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California Rainstorm Accidents Increase to Triple Digits

The other day I was noticing all the idiots getting in car crashes.  But now I see the statistics, it looks like an epidemic.  Triple digit increases in California car crash cases."December 18, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by the by at least one...

California 210 Freeway Becomes Landing Pad for Helicopter

This doesn't typically happen, but recently, I-210 was used as a helo pad."December 13, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to statements by California Highway Patrol Officer Anthony Martin and corroborated by motorcycle injury lawyers in Los Angeles, traffic on the 210 Freeway...

Orange County Evacuated Residents In Fire Areas—40 Houses Were Damaged

I used to live in the area where these homes burned and my father actually helped rebuild.  I could never understand why all these people would move somewhere where all these fires could happen.  History...

Burbank Motorcycle Accident Injures One and Fatal For One Rider

Just another reminder why we all need to look out for riders and that riders need to be aware of potholes and other things that case solo motorcycle collisions."November 12, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports a motorcycle accident that occurred in the vicinity of the...

Weather Related Crashes Says California Highway Patrol

"November 3, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to the California Highway Patrol there has been several weather related vehicle crashes. The storm that brought thunder and lightening is being called the first...

India 'to guard Somalia waters'

"India 'to guard Somalia waters' Piracy is a lucrative business with huge ransoms demanded India says it will send warships to the Gulf of Aden...

Human Jet prepares to cross Channel

A man is going to attempt to fly across the English Channel today using a single jet-propelled wing. If he is sucesful, he will set a world record for the flight. If you're there to witness this sight in the UK or...

Exciting last All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium

The game lasted for 4 hours and 50 minutes - making it the longest in 'All-Star' history. I only watched a bit of it (mostly because I don't understand baseball) but it was a pretty exciting game - although my...

At least 18 hurt in Wisconsin school bus wreck

At least 18 people have been hurt this afternoon in Salem, Wisconsin when a school bus dropping children off from school was rear-ended by a semitrailer truck.Two people have been air-lifted to hospital, and the...

Al Sharpton and 216 others arrested in Sean Bell protests

UPDATE: 12:16 PM EST - May 8Al Sharpton and 216 others were arrested yesterday in the largest public protest against the acquittal of three detectives in the shooting death of Sean Bell. Carefully orchestrated...

Sightseers hold-up traffic on new bridge

I know that China is a very large country and that it is difficult for officials to ignore rules and regulations but one would think that they could have allowed a week or two for people to experience the...

Hwy. 407 Closed After Major Crash, Two People Seriously Hurt

A crash on the 407 Northwest of Toronto has seriously injured two people and closed down the North and South lanes.Police say three people were in a car that apparently hit the median, flipped over and rolled....

Dozens of Cars, Trucks in Indiana Pile-Up

Interstate 94 is closed after a massive pile-up that reportedly involved ten cars and twelve semi-trailers.The Associated Press is working with NowPublic to help get coverage from people affected by this story. We are asking people like you who might be close by for help. We...

Whiteout Causes Over 100 Vehicles to Crash on Ontario Highway

Not a real surprise that driving conditions were so terrible, it's been freezing cold and blowing snow on and off all week here in Toronto."Whiteout conditions were a factor Sunday for a multi-car pileup on a...

Massive Pile-Up on Ontario Freeway

This is a developing story: not much online at the moment."Both southbound and northbound lanes of Highway 400 from Highway 9 to 89 are closed due to multi-vehicle collisions. The pile-up began just before 1 p.m. today, said Const. Dave Woodford. "There's just too many...

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