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The area affected by the crash carried about 160,000 vehicles daily and the highway span was about 10 to 12 years old and had appeared structurally sound. It had also been part of a $212 million reconstruction project that had been finished about four years prior, according to a Transportation Department spokesperson.
The two occupants of the vehicle, 31-year-old Andrew Newman and 19-year-old Lillianna Mae Pavelka, both of Utica, died at the accident scene. Tragedy in Herkimer County: Car fire causes deaths of ...
A witness saw her struggling to escape and tried to help, but the flames engulfed the car and she burned to death. Ibrahim Dossey: 1972 2008 36 years Ghanaian footballer car Breaza, Romania The crash occurred on September 13, 2008, putting him in a coma until his death three months later. Dee Dowis: 1968 2016 48 years American football car
One third of fatal accidents involve alcohol. [5] Deaths from speeding exceeded 12,000, half of which involved drivers not wearing a seatbelt, and a third of which involved male drivers aged 15 to 20. [6] Most deaths were occupants of cars, but 17% were pedestrians, 14% were motorcyclists and 2% were cyclists. [5]
A 77-year-old man was rescued from a Pennsylvania car wash after his vehicle overturned, officials say. Firefighters were dispatched at 2:15 p.m. on Jan. 3 to Wave Car Wash in Colmar when the ...
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 ...
From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 15% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35%. The 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 62 years, since 1949. [5] For 2016, the NHTSA reported 37,461 people killed in 34,436 fatal motor vehicle crashes, an average of 102 per day. [6]
In contrast, other developed countries tracked by the International Transport Forum saw a median decrease of 77% in fatal crashes, with Spain experiencing the largest reduction. On a population-adjusted basis, Spain had 86% fewer car crash fatalities in 2021 compared to 1991. [5] There are large disparities in road traffic death rates between ...