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Ferrari Crash Could Affect China Leadership Transition

Bizarre accident reportedly involved son of close presidential adviser

(Newser) - A Ferrari crash in China that happened back in March is getting fresh attention now that it turns out it could have an impact on the country's political leadership transition. The crash was insane even without any political tie-in: The black Ferrari 458 Spider—purchased for nearly $1 million—...

100-Year-Old Driver Injures 11, Including 9 Kids

He plows into crowd near school

(Newser) - Police say a 100-year-old driver plowed his Cadillac into a group of people near an elementary school in South Los Angeles this afternoon, injuring nine kids and two adults, reports AP . Four of the kids, ranging in age from 4 to 11, were in serious condition at a local hospital,...

Bialik Back at Work With All 10 Fingers

Grateful for 'love and support' from 'Big Bang Theory' cast and crew

(Newser) - Mayim Bialik got to keep all her fingers after a bad car accident Wednesday —and she returned to work just one day later, tweeting yesterday that she was on the set of the Big Bang Theory, People reports. Bialik said she was "doing ok. Grateful. And tired,"...

Driver Swerves to Miss Moose, Hits Bear

Bear injured in late-night collision; driver and moose OK

(Newser) - An unlucky Norwegian man driving on a country road at night swerved around a moose in the road only to hit an even unluckier bear. Wildlife officials say the bear, one of only around 150 in the country, was injured in the crash, Reuters reports. They have found traces of...

Motorists Save Pair From Burning Car

Truckers, cement mixer join Miss. rescue

(Newser) - Passing motorists—including an AP photographer—saved the lives of two women trapped in a burning SUV next to a Mississippi highway yesterday. Between 15 and 20 people came to the rescue after spotting smoke rising from a stand of pine trees. They pulled the driver's disabled sister from...

Luxury Cars Flunk New Crash Test

Audi, Lexus, receive "poor" ratings

(Newser) - Drivers of posh rides, beware: All but three of 11 2012 luxury vehicles failed a new crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The group created a test that simulated a vehicle crashing into an object, such as another car, head-on on the driver's side, reports...

Kerry Kennedy on Ambien During Car Crash

It was drugs, not seizure

(Newser) - Kerry Kennedy had the sedative Ambien in her system when she crashed her car last week in Westchester and tried to leave the scene, according to court documents filed yesterday. Toxicology tests found zolpidem, the generic name for the sedative Ambien, in a blood sample taken the day Kennedy swerved...

Kerry Kennedy Blames Seizure for Wreck

Truck driver says she tried to flee scene, but tire popped

(Newser) - Kerry Kennedy may have appeared to be high on drugs when she was busted last week after crashing her Lexus into a tractor-trailer rig, but she was actually suffering a "partial seizure," she has explained to a judge. Kennedy, daughter of Bobby Kennedy and ex-wife of Gov. Andrew...

50 Cent Hospitalized in Bad Wreck

Big rig rear-ends his SUV on Long Island Expressway

(Newser) - Rapper 50 Cent is in the hospital after a bad car accident last night, ThisIs50.com reports. His SUV (which is bulletproof, by the way) was rear-ended by a Mack truck after the load shifted and the truck driver lost control on New York's Long Island Expressway, the truck...

Car Drives Into Street Festival, Injures 30

Lima, Ohio street revelers in shock after 'unreal' incident

(Newser) - A woman plowed her car into a crowded street party in Lima, Ohio, last night and hurt up to 30 people, some of them seriously, LimaOhio reports. No one was killed, but people sustained injuries to heads, necks, and legs, and at least two were admitted to hospital. “It...

Cop Shoots, Kills Unarmed Woman After Car Fight

She had crashed stolen car, was trying to drive away

(Newser) - A police detective shot and killed an unarmed woman in the streets of Brooklyn yesterday, after she crashed a stolen car and tried to flee the scene. The trouble started when two plainclothes narcotics officers spotted a gray Camry making a "wild" U-turn, running several lights, and then smashing...

Lohan's Little Lie Could Land Her in Jail

Actress reportedly told cops she wasn't driving car at time of crash

(Newser) - It looks like the aftermath of Lindsay Lohan's car crash could turn into a real wreck. When Lohan was first giving her statement to the cops in the hospital, she reportedly told them that she was the passenger and her assistant was behind the wheel, reports TMZ . That statement...

Lindsay: Wonky Brakes Made Me Crash Porsche

Lohan, truck driver can't quite agree on what happened

(Newser) - That 18-wheeler Lindsay Lohan smashed into on the Pacific Coast highway this week? She says it cut her off—and what's more, she claims the newly replaced brakes on her rented Porsche failed during the accident, TMZ reports. But the truck driver ( TMZ calls him "James")...

Sheep Fall From Sky After Crash

No humans injured in weird Melbourne accident

(Newser) - Imagine, for a moment, that you're driving down the highway some night, minding your own business, when suddenly hundreds of sheep fall from the sky and smash into your windshield. That's what happened to motorists in Melbourne yesterday, as a truck carrying 400 sheep crashed and tipped over...

SF Woman Blames Car Crash on Eclipse

She says she was blinded by glare when she hit pedestrians

(Newser) - A San Francisco driver blamed the moon moving in front of the sun for preventing her from spotting the pedestrians moving in front of her vehicle. The 26-year-old woman told cops that she had looked at the "ring of fire" annular eclipse and had been temporarily blinded by its...

UN Nuke Inspector Dies in Iran Crash

Inspectors' car overturned near a heavy water reactor

(Newser) - Cue the conspiracy theories: A UN nuclear inspector from South Korea was killed and a second inspector from Slovenia was injured in a car crash today, the nuclear watchdog agency said. Iran's official IRNA news agency said the inspectors' car overturned around a heavy water reactor being built in...

Kid Charged in Grisly Crash That Killed 9 Immigrants

15-year-old said he drove the van because his family had been threatened

(Newser) - A 15-year-old South Texas boy has been charged with nine counts of murder after a van he was driving crashed, killing nine of the suspected illegal immigrants packed inside. The boy appeared at a probable cause hearing today, where he was also charged with 17 counts of smuggling a person,...

Fatal Crashes Spike Near Tax Day
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 Spike Near Tax Day 
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Apr 11, 2012 7:18 AM CDT

Fatal Crashes Spike Near Tax Day

Stress can lead to traffic accidents: researchers

(Newser) - As if Tax Day isn't depressing enough, it turns out you're also more likely to die in a traffic accident on or around April 15. Between 1980 and 2009, traffic accident deaths were an average of 6% higher on tax filing day than they were on a day...

Best-Selling Author Jeffrey Zaslow Killed in Crash

'Last Lecture' writer also succeeded Ann Landers

(Newser) - Author and newspaper columnist Jeffrey Zaslow is dead at age 53 after a car accident in Michigan today, reports the Detroit Free Press and Wall Street Journal . Zaslow is perhaps best known for his book Last Lecture, about the final lecture of the late Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, but...

Yale Bans Kegs at Tailgates After Deadly Crash

No more box trucks, either

(Newser) - Yale has banned kegs from all student athletic games or functions in the wake of a U-Haul crash that killed a woman at the Harvard-Yale football game in November. The new rules also prohibit box trucks and the like from tailgate parties unless driven by an official vendor, reports AP...

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