Toyo Tires has recalled more than 66,000 tires for a defect that could lead to tire failure. Customers who use the affected tires are advised to return them immediately to avoid the possibility of an accident.
Continue Reading...The Ford Motor Company has recalled just over 128,000 of its Mercury Milan vehicles and its Ford Fusion vehicles because of concern over a defect in the vehicle that could cause the wheels to fall off of the vehicles while they are in motion. The NHTSA stated that the model years for some of the vehicles are 2010 and 2011 models. The defect affects the studs on the wheels which could fracture and cause the car to start shaking. If the driver chooses to ignore the shaking, the wheels could possibly fall off the car while it is moving.
Continue Reading...A New York woman and her 6-year-old son were involved in a serious automobile accident that left the woman trapped in the vehicle for a significant amount of time. The accident occurred when the woman swerved to avoid an oncoming truck and veered off an embankment down a steep, snowy hill. The car the two were riding in rolled over multiple times before landing upside down at the bottom of the hill.
Continue Reading...The National Traffic and Safety Board in Washington D.C. have agreed to a recommendation to ban the use of cell phones while driving including hands-free and hand-held phone systems. This recommended ban comes just over a year after a fatal traffic accident in Missouri that took the life of a 19-year-old driver operating a pickup truck. Officials found that the driver had received 11 text messages in 11 minutes just before the crash had occurred. The accident occurred when the pickup truck slammed into a tractor-trailer and 2 school buses subsequently collided with the pickup truck.
Continue Reading...A 10-year-old girl was the victim of a dog attack involving a Yorkshire terrier dog in the United Kingdom. The dog was one of 3 dogs owned by an elderly woman and police are now looking for the dog’s owner following this incident. The elderly woman reportedly caught a bus to a hospital after the attack had happened. The girl had been bitten in the ankle and suffered bruising as a result of the attack. Police are asking citizens to provide any information they can regarding the attack or the whereabouts of the elderly woman that owned the dog.
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A 34-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection with the hit-and-run death of a 19-year-old woman. The 34-year-old man had his license suspended 10 times and was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. The charge is a felony charge. He was also charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, vehicle and traffic violations, and failure to exercise due care; all of which are misdemeanor charges.
Continue Reading...A four-car pileup left one person dead and one seriously injured in Seminole County, Florida. The accident occurred when a 31-year-old woman failed to stop in time to prevent from hitting a Jeep in front of her. Authorities said the woman did not see that traffic had stopped in front of her but they are unsure what caused her to not see the traffic stopping. The vehicles both caught fire and the passenger of the Jeep was burned beyond recognition. These vehicles are currently the subject of a recall because they are susceptible to catching fire if they are struck from behind; a result of the location of the fuel tank on the vehicle. As a result of the fire, the roadway near the area where the accident occurred will need to be resurfaced.
Continue Reading...Four people were transported to a medical facility, two in serious condition and the other two in critical condition following a serious automobile accident in Edinburg, Texas. Emergency crews had to use the Jaws of Life in order to rescue the four people trapped inside one of the vehicles. The roof and all four doors had to be removed from the vehicle in order to rescue the victims. The accident originally occurred when a black Chevy truck was trying to pass a slow moving vehicle that was in the middle lane and the truck rear-ended a sedan as it crossed into the next lane of traffic.
Continue Reading...An Illinois dog owner was left in critical condition after being attacked and bitten by their two American Bulldogs. Illinois police said they responded to the call in the morning hours and found the dog owner had been bitten by the dogs. The extent of the owner’s injuries was not released but police were conducting an investigation into the incident. The two dogs were taken into custody by animal control pending results of the investigation. The owner of the dogs was taken to a medical facility for treatment of their injuries following the attack.
Continue Reading...Four teenagers in New York lost their lives in a late evening automobile accident when an automobile struck two Asian exchange students while they were walking. Two others in the vehicle were killed as a result of the accident as well. The car ultimately caught fire after colliding with an embankment. Just before crashing into the embankment the vehicle struck the two teenagers walking along the side of the road. The accident is still under investigation by police to determine what the cause of the accident was. All four teenagers were 17 and 18 years of age. The two in the vehicle were both 17 years old.
Continue Reading...A school bus accident resulted in the death of 20 people following a head-on collision. The bus, which was carrying 64 passengers, had only 9 seats on it. A majority of the passengers were children ranging in age from 5 and 6 years old. The driver and four of the children died at the scene of the accident and the rest of the passengers were transported to a medical facility. Several people suffered serious injuries in the accident. Hospital officials did not comment on the status of the passengers following the wreck. Authorities said this was the fifth auto wreck involving a school bus with children inside.
Continue Reading...A man in Fruit Heights, Utah was killed and his wife was critically injured in a car-pedestrian accident. The two had pulled over on the side of the road they were traveling on when another vehicle traveling behind them struck their vehicle as they exited. Authorities said the couple did not pull over completely on the side of the road and their vehicle was still partially in the lane at the time of the accident.
Continue Reading...A New York airport shuttle bus driver was charged with misdemeanor DWI charges following a single-vehicle accident. The driver claimed she swerved to avoid hitting another vehicle when she struck a sign post. However, authorities investigating the accident were unable to find substantial evidence proving that the driver in fact tried to avoid another car. There were no passengers in the shuttle bus at the time of the accident and the driver was uninjured. The vehicle travelled through a garden before hitting the sign and the front-end of the vehicle had significant damage to it.
Continue Reading...In a recent court settlement, the plaintiff in a 2006 lawsuit was awarded $73 million following a lawsuit against Ford Motor Company. The plaintiff sued the company claiming they were negligent for an automobile accident that killed two members of a Presbyterian church and injured two others. Accident reports said the van the church members were driving began wobbling. The accident report showed the tire tread came apart from the tire that was installed by Ford Motor Company, a tire that was reported defective by tire maker Goodyear.
Continue Reading...In Saugerties, NY, police and the dog warden will be enforcing a “two bite” law that states if a dog bites a human or another dog twice, that dog could be euthanized. Pet owners are strongly encouraged not to allow their dogs to roam free in order to prevent potential dog bite cases according to Saugerties police. This rule has already been set in place but it will now see stronger enforcement against attacking dogs. In a previous incident, a Biscon dog was attacked and bitten by two pit bulls owned by neighboring families
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