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Top College Recruit Comes Out of Coma After Tesla Crash

Passersby pulled Alijah Arenas out of burning vehicle

(Newser) - An 18-year-old basketball star has emerged from an induced coma after being injured when he lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a tree and fire hydrant in Los Angeles. Alijah Arenas was trapped in his burning Tesla Cybertruck after the 5am Thursday crash, NBC News reports, until unidentified...

Hold Tight to Your Doughnuts, Drivers

Ohio police say 3-car pileup was caused by driver reaching for his coffee, dropping his sweet treat

(Newser) - If ever there was a warning to heed about eating while driving, this would be the one. WJW reports on a three-car pileup that took place early Wednesday in Geauga County, Ohio, with the driver said to have caused the crash telling local cops that he wasn't terribly familiar...

Man Didn't Exactly Go Over the Falls in a Barrel

But 42-year-old is lucky to be alive after driving his car through a fence and into Niagara Falls Gorge

(Newser) - Visitors to Niagara Falls this week had more to gawk at than just the famous waterfalls, after a man drove his pickup right through a fence and into Niagara Falls Gorge, reports WKBW . According to a statement from the New York State Park Police, officers responded to a call around...

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Mom of 3 Found a Week After Crashing Car

Indiana's Brieonna Cassell is lucky to be alive, but she could lose her legs

(Newser) - An Indiana woman who apparently fell asleep at the wheel spent six days trapped in her crashed car, its back half immersed in a creek, before her rescue on Tuesday. Johnny Martinez, a tractor operator in Newton County, had spotted what hundreds of other drivers had failed to see: a...

Truck Driver in Crash That Killed 7 Gets 48 Years

Lincoln Smith had traces of meth, fentanyl, and other drugs in his blood

(Newser) - A truck driver who killed seven farmworkers when he crashed into a parked van on Interstate 5 in Oregon was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly 50 years in prison. Marion County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Wren sentenced Lincoln Smith to 48 years and 3 months, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported, per...

Death Toll Now 3 in Fiery Wyoming Tunnel Crash

Accident involved 26 vehicles, completely destroyed 6 of them

(Newser) - A third victim was found Sunday in the wreckage from a fiery crash inside a Wyoming highway tunnel that involved 26 cars and trucks, officials said. At least five people were seriously injured in Friday's accident along Interstate 80 near the small town of Green River, Wyoming. The crash...

Girl, 7, Dies While Drag Racing at Florida Track

'Funday Sunday' at Orlando Speed World Dragway turned tragic for Elienisse Rodriguez

(Newser) - A first-grader has died "while she fulfilled her dream"—drag racing on a Central Florida racetrack. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, troopers from the Orange County Sheriff's Office responded to a call about the accident on Sunday around 11am at the Orlando Speed World Dragway, during...

Driver Who Killed 2 Hockey Stars: They Were Drinking, Too

Sean Higgins: Gaudreau, brother had higher BAC levels than him, though they were on bikes

(Newser) - The driver charged in the deaths of NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother over the summer has raised a surprise argument in his defense—he says the Gaudreau brothers were more impaired than he was, reports NBC News . Lawyers for Sean Higgins, 44, say police tests show Higgins had...

After Crash, Boy Sat With Mom's Body for 12 Hours

7-year-old with broken arm was later found walking alone: California Highway Patrol

(Newser) - More tragedy in California, where a 7-year-old boy, the lone survivor of a car crash that killed his mother, stayed with her body for 12 hours before walking in search of help. A person called police shortly before noon Sunday to say the injured boy had been found walking along...

Trump Transition Team's Latest Ask Would Boost Tesla

Staffers want incoming WH administration to nix reporting rule on car crashes

(Newser) - Tesla stock jumped to an all-time high of $424.77 on Wednesday, beating its November 2021 record of $409.97, reports CNBC . Per Bloomberg , Tesla owner Elon Musk has Donald Trump to thank for that "assist," with a 69% stock surge for the EV manufacturer since the president-elect...

Uber's Fine Print Under Scrutiny Following Horrific Crash

New Jersey couple says court is enforcing terms preventing lawsuit that they didn't agree to

(Newser) - A New Jersey couple who suffered extensive injuries when their Uber driver ran a red light and collided with another vehicle are warning users what rights they're signing away when agreeing to the company's fine-print terms and conditions. John and Georgia McGinty, who each suffered multiple broken bones...

Report: Matt Lauer's Daughter Fled Scene of Hamptons Crash

Sources tell Page Six that Romy Lauer, 20, was busted after license plate fell off her vehicle

(Newser) - It's been awhile since Matt Lauer was regularly making headlines , but this week, one of his own kids is earning some buzz. Police in Southampton, on New York's Long Island, tell Page Six that Romy Lauer, the former Today host's 20-year-old daughter, was issued a summons for...

On First Day of School, 'We've Already Had a Tragedy'

Mom accidentally runs over daughter, 12, during drop-off in front of Florida middle school

(Newser) - The first day of school got off to a terrible start in Sarasota, Florida, on Monday as a mother accidentally ran over her daughter outside the 12-year-old's middle school. The girl had exited her mother's Lincoln Navigator on a road outside Booker Middle School around 7:45am local...

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Had a Rough Monday

No injuries after famous giant hot dog crashes into car, overturns on Illinois highway

(Newser) - It's not exactly a car that crashed this week on an Illinois highway: The Chicago Tribune reports that an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile—one of the company's 23-foot-long nomadic vehicles shaped like a giant hot dog—rolled over a little past 11am local time on Monday after it hit...

Teen Driver's Parents Sentenced After Crash Kills Passenger

14-year-old girl was killed in 2023 tragedy

(Newser) - In May of 2023, a 16-year-old Queens boy allegedly caused a high-speed crash in his parents' BMW that left his 14-year-old passenger dead. And on Monday, his parents were sentenced for their role in the tragedy. Sean Smith, 40, and Deo Ramnarine, 43, pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of...

Nail Salon Crash: 'It Was a Sound That I Had Never Heard Before'

SUV smashes into side of Long Island business, killing 4 and injuring 9

(Newser) - An SUV slammed into a Long Island nail salon on Friday, killing four and injuring nine inside the business at the time, a Suffolk County fire official said. The Chevy Traverse came to a stop at the back of the Hawaii Nail & Spa store in Deer Park about 4:...

Cops Tried to Pull Him Over for DUI. He Hit the Gas

Car crash in Upland, California, leaves 4 dead, 2 injured

(Newser) - An early morning police chase in Southern California after an attempted DUI traffic stop ended violently on Friday, after the suspect crashed into another car, killing himself and three other people in his car and injuring two in another vehicle, reports the Los Angeles Times . A rep from the San...

Fetterman Was Speeding Just Before Car Crash: Cops

Cops say Dem senator was 'at fault'; he says he needs 'to do better and do it slower'

(Newser) - Sen. John Fetterman suffered a bruised shoulder in a weekend car crash in Maryland, but it looks like he and wife Gisele, who was traveling with him Sunday morning when the accident took place, will be OK. The Pennsylvania Democrat's office says in a statement that the incident on...

Mom Says Son Tried to Get NBA Autograph, Got Run Over Instead

Tamaria McRae sues Hornets guard LaMelo Ball after she says Ball ran over son's foot in Charlotte

(Newser) - A young basketball fan was injured while seeking an autograph from one of his favorite NBA players, and now his mom is suing. ESPN reports that Tamaria McRae filed her complaint Tuesday in North Carolina against the Charlotte Hornets and guard LaMelo Ball, alleging that Ball hit her now-12-year-old son,...

Driver in Crash That Killed 8 Had Just Crashed Another Car

Bryan Maclean Howard reportedly told troopers he was 'driving very carefully'

(Newser) - The driver of a truck that crashed into a bus Tuesday morning, killing eight farmworkers and injuring 40 more, had been "in an auto accident at least three days prior to this accident," a Florida judge said on Wednesday. Bryan Maclean Howard, who faces eight counts of DUI-manslaughter,...

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