured two rail employees in Texas, according to a company official. A Union Pacific freight train collided with an unoccupied train that was parked on a siding around 7 p.m. Sunday in Chico, Texas, Union Pacific spokesperson Kristen South said in an email to The Associated Press. A…


Gwyneth Paltrow Not at Fault for Ski Collision, Jury Decides

PARK CITY, Utah—Gwyneth Paltrow won her court battle over a 2016 ski collision at a posh Utah ski resort after a jury decided Thursday that the movie star wasn’t at fault for the crash. A jury dismissed the complaint of a retired optometrist who sued Paltrow over injuries he sustained when the two crashed on…


Gwyneth Paltrow’s Widely Watched Ski Crash Trial Nears End

PARK CITY, Utah—The closely watched trial over a 2016 ski collision between Gwyneth Paltrow and the retired optometrist suing her for the injuries he sustained is expected to draw to a close Thursday, when attorneys give closing arguments and send the case to the eight-member jury. Terry Sanderson, 76, is suing Paltrow, claiming she skied…


Collision Between Minivan and Truck Leaves Two Dead, Four Injured in Quebec

A 12-year-old girl and a man in his 40s died Wednesday in a head-on collision between a minivan and a heavy truck in Quebec’s Chaudière-Appalaches region. Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 4 p.m. on Highway 112 in the small municipality of St-Frédéric, about an hour’s drive south of Quebec City. The…


22 People Killed in Bus, Car Collision in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan—A speeding bus collided with a car and plunged into a ravine in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 22 passengers and injuring 12 others, police said, the second such deadly accident in less than a week. The bus was traveling to the garrison city of Rawalpindi from the Ghizer district in the…