Automotive accidents

This Friday, Oct. 19, 2018 photo provided by the Utah Highway Patrol shows the scene of a head-on collision of a dump truck and a pickup on a state highway near Heber, Utah. State troopers say the dump truck crossed a highway median and collided with the pickup truck traveling in the opposite direction, killing all six men in the pickup in an accident authorities suspect may was caused by alcohol and prescription drugs. The Utah Highway Patrol said Saturday its officers found prescription pills and open containers of alcohol inside the dump truck. (Utah Highway Patrol via AP)
October 20, 2018 - 8:45 pm

Utah Officials: DUI Suspected In Head-On Crash, 6 Dead

HEBER, Utah (AP) — A truck crossed a highway median in Utah and collided with a pickup truck traveling in the opposite direction, killing all six men in the pickup in an accident authorities suspect was caused by alcohol and prescription drugs, state troopers said Saturday. Another two people were...
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October 14, 2018 - 8:42 pm

Bus Crashes On Pennsylvania Interstate, Killing 1

MOSCOW, Pa. (AP) — A passenger bus has crashed on a Pennsylvania interstate, killing a woman and injuring an unknown number of passengers. The bus crashed around 9 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 380 in Covington Township, Lackawanna County. News video and photos showed the bus leaning to its right side...
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The accident site of a bus that crashed into signal post on the highway A2 in Sigirino, canton of Ticino, Switzerland, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. The A2 highway between Rivera and Lugano-North in is closed to the south. Several people were injured in the accident. (Gabriele Putzu, Ti-Press/Keystone via AP)
October 14, 2018 - 7:15 am

German Bus Crashes On Swiss Highway, 13 Injured

BERLIN (AP) — A German bus crashed into a metal post Sunday on a highway in southern Switzerland, leaving 13 people injured, three of them seriously, Swiss police said. The bus was heading south with 25 people on board when the accident happened on the A2 highway at Sigirino, near Lugano — a major...
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October 14, 2018 - 12:07 am

Turkey: 15 Migrants, Including Children, Die In Truck Crash

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's official news agency says at least 15 migrants have been killed in a traffic accident, among them children. The Anadolu news agency said Sunday the migrants were traveling in a truck in the western province of Izmir. The truck tipped over, leading to deaths and injuries...
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Members of the National Transportation Safety Board work at the scene of yesterday's fatal crash, in Schoharie, N.Y., Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
October 13, 2018 - 11:09 pm

Schumer: Feds Haven't Done Enough To Investigate Limo Safety

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the heels of a horrific limousine crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York, the Senate's top Democrat is pointing to glaring gaps in safety data that he says exist because federal officials have not done enough to investigate limo wrecks. Sen. Chuck Schumer is pointing a...
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The debris of a car on a crane, following a collision near Greece's northern town of Kavala, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. A car carrying migrants collided with a truck in northern Greece on Saturday, killing 11 people, police said. (Proininews.gr via AP)
October 13, 2018 - 6:08 am

11 Killed In Crash Of Car Carrying Migrants In Greece

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A speeding car carrying migrants collided with a truck in northern Greece on Saturday, killing 11 people, police said. Ten of the victims were believed to be migrants who crossed into the Greece from Turkey. The 11th person was the car's driver and a suspected migrant...
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October 13, 2018 - 2:12 am

The Latest: Spain Says 3 Migrants Dead, 17 Missing At Sea

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — The Latest on Europe's migrant crisis (all times local): 12:10 p.m. Spain's maritime rescue service says it recovered the bodies of three migrants and feared that another 17 were missing in the Mediterranean Sea. The service says that its rescue craft found the three...
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In this photo provided by the New York State Police, Nauman Hussain is shown after his arrest, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 in Latham, N.Y. Police charged the limousine service operator Wednesday with criminally negligent homicide in a crash that killed 20 people on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. ( (New York State Police via AP)
October 10, 2018 - 1:37 pm

Limousine Service Operator Charged In Crash That Killed 20

LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine service operator was charged Wednesday with criminally negligent homicide in a crash that killed 20 people, while police continued investigating what caused the wreck and whether anyone else will face charges. The operator's lawyer said that the man wasn't guilty and...
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Kenyan police and other rescuers attend the scene of a bus crash near Kericho in western Kenya Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. An official says at least 50 people have died after the bus they were traveling in left the road, rolled down a slope and crashed near the western Kenyan town of Kericho. (AP Photo/Washington Sigu)
October 10, 2018 - 2:51 am

50 People Dead In Overnight Bus Crash In Western Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 50 people were killed when their bus left the road, rolled down a slope and crashed in western Kenya, an official said Wednesday, with the roof of the bus ripped off. Around 15 survivors from the bus that was headed from the capital, Nairobi, to the western town of...
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This shows the Crest Inn Suites & Cottages outside Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. The location is also the business address for Prestige Limousine service involved in Saturday's fatal crash in Schoharie, N.Y., that killed 20 people owned by Shahed Hussain. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
October 09, 2018 - 5:57 pm

Limo Driver's Family Believes He Was Given An Unsafe Vehicle

SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — Relatives of the limousine driver involved in a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York said Tuesday they believe he was unwittingly assigned an unsafe vehicle. The family of Scott Lisinicchia released a statement through a lawyer shortly after another attorney...
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