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He Crawled Miles for 11 Hours. Buddy Never Left His Side

Utah man praises dog for sticking with him after his car tumbled off a cliff

(Newser) - A Utah man is recovering after surviving a harrowing ordeal in the Uinta Mountains, where his off-road vehicle tumbled off a cliff, flipping an estimated 15 to 20 times. Jacob "Jake" Schmitt, a native of Buffalo, New York, who now lives in Ogden, was hunting with his dog,...

Honeymoon Turns Tragic for Young Dad, Daughter

Mother hospitalized after fiery Kentucky crash leaves 3 dead

(Newser) - A newlywed couple's honeymoon ended in tragedy with a devastating crash in Kentucky last week. Hunter Lyons, 22, and his 1-year-old daughter, Oakleigh, were killed on Saturday and pronounced dead at the scene when their vehicle was struck head-on by a Ford F-150 that veered across the center...

Woman 'Lucky to Have Survived' Crash With McMahon

Former WWE CEO cited for reckless driving after 3-car collision in Connecticut

(Newser) - Vince McMahon has been cited for reckless driving and ordered to appear before a judge following his involvement in a three-vehicle collision. The 79-year-old former WWE CEO crashed his Bentley into the back of a BMW along Route 15 in Westport, Connecticut, on Thursday, then hit a guardrail, TMZ reports,...

Designers Behind Barbie, Madonna Dolls Die in Car Crash

Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi of Magia2000 are honored for their artistry, charity work

(Newser) - Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi, the creative force behind the Magia2000 designer doll brand—and well known for their custom Barbie and Madonna tribute dolls—were killed in a wrong-way car crash in northern Italy over the weekend. Local reports say a driver entered a road going the wrong...

Bystander Shoots Driver Who Slammed Into LA Crowd

Police say man intentionally drove into people outside nightclub

(Newser) - The driver whose vehicle slammed into a crowd in the East Hollywood section of Los Angeles early Saturday, injuring 30 people, did so intentionally, police said. He was then pulled from his car by bystanders, beaten, and shot, the Los Angeles Times reports. The suspect had been kicked out of...

Four People Die, 16 Are Hurt in Crash Caused by Stolen Car

Victims were bus passengers in San Antonio

(Newser) - A speeding stolen car smashed into a bus on an interstate in San Antonio on Thursday, causing a multivehicle crash that left four people dead and more than a dozen injured, police said. Two people traveling on the bus were pronounced dead at the scene on Interstate 35 and two...

26-Year-Old Arrested in Death of 'Sikh Superman'

India's Fauja Singh, a centenarian marathon runner, died in hit-and-run accident at age 114

(Newser) - Indian authorities have arrested a man in connection with the hit-and-run death of centenarian marathon runner Fauja Singh, who died Monday at the age of 114 after being hit in his hometown of Beas Pind. Police say 26-year-old Amritpal Singh Dhillon was driving a white Toyota SUV at the time...

Elderly Man Dies Trying to Rescue a Turtle

Vermont's Frank Quinn struck and killed Sunday on Florida's I-95

(Newser) - An act of compassion on a busy Florida highway turned tragic when an elderly Vermont man was fatally struck by a vehicle while trying to rescue a turtle from traffic. Frank J. Quinn, variously described as 77 or 87, died on Florida's I-95 near Indian River County on...

Maryland Traffic Snarled by an Unlikely Suspect

Traffic was delayed for hours after tractor-trailer overturns on Interstate 70, dumps giant windmill blade

(Newser) - Maryland drivers got quite the surprise during their Monday morning commute: a giant windmill blade, sprawled across a local highway. A rep for the state's Department of Transportation tells WTOP that a tractor-trailer transporting the wind turbine piece hit a guardrail and overturned shortly after 5am local time on...

San Jose State Legend Dead in LA Car Crash at 33
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San Jose State Legend Dead in LA Car Crash at 33

Chandler Jones held multiple Spartans records, played in NFL practice squads, coached

(Newser) - A star player for San Jose State who also spent some time in the NFL died in a car accident in Los Angeles over the weekend. According to the California Highway Patrol, Chandler Jones, 33, was driving east on the Marina Freeway around 2am Sunday when the crash involving a...

Real Estate Agent From Netflix Show Killed in Hit-and-Run

Sara Burack appeared in Million Dollar Beach House

(Newser) - A Long Island real estate agent who appeared in Netflix's Million Dollar Beach House was killed in a hit-and-run in the Hamptons early Thursday, police say. Sara Burack, 40, was found seriously injured around 2:45am on Montauk Highway near Villa Paul Restaurant, Newsday reports. She died after she...

Harry Dunn's Mom 'Bewildered' by Report's Finds on His Death

Independent review finds that UK police force bungled case of UK teen killed by American woman

(Newser) - It's been 2 1/2 years since a sentence was handed down in the case of Harry Dunn, the UK teen on a motorcycle who was killed by an American diplomat's wife in a 2019 road accident; now a new independent review is slamming local authorities for their handling...

'Someone Lost Their Life by Being a Good Parent'

Dad dies as vehicle flips during daughter's driving lesson in California

(Newser) - Authorities have described a terrible accident in California in which "someone lost their life by being a good parent." A father was teaching his teenage daughter to drive on the afternoon of May 26 when the 15-year-old apparently drove through a fence barrier in a parking lot in...

Man Dies Rushing to Scene of Fiancee's Fatal Crash

The tragedy in Louisiana leaves a 4-year-old boy without his parents

(Newser) - A 4-year-old in Louisiana has been left an orphan after his engaged parents died in separate car crashes, two hours apart. Alexus Lee's SUV overturned after hitting a culvert in Zachary around 2am on May 16, according to state police . She was pronounced dead at the scene, per People...

Tour Bus, SUV in Fatal Crash on California Freeway

SUV burst into flames, killing driver; more than 30 were injured

(Newser) - One person was killed and 32 people were injured, including two critically, when a tour bus crashed into an SUV on a Los Angeles area freeway early Sunday, officials said. The SUV appeared to have stopped, perhaps after becoming disabled, on State Route 60, reports the Los Angeles Times . The...

Cops: Truck Veered Before Deadly Yellowstone Crash

7 were killed, including the truck driver, in Thursday's collision near Yellowstone

(Newser) - Authorities say a pickup truck left its lane before last week's deadly collision near Yellowstone National Park. The Dodge Ram pickup veered into oncoming traffic on US 20 and struck a Mercedes tour van before both burst into flames, Idaho State Police said Tuesday, per Fox News . The truck...

High School Basketball Star, 7 Others Die in Fiery Crash

Police are investigating collision of 2 vehicles in rural Kansas

(Newser) - Two vehicles collided head-on and burst into flames on a two-lane highway in rural eastern Kansas, killing eight people, including two high school students, a former teacher-coach, and a school employee from Oklahoma, authorities said Monday. The crash occurred at about 5:45pm local time on Sunday on US 169...

New DOT Rules Change 'a Win for Tesla, a Loss for Waymo'

Tweak could allow certain automakers—namely, Tesla—to report fewer crashes with self-driving cars

(Newser) - Rule changes announced by the Trump administration this week could allow automakers to report fewer crashes involving self-driving cars, with Tesla potentially emerging as the main beneficiary. The Transportation Department announced Thursday it will no longer require automakers to report certain kinds of nonfatal crashes—but the exception will apply...

'One of the Best Divers in the Nation' Killed in Crash

18-year-old Maisey O'Donnell dies following Monday night crash in Florida

(Newser) - Massachusetts high school student Maisey O'Donnell, described by her coach as one of the best divers in the country, was one of three 18-year-olds killed in a car crash in the Florida Panhandle on Monday night. The Florida Highway Patrol says an SUV with four Concord-Carlisle High School students...

NFL Draft Prospect Dead in Apparent Suicide

Former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy found dead following a police chase

(Newser) - Former Louisiana State University wide receiver Kyren Lacy has died in an apparent suicide in Texas after he was chased by police late Saturday night. Harris County authorities said they were pursuing Lacy when he crashed his vehicle in Houston. Officers approached the vehicle and found Lacy had died in...

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