1 dead, 3 injured after cement truck wreck
A 41-year-old woman died and a five-year-old child has been hospitalized in critical condition, after what is being described as a 'freak accident' happened in Dallas, Texas earlier today."Dallas police say a cement truck vaulted a center barrier and landed on the...
San Diego - Pipe-bomb Story Updated -Man pleads not guilty to I-5 pipe bomb c...
Updated 11/8/2007
By: TERI FIGUEROA - Staff WriterSource: NC TIMES
VISTA
-- An Oceanside ex-convict who police say left two pipe bombs near
Interstate 5 pleaded not guilty Tuesday to nine felony counts tied
mostly to homemade bombs.The incident caused... School bus crashes into parked truck, one child killed
"CALGARY -- One child was killed, another is in critical condition and another two are seriously hurt after their school bus hit the back of a gravel truck parked on a highway, ripping it open like a tin can Thursday...At Least 2 Dead, 10 Injured After Massive Tunnel Fire on California Freeway
"SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Two bodies were pulled out of a Southern California freeway tunnel early Saturday morning after a 15-truck pile-up caused a massive fire, blocking a key link between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Fire Inspector Jason Hurd said the accident — the...Massive Landslide Closes Down Pennsylvania Highway
"A rockslide early this morning sent boulders tumbling onto Route 28 in Harmar, shutting down the southbound lane and one of the northbound lanes."The incident happened at about 3:45 a.m. One boulder rolled across...Massive floods cripple southern England.
A low pressure system swept accross the UK yesterday (Friday) bringing torrential rain and cut road and rail links over vast swathes of the country. Reading and Didcot railway stations were closed and many streets in London and the surrounding area have been innundated by...Driver Critical After Toxic Load Overturns
" June 8, 2007 North Carolina - The driver of a tractor-trailer carrying a toxic chemical that overturned on Interstate 85 Wednesday evening, shutting down the southbound lanes for most of the evening, remained in critical but stable condition at Duke Hospital, police said....A proper farewell for Francys Arsentiev
On May 2, I reported on the story of Ian Woodall's intentions to give final resting peace to Francys Arsentiev, a Colorado climber and mother who perished on Mount Everest in 1998 with her husband Sergei. A touching article came out today in The Rocky Mountain News detailing...CTA shooting kills teen
"A young man who boarded a CTA bus in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood opened fire Thursday afternoon, killing one student and injuring four others, officials said. The man got on an eastbound 103rd Street bus at Halsted Street and pulled a gun as the bus neared Lowe Avenue...Tanker Explosion Destroys Oakland Interchange
Fortunately the driver survived, and was the only person injured. However, in a region plagued with traffic congestion, this will be the worst infrastructure disaster since the 1989 earthquake. "A section of freeway...Firefighter Struck By Vehicle While Rendering Aid
"California - On Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 1:13 AM, six Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, five LAFD Rescue Ambulances, one Urban Search and Rescue Unit, one EMS Battalion Captain, one Battalion Chief Officer...Heavy Rain Slowing Bay Area Roads: Flooding, Crashes & Traffic Jams
"In San Francisco, the Great Highway is currently shut down from Lincoln Way to Sloat Boulevard, said Department of Public Works spokeswoman Christine Falvey, and will most likely be closed in the northbound direction as well if it keeps raining. There is also flooding on...Authorities Close Part of I-5 in Castaic in Bid to Contain Blaze
"Two lanes of Interstate 5 remained closed today in Castaic as firefighters continued to battle a stubborn brush fire that has burned more than 16,000 acres since Labor Day, officials said. Officials had closed the...Sniper shootings kill 1 on Ind. interstate (AP)
" SEYMOUR, Ind. - A sniper shot at two pickup trucks along Interstate 65 in southern Indiana early Sunday, killing one person and injuring another, state police said. The sniper shot at a southbound truck about 12:20 a.m., killing one of its three occupants, police said....Top Members Today
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