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9-Year-Old Crashes Car, Dad Gets Arrested

A young father from Cleveland, Ohio has been arrested over letting his 9-year-old daughter get behind the wheel of a vehicle. Police reports, conveyed by The Smoking Gun, show that 23-year-old Jaron McGee was teaching the girl how to drive and he let her take control of the car. They were doing rounds in the parki...

21 May 2013
02:21 GMT

Owner Totals Own Maserati to Get Back at Car Dealer - Photo

The Chinese owner of a Maserati has decided to get revenge on a car dealer by bashing in his own vehicle at a car show. According to China Car Times, he purchased the vehicle in September 2011 and had to change a part two months later. He serviced the car at Furi Group, where staff exchanged it for a second-hand one...

15 May 2013
13:21 GMT

Russian Father Gives Daughter Driving Tips As Motorcyclist Crashes in Front of Them

Dashcam videos are the best, and the ones shot in Russia have that extra appeal of watching insane, extreme driving. In this clip, one father lectures his daughter on how to stay safe if she ever gets into a car crash. He says he has been in many accidents himself, so he knows what he is talking about. He gets to t...

15 May 2013
10:46 GMT

Man Who Fled Zombies, Caused Crashes on Interstate Has Pleaded Guilty

A man from Tennessee has pleaded guilty to several charges after causing several crashes on the Interstate while, as he put it, being chased by zombies. 29-year-old Jerimiah Hartline originally claimed his innocence when faced with an arrest for assault with a deadly weapon. According to U-T San Diego, he has now ...

14 May 2013
02:46 GMT

Watch How to Make a Truck Flip Using Tires

The video posted above shows you a valuable skill to have in case you ever find yourself driving a truck in the middle of nowhere, through a storm that capsizes the truck, an event from which you emerge unscathed. The men in the clip above manage to rotate a truck using only tires. They flip it on the side, then the...

8 May 2013
13:51 GMT

Might & Magic Heroes VI: Shades of Darkness Fixes Under Development at Ubisoft

The development team working on Might & Magic Heroes VI: Shades of Darkness says that it knows about all the problems that gamers have with the turn based strategy title and is working to deliver patches that will fix them all.The team states on the official forums that, "we are aware some of you are suffering issues...

5 May 2013
18:03 GMT

Two Airplanes Clip During Take-Off at Newark Airport in New Jersey

An airplane has clipped the wing of a second aircraft at Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday, May 1. According to CBS New York, an Airbus A330 used for Scandinavian Airlines Flight 908 hit the smaller ExpressJet 4226, an Embraer E145, at 7:30 p.m. The Federal Aviation Administration described that th...

2 May 2013
02:48 GMT

Grayling Golf Team Crash Leaves Three Dead, Seven Injured in Michigan

A van transporting a high-school golf team collided with a second vehicle on Monday, April 29, leaving three people dead and seven injured. “As many of you know, our local Grayling Golf team was involved in a terrible car accident today on their way to a golf meet in Kalkaska County. “Six players and t...

1 May 2013
08:45 GMT

Seven Americans Killed in Afghanistan Plane Crash Identified by US-Based Company

Officials have released the names of the seven American crew members killed in a plane crash at Bagram Airfield military base in Afghanistan on Monday. Channel 3000 wrote that one of the men was captain Jeremy Lipka, 37, who lived in Michigan and mostly handled international flights. As I told you earlier, the Boei...

1 May 2013
07:49 GMT

Seven Americans Killed in Plane Crash in Afghanistan – Shocking Video

Seven people, all US citizens, have died in a horrifying plane crash caught on video in Afghanistan. The moment in which the aircraft collapses over a high-way has been captured on a dashcam. *User discretion is advised when playing this video as it contains shocking, graphic imagery. The crash has been claimed ...

1 May 2013
05:48 GMT

Worst Parallel-Parking Job Ever Takes 30 Minutes

If you have fourteen and a half minutes to kill, then you should definitely be watching a video of the worst job at a parallel parking in history. *User discretion is advised as the clip contains language that can offend. According to uploader Ciarán Shannon, it took about 30 minutes for this motorist to get...

30 April 2013
11:27 GMT

Shocking Video of Motorcycle Rider Taking Out Two Cyclists Goes Viral

A motorcycle crashes on a canyon road, colliding with two cyclists in this shocking new viral video. *User discretion is advised as the clip contains language which may offend. autoevolution informs that the crash took place on the Mulholland highway in California. The track is traditionally used for practice by mo...

30 April 2013
09:58 GMT

Plane Crashes near L.A., One Person Dies in Collision with Second Aircraft

One person has died after a mid-air collision between two small planes over Southern California on Monday, April 29. According to Fox News, one of the two small, single-engine planes landed in Calabasas while the other in Westlake Village. The 2 p.m. Calabasas incident was initially reported as a brush fire. As fir...

30 April 2013
03:56 GMT

Officials Confirm that a Part Found on a NY Alley Has Been Used in the 9/11 Attacks

Officials have confirmed finding a section of one of the planes that hit the Twin Towers in 2001 in New York. As reported previously, part of a plane's landing gear was found on a narrow alley in Lower Manhattan, between 50 Murray St. and 51 Park Place. Metro informed that the debris was found on Wednesday,...

29 April 2013
10:48 GMT

Truck Gets Stuck in Tree in Oregon, Nobody Knows How

Authorities in Sherwood, Oregon have been trying to find out how a truck got stuck in a tree by the highway. The owner did not report an accident, and she showed up when prompted by the police. She has not been injured falling out of the vehicle and is not volunteering info on the manner in which the truck has land...

29 April 2013
10:06 GMT

Close Call: Joggers Escape Car Crash in Brooklyn, New York

Two joggers are caught on camera literally running for their lives as a minivan almost slams into them. This footage was captured by CCTV cameras in Brooklyn, New York, NY 1 reports. The incident took place at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 9th Street in Park Slope, at around 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday, April 24. ...

26 April 2013
09:41 GMT

The Average Windows Computer Experiences Nearly 2 App Crashes per Week

Research firm Soluto recently released a new report that analyzes the reliability of Windows computers currently on the market, but also the overall stability and performance improvements that landed on the world’s most popular operating system in the last couple of years. Findings are pretty surprising, to sa...

25 April 2013
05:41 GMT

70 Killed, 600 Injured in Bangladesh As Garment Factory Building Collapses on Top of Them

At least 70 people have been killed and many others have been injured during the crash of a building in Bangladesh, reports are saying. According to Gawker, officials could have prevented the deaths of the workers and visitors in the facility, had they listened to the workers’ concerns. The same publication lists n...

24 April 2013
09:21 GMT

General, Wife Killed in Crash near Williamsburg

An Air Force general and his wife have been killed in a plane crash in Virginia, near Williamsburg, reports say. Military.com identifies the victims as 54-year-old Maj. Gen. Joseph D. Brown IV and his wife, 52-year-old Susan D. Brown. Military Times details that the pair have crashed in a division of James City Cou...

22 April 2013
07:32 GMT

Russian Police Officer Slams Car into Bus Stop, Senior – Video

In a video that is bound to make you cringe, a police officer in Russia drives his vehicle into a bus stop, while a senior is seated there. You can tell that this guy is a cop by his outfit and the video caption, as the car he is driving is not marked and it is probably not his patrol vehicle. Uploaders at english...

18 April 2013
07:53 GMT

Indian Car Crash Victim Begs for Help on the Side of the Road, Nobody Stops

A horrifying video shot in India shows a man literally begging for help for him and his family after a serious car crash, only to be refused by passing motorists. As you can observe, drivers passing him are traveling at low speed, yet none pulls over to ask why he is distressed. According to NDTV, this incident was...

15 April 2013
09:56 GMT

Florida Van Crash: 1 Dead, 19 Injured in Church Youth Group Accident

A crash in Florida has left one church volunteer dead and 19 people injured on the Turnpike, reports say. The driver of the van and 18 members of a religious youth group have been hospitalized following the incident, Miami Herald describes. The extent of the passengers' injuries has not been specified at this p...

15 April 2013
05:41 GMT

Lion Air Jet Crashes off the Coast of Bali with 130 Passengers on Board

Photos of a Lion Air passenger plane that crashed off the coast of Bali have emerged online. On Friday, April 12, a Lion Air jet ran off the runway at Ngurah Rai Airport, near Denpasar in Indonesia. The Air Boeing 737 was carrying over 130 passengers, ABC Net Australia reports. Some of the people aboard incurred m...

13 April 2013
06:09 GMT

Woman Escapes Being Crushed as Machinery Falls Off Truck in Miami Overpass

A woman has escaped a potentially fatal crash on the I-395 in Miami on Wednesday, April 10, and her reflexes saved her. She was driving on Biscayne Boulevard when a truck driver carrying heavy equipment miscalculated the height of the bridge, running into it and cause the machinery to topple to the ground. The loa...

12 April 2013
09:49 GMT

Teenager Crashes SUV Twice in 30 Seconds – Real or Fake?

Redditor Colincarguy has posted a video of a car being totaled as it is rams a parking garage. Two crashes are captured by surveillance cams in under half a minute. The user titled the clip “How to destroy your parents car in 25 seconds Flat,” suggesting that the driver of the Toyota Highlander was a tee...

11 April 2013
11:04 GMT

Girls Lift Tractor Off Dad, He Escapes Getting Crushed

Two teenagers from Lebanon, Oregon have managed to get a tractor off of their father. The 3,000-pound (1,360-kg) piece of farming equipment would have crushed Jeff Smith if it wasn't for his daughters. Smith flipped the tractor over while trying to remove a stump that was lodged on his property. KPTV described ...

11 April 2013
04:10 GMT

Senior Killed Moving Rabbit Off the Highway in Wyoming

A senior trying to move an injured rabbit off the highway was struck by a vehicle on Saturday night, April 6. 79-year-old William Kieren, of Wyoming, succumbed to his wounds by noon the next day. The incident took place at around 9 p.m. near the town of Laramie in Albany County, a spokesperson for the Highway Patrol...

10 April 2013
04:22 GMT

Bitcoins Surge Past $200, €153 with No End to the Growth in Sight

Those predicting Bitcoin's impending plunge into the abyss have a bit more to wait, it seems. Just last week, the cryptocurrency hit $100, €76.7, tripling its value in a month. At that point, the general wisdom was already that bitcoins were overpriced. But now, a bitcoin is worth $200, €153, doublin...

9 April 2013
08:10 GMT

Lamborghini Miura Catches on Fire in London – Video

A Lamborghini has been caught on tape bursting in flames in England. This clip, uploaded by user Save The Rich, which is rather ironic, has already been viewed more than 85,000 times on YouTube. The video, posted above, features the incident that took place in central London, with one pretty damaged Lamborghini Miur...

8 April 2013
13:21 GMT

Body in Towed Car Found Three Days After Accident

The body of a car crash victim has been recovered from the vehicle she was in three days after the incident. Police found the remains of the woman from Clayton, North Carolina in the front seat of her 2000 Pontiac Sunfire on Monday, April 1, while the vehicle was in an impound lot. According to WRAL, her car had b...

3 April 2013
04:28 GMT

Vegas Restaurant Crash: Police Arrest Teen Suspect Leaving 10 People Injured

10 people have been injured when a motorist slammed into a Las Vegas restaurant on Monday, April 1. According to the Las Vegas Sun, an 18-year-old boy drove into the Egg & I diner in a 1993 Lexus LS400 at 12:37 p.m. Gage Lindsey is currently held at Clark County Detention Center, since he was arrested on Monday n...

2 April 2013
04:36 GMT

95-Car Pile-up in Virginia Claims Three Lives on Easter Sunday

A pile-up on Virginia interstate 77 has claimed three lives on Sunday, March 31. At least 25 people were severely injured when 17 vehicles crashed at around 1:15 p.m. Original reports have mentioned that 75 cars had been involved in the pile-up, but the toll is currently at 95. ABC News details that the vehicles wer...

1 April 2013
04:45 GMT

Navy SEAL Accident in Arizona Claims Life of Officer in Bin Laden Raid Team

A Navy officer in the elite SEAL TEAM 6 in charge of the deadly raid on Osama bin Laden's camp in 2011 has been killed in a training accident. NBC News reports that the SEALS were undergoing parachute training in Marana, Arizona when a member of the team was killed while another was injured. Both SEALS were p...

30 March 2013
06:25 GMT

Girl Survives Car Crash, Hikes to Get Help for Dying Father

A 9-year-old girl has displayed amazing courage by hiking for more than a mile (1.6 km) to get assistance for her dying father after a horrific crash. Alejandro Renteria of North Hollywood drove his SUV off a cliff and landed into a ravine in Acton, California. At approximately 1 a.m. on Sunday, March 24, he veered ...

25 March 2013
09:58 GMT

Crash Kills 6 Illegal Immigrants in Naval Base Police Chase

A truck carrying undocumented immigrants has crashed at Naval Air Station Kingsville in Texas on Wednesday, leaving at least six people dead and several others injured. Some sources report that as many as seven people have lost their lives on the spot. Guatemala and Honduras natives were on a pick-up truck that sma...

22 March 2013
03:49 GMT

Marble Falls Bridge Is Blown Up in Slow Motion Video

This video of the Marble Falls US 281 bridge being demolished is somewhat of a work of art, and it would actually seem artificial if I didn't know that it actually was blown up. According to YouTuber Kirk Drummond, a one-second blast is relayed here in 12 seconds by being shot at 300fps with a RED Epic high-res...

20 March 2013
11:31 GMT

37 Killed, 15 Injured in Crash as Bus Falls Off a Bridge in India

37 people have been killed as a bus fell off a bridge in India today, Tuesday, March 19. The incident took place in the early hours of the morning, reports say. A private bus was headed from Goa to Mumbai, Ratnagiri district in the western Maharashtra state, the capital city of which is Mumbai. Witness reports rela...

19 March 2013
05:26 GMT

Race Car Crash Kills 2 in California, 2 Vehicles Involved in Accident

A race car accident involving two vehicles at the Marysville Raceway Park in California has left two people dead in one of the cars. According to Sky News, a driver has been killed in the crash and the teenage driver of the second vehicle has escaped the collision unharmed. While 68-year-old Dale Wondergem Jr. fro...

18 March 2013
09:53 GMT

Bus Crash Kills 24, Including Two Children in South Africa

24 people have died and several others have been injured as a bus veered off the street and rolled over, in South Africa. According to Times Live, the bus crashed on the Hex River Pass in the proximity of De Doorns, Friday morning, March 15. Western Cape health department spokesperson Faiza Steyn describes that two...

15 March 2013
12:43 GMT

Facebook Plane Crash Photo Fail Prompts Apology from Luton Airport

Luton airport has released a statement apologizing for a snafu on their Facebook page that many people were really offended by. An employee posted a photo of a Southwest Airlines jet that crashed into a highway in 2005, after veering off the runway at Chicago Midway airport. The caption included a joke about that so...

15 March 2013
06:52 GMT

5 Teens Die in Crash with Tanker, Truck Driver in Serious Condition

A two-vehicle crash has left five teenagers dead and a tractor-trailer driver in serious condition near Dumas, Texas. According to Amarillo Globe News, the Department of Public Safety has identified the victims, two of which, Jacob Paul Stipe, 16 and Christopher Lee Moore, 17, were residents of Sunray. October Dawn...

13 March 2013
05:09 GMT

Vehicle in Ohio Teen Crash Stolen, Driver Speeding

New developments have surfaced in the case of the accident that killed six teens in a crammed SUV in Ohio. It appears the teenagers crashed because they were speeding while going through a spot known as the "Dead Man's Curve," on their way to Warren on Sunday, March 10. In addition to that, the Honda Passport ...

12 March 2013
11:56 GMT

NASCAR Headstone Banned, Widow Sues Indianapolis Church

The widow of a NASCAR aficionado is suing a Catholic church in Indianapolis for not allowing her to install her husband's custom-made headstone. According to Opposing Views, Shannon Carr spent $9,600 (€7,400) on a granite tomb stone honoring her husband's passion for NASCAR. Ironically, Jason Carr pas...

12 March 2013
09:09 GMT

Military Plane Crashes in Lincoln County, Washington, 3 Crew Members Dead

A military plane crash in Lincoln County, Washington has left three people on board dead, sources in the Navy confirm. KREM informed that the aircraft crashed between the towns of Harrington and Odessa on Monday, March 11, at approximately 8:30 a.m. U.S. Navy Lt. Kakiel identifies the plane as a Navy EA-6B Prowler...

12 March 2013
06:29 GMT

Planes Collide at JFK: Air India Jet Clips Wingtip on Jet Blue Aircraft

An Air India passenger jet and a Jet Blue parked aircraft have been involved in a minor collision at JFK airport during the weekend. K Pop Starz writes that the larger Air India plane was landing and, as it was being parked on the taxiway, clipped a wingtip on the Jet Blue plane. “There was a noise. You could...

11 March 2013
06:16 GMT

6 Teens Killed in Crash as SUV Swerves Off the Road, Sinks in Swamp

An SUV crash has claimed the lives of six teenagers in Warren, Ohio, as the car veered off the road, landing into a pond area. WKBN informs that eight youngsters were in the vehicle on Sunday, March 10. They were driving in a 1998 Honda Passport on Pine Street, in the Trumbull County town. As they were headed sout...

11 March 2013
03:35 GMT

3 Teens Killed in Indiana Crash, Students Ran a Stop Sign

Three students from Ripley County, Indiana have been killed in an automobile collision on Thursday, March 7. WLKY reports that two vehicles crashed after running a stop sign in a four-way intersection at around 10 a.m. Two pick-up trucks collided, each carrying 3 teenagers, and the incident resulted in the death of ...

8 March 2013
02:56 GMT

Dublin Airport Temporarily Closed as BinAir Plane Nose Wheel Fails

The main runway at Dublin Airport has been closed down earlier today, after a cargo plane's nose wheel failed. The BinAir aircraft has registered a landing-gear failure that sent the plane's nose touching the tarmac. The BinAir plane, manufactured by the Fairchild-based Metroliner company was coming in fr...

7 March 2013
11:31 GMT

Three Bodies Found on Iditarod Route After Plane Crash, One Is a Child's

A plane crash in Rainy Pass, on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska has incurred three casualties, reports say. According to Anchorage Daily News, the victims of the crash have been identified on Tuesday as a mother, her daughter, 10 and a retired Anchorage policeman. The bodies of 48-year-old Carolyn Sorv...

6 March 2013
02:43 GMT

Cyclist Killed in Crash During Race, Hit by Vehicle During Third Lap

A 23-year-old cyclist has incurred fatal wounds after being hit by a vehicle during the Severn Bridge Road Race near Olveston in Gloucestershire, western England. The George Herald details that the incident occurred on Sunday, March 3. The competition is organized in the UK every year, and this is the first time a f...

5 March 2013
05:32 GMT


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