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Woman Killed by Car—on 1st Walk Since Accident

Sally Ann Okuly hadn't left house since a motorcycle crash 6 months ago

(Newser) - Tomorrow, Bill and Sally Ann Okuly were set to celebrate their 41st wedding anniversary. The reasons why they won't are wrenching: It's not because of cancer (Sally survived that) or a motorcycle crash (which the Woodbridge, Va., woman also survived, six months ago). Last Sunday, Sally decided she...

2 of 5 Kids Pulled From Underwater Car Die

3 others in critical condition

(Newser) - Two children have died after they were trapped in a car that veered off a suburban Minneapolis highway ramp and became submerged in a storm water pond. Five children, ages 1 to 7, were pulled out of the car after it was towed from the water yesterday in St. Louis...

Miss. Family Missing After Bizarre Call, Fiery Crash
Family Missing After
Bizarre Call Found Dead
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Nov 5, 2013 1:17 PM CST

Family Missing After Bizarre Call Found Dead

Bodies in abandoned house near burned car

(Newser) - An entire family who went missing in Mississippi under strange circumstances has been found dead: Three bodies, believed to be those of of Atira Hughes Smith (also referred to as Atira Hill), 30; her husband Laterry Smith, 34; and her son, Jaidon Hill, 7, were found in an abandoned house...

Brother Dies Hour After Sister Commits Suicide

And double tragedy isn't the only thing the family has suffered recently

(Newser) - One family, many tragedies: Ricky and Brenda Tucker were together at the Detroit bar where Brenda worked early Sunday when Brenda, 21, went into a back room and shot herself in the chest. She was loaded into an ambulance, and her 20-year-old brother sped behind. En route to the hospital,...

Couple Married 68 Years Die Holding Hands in Wreck
Couple Married 68 Years Die Holding Hands in Wreck
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Oct 20, 2013 11:09 AM CDT

Couple Married 68 Years Die Holding Hands in Wreck

Floyd and Margaret Nordhagen found with hands clasped in car

(Newser) - Floyd and Margaret Nordhagen were married 68 years, and they died last week holding hands. They were killed when Floyd, 92, pulled out in front of a truck while driving in Washington state, and state troopers who arrived on the scene found them clasping hands in the wreckage. "You...

1 Dead, 23 Hurt as Truck, Train Collide

West Virginia scenic tour turns horrific on US Route 250

(Newser) - The driver of a loaded log truck that collided today with a sightseeing train carrying 63 passengers and four crew members on a scenic leaf-peeping circuit in West Virginia's mountains was the lone fatality in an accident that injured 23 others, authorities said. At least six of the injured...

Journalist Hastings' Family Planned Intervention

But coroner says drugs didn't play role in crash

(Newser) - The coroner's report about the fatal car crash of journalist Michael Hastings paints the picture of a troubled man: It quotes an unidentified relative as saying the family was about to stage an intervention because the 33-year-old Hastings had started abusing drugs again after 14 years, reports the Los ...

Driver Argued on Phone Before Deadly Limo Fire

Wife says he was distracted, playing loud music

(Newser) - New info from the wife of the limo driver whose car burst into flames in May, killing five passengers, casts more doubt on whether Orville Brown really did all he could to prevent the tragedy, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Rachel Hernandez-Brown says she was arguing with her estranged...

7-Car Pile-Up Ends With ... 6 DUIs

Pedestrian who started it all is also charged

(Newser) - A 3am seven-car pile-up near the Atlanta airport, somehow, did not end with any deaths—but it did end with six of the drivers charged with DUIs. The crazy incident began when a pedestrian "started walking into the interstate" this morning, explains a police spokesperson. He entered I-75, got...

Teen Cyclist Killed on Cross-Country Ride

Car struck 7 riders in Arkansas

(Newser) - A Boston-area teenager was on a cross-country cycling trip when she and six others were hit by a car Tuesday near McCrory, Arkansas. Merritt Levitan, 18, died yesterday from her injuries; the others were hospitalized, the Boston Globe reports. The 21-year-old driver, Teagan Martin, is facing an investigation ahead of...

Guy Has Heart Attack While Driving, Gets 3 Tickets

And court will only dismiss 2

(Newser) - It sounds like a joke: a doctor's note reading, "Please forgive Mr. Langley's tickets due to his unfortunate experience of having a heart attack seconds prior to having his car accident." But no, this note really was delivered to a New Jersey municipal court, the Asbury ...

NASCAR Driver Dies in NJ Crash

Jason Leffler a longtime competitor

(Newser) - NASCAR driver Jason Leffler, 37, died yesterday in a racing crash, CNN reports. Leffler was driving in "Night of Wings," a New Jersey sprint car race not sponsored by NASCAR. His car flipped multiple times and hit a wall twice, a witness tells USA Today . He'd been...

Missing Teacher's Body Pulled From Bayou

26-year-old woman missing for three months found drowned in New Orleans

(Newser) - A body pulled from a New Orleans bayou on the weekend has been positively IDed as that of Terrilynn Monette, a 26-year-old teacher who went missing almost three months ago, CNN reports. Monette's body was found decomposing inside her car at the bottom of Bayou St. John. The coroner...

Woman Runs Over Herself, Dies

No one's sure why Isabel Huerta got out of the car

(Newser) - A 67-year-old Texas woman was killed yesterday morning when her own car ran her over. Isabel Huerta pulled over her PT Cruiser front of a San Antonio high school and got out of the car, but left it in gear, the Express-News reports. Huerta then fell over—just as the...

7 Killed as Truck, Minivan Collide in Upstate NY

Children among the dead: officials

(Newser) - Seven people, including children, were killed when a tractor-trailer collided with a minivan on a rural two-lane highway in upstate New York, officials said yesterday. The rig was headed south around 6pm on Route 13 about 25 miles south of Syracuse when the trailer became disconnected and crossed the center...

Car Plows into Parade Crowd, Injures 60

4 seriously injured in Damascus, Virginia

(Newser) - Up to 60 people have been injured, some critically, after a man drove a car into a crowd during a parade in southwestern Virginia. Three victims were flown to hospital via helicopter, and another 12 to 15 went by ambulance, after being struck while watching the Hikers Parade at a...

Deadly Limo Fire Broke Out Minutes From Destination

Driver initially thought women were asking if they could smoke

(Newser) - When a passenger first knocked on the limo partition to let driver Orville Brown know that she smelled smoke , Brown thought she was asking if she and the passengers, a bride and her friends, could smoke cigarettes. "They had the music up in the back," he tells the...

Kayaker Saves Family After SUV Crash

Car crashes into river, barely missing kayaker

(Newser) - A kayaker is being credited with helping to save a family of five after their SUV had veered off a road and ended up in a Northern California river. The family was driving along Highway 50 on Thursday afternoon when their SUV veered off the road, hit a concrete mile...

3 Dead in 75-Vehicle Pileup at Virginia-NC Line

More than 20 injured in crash on Interstate 77

(Newser) - Virginia State Police say three people have been killed and more than 20 are injured following a 75-vehicle pileup on Interstate 77 near the Virginia-North Carolina border. The Virginia Department of Transportation says traffic is backed up about 8 miles. State police say a series of wrecks began around 1:...

Suspected Drunk Driver Plows Into Family

Grandparents dead; infant, mom injured

(Newser) - Dennis and Judith Schulte had just arrived in Seattle from the Midwest, a move they made to be near their newborn grandson. They were killed Monday when a suspected drunken driver slammed into them as they crossed a street during a walk with their 10-day-old grandson and his mother, their...

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