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A 9-year-old boy from Derby, Connecticut is the sole survivor of a car crash that killed five other children, say police. The Westchester County Police Department in New York stated the "very ...
Speeding and drunk driving contributed to Kylie's fatal car crash. Chris Hartje: 1915 1946 31 years American baseball player bus Snoqualmie Pass Highway (US 10), Washington: Passenger in a bus carrying the Spokane Indians baseball team, which swerved to avoid a wrong-way driver and plunged 300–500 feet down a mountainside. Hartje and eight of ...
It also excludes indirect car-related fatalities. For more details, see Transportation safety in the United States. From the beginning of recorded statistics until the 1970s, total traffic deaths in the United States generally trended upwards, except during the Great Depression and World War II. From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year ...
A vehicle crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Manitoba, killed 17. [522] June 16 – United States – A car ran a red light and crashed into another car killing 5 after exiting Interstate 35 in Minneapolis. [523] June 23 – United States – A sedan carrying six crashed on Interstate 5 in Long Beach, California, killing five. [524]
A driver going the wrong way on Connecticut's Merritt Parkway crashed head-on into a minivan early Thursday, killing all four people in the vehicles and closing one side of the highway for nearly ...
In Memphis, 25.96 people per 100,000 residents were killed in fatal motor vehicle accidents, the most of any major U.S. city. Detroit and Albuquerque, New Mexico, followed with the highest rate of ...
The death of Hollywood actor James Dean occurred near Cholame, California. Dean had previously competed in several auto racing events, and was traveling to a sports car racing competition when his Porsche 550 Spyder collided with another car at the junction of California State Route 46 (former 466) and California State Route 41. He was 24 years ...
Key takeaways. Hit-and-run accidents make up 11 percent of all car accidents, according to AAA. Drivers convicted of a hit-and-run in Connecticut could face fines and even prison time.