Car Accidents

Helping Your Teen Make Safe, Smart Decisions on Prom Night

Carleton Kendrick | Posted 04.22.2013 | Parents

Read More: Teen Alcohol Abuse, Prom, Teen-Safety, Parenting, Car Accidents, Teenagers, Teens, Parents-Teens, Underage Drinking, Parents News

For parents, the primary prom-related concerns aren't financial. Our biggest prom worries are the risky behaviors associated with proms, most specifically driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, and unsafe sex.

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The Health Burden of Being American

D. Brad Wright | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics

Read More: Gun Control, Drugs, Car Accidents, Life Expectancy, Preventable Deaths, Health Care Reform, Health Coverage, Health Insurance, Health Care, Politics News

Until we decide to shift our focus more in the direction of public health activities, or promote policies of complete and total individual responsibility, we will continue to pour ever-increasing gobs of money down the health care drain, and all of us will have to pay the plumber.

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Gun Violence, Car Accidents and Fires: Leading Causes of Injury Deaths Among NYC Children

Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D. | Posted 03.24.2013 | New York

Read More: Gun Violence, Fires, Youth Suicide, Youth Homicide, Car Accidents, Prevention of Injury Deaths, Cfrat, New York News

We reviewed 10 years of data on injury deaths of children from 2001 through 2010. In this report, a special focus was directed to the cause of death among children 13 to 17 years old. Gun violence persists as a leading cause of death in this age group.

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Holiday Crashes Take Toll In Michigan

ABC News Radio | Christine Hsu | Posted 03.06.2013 | Detroit

(LANSING, Mich.) -- Ten people died in traffic crashes over the New Year’s holiday in Michigan, while another nine people died over the Christmas ho...

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Study Reveals Surprising Fact About Senior Drivers

Posted 12.05.2012 | Fifty

Read More: Elderly Driving, Senior-Driving, Car Accidents, Getting-Older-Driving, Fatal Car Accidents, Post 50 Health, Post 50 Driving, Aaa, Fifty News

At the age of 97, Bill Keller has no need for a taxi service or public transportation -- he uses his car to get everywhere he needs to go. While he ca...

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Man Hit By Police Car Fined $1,000

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.13.2012 | Home

Read More: Video, Nypd, Car Accidents, Hospital Bills, Nypd Scandals, Death by Car Accident, Ambulance, Pedestrians, New York Police Department, Home News

A New York City pedestrian who was struck and injured by a police car was sent a sorry apology from the New York Police Department. Jesse Zorski, a...

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Bus Crash Kills 26 Schoolgirls

Reuters | Posted 12.20.2012 | World

Read More: Video, Car Accidents, Iran Travel Safety, Iran Bus Crash, Reuters, Iran, Bus Accidents, Iran Schools, World News

DUBAI, Oct 20 (Reuters) - A passenger bus in southwestern Iran overturned on Friday evening, killing 26 female high school students on board, Irania...

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This Poses An 'Extreme Safety Risk' To Drivers

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 10.10.2012 | Home

Read More: Safety Risk, Video, Unsafe Airbags, Car Accidents, Unsafe Cars, Airbags, Car Safety, Recall, Airbag, Car Airbags, Home News

WASHINGTON -- Thousands of motorists may be driving cars and trucks installed with dangerous counterfeit bags and they should have them replaced at th...

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Take the Pledge: Texting and Driving, It Can Wait

Zach Dean | Posted 11.20.2012 | Impact

Texting while driving has become a huge problem in the United States. Texting drivers are 23 times more likely to be in an accident than non-texters and the distractions result in over 900,000 crashes per year, many of them are fatal.

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Wife And 2 Sons Of Dead Man Found Stabbed

AP | MIKE HOUSEHOLDER | Posted 08.18.2012 | Detroit

DETROIT -- A woman and two children found dead in a suburban Detroit home when officers went to notify her of her husband's death in a fatal crash wer...

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Wrong-Way Crash Leads Police To Crime Scene: Driver's Wife, Kids Found Murdered At Home

Posted 08.16.2012 | Detroit

The mystery behind a deadly wrong-way crash on the I-94 freeway in Indiana that killed the drivers of both cars deepened Thursday morning, when police...

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Texting While Driving: An Instant Can Change Your Life... Your Life Can Change in an Instant

Charlene Lake | Posted 10.15.2012 | Impact

Read More: Drunk Driving, Texting While Driving, Texting and Driving, Texting, #Itcanwait, Car Accidents, Video, Impact News

Here's the problem with statistics: After a while, they become background noise. It's easy to lose sight of the real people behind these numbers. That's why I wanted to introduce you to Wil. Wil had the misfortune to be riding in a car whose driver was speeding and texting.

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Big Fallout For Florida?

AP | Posted 08.08.2012 | Miami

Read More: Fog and Smoke Crashes 75, Interstate 75 Crashes, I-75 Crash, Video, Car Accidents, Florida News, Lawsuits, I-75 Crash Lawsuits, Foggy Crashes, Miami News

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A series of deadly crashes on Interstate 75 could trigger more than a dozen lawsuits against the state of Florida. The Departmen...

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WATCH: The Most Absurd Parking Fails Of YouTube

The Huffington Post | Hunter Stuart | Posted 08.01.2012 | Comedy

Read More: Youtube Mashup, Parking Fails, Mashup, Video, Parking Accidents, Car Accidents, Parking Attempt, Parking Fail, Fail Reel, Parking Errors, Fail Mashup, Mashups, Comedy News

Most of us would agree that parallel parking is not a simple task. But it's not exactly rocket science, either. Let's start with a simple fact: th...

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WATCH: Makeup Tutorial Video Is Very Scary, Effective

Posted 06.30.2012 | Style

We love the "no-makeup" look because it lets a woman's natural beauty shine through. But it turns out going au naturel is actually safe, too. A few ye...

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One More Careless Teen Breaks Our Hearts

Holly Robinson | Posted 08.11.2012 | Parents

This kid could belong to any one of us. To me, in fact.

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Highway Deaths Per Mile Fall To Lowest Level On Record

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.07.2012 | Business

Read More: Highway Deaths, Car Accidents, Car Accidents 2012, Highway Accidents, Car Accidents 2011, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Highway deaths declined again last year, reaching their lowest rate when compared to miles driven since such record-keeping began in 192...

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Automakers Ignoring Car Seat Standards: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 04.12.2012 | Business

Read More: Car Seats Too Hard, Anne Mccarttm, David Sullivan, Car Seats, Video, Insurance Institute of Highway Safety, Car Accidents, Auto Safety, Gm, Hard to Install Car Seats, Child Car Seat Safety, Iihs, Business News

Attention, parents of young children: You may be installing your child's car seat incorrectly. But that's not your fault. Carmakers are, in la...

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Deadly Crash Was No Mere Accident

Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 04.15.2012 | Business

Read More: Cars, Jeff Zaslow, Auto-Safety, Jeffrey Zaslow, Car Accidents, Jeffrey Zaslow Dead, Auto Accidents, Car Safety, Jeffrey Zaslow Died, Business News

There will be plenty of tears for Jeffrey Zaslow, a Wall Street Journal columnist of wide-renown and a friend. He was beloved by many. I worry that even though a huge community of people will grieve Zaslow, most will accept his death as a tragic accident, something completely unpreventable that could happen to any of us.

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9 Killed In Wave Of Car Wrecks

AP | Posted 03.30.2012 | Miami

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- At least nine people died in a series of crashes apparently caused by heavy smoke and fog overnight on Interstate 75 in nort...

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Girl Hits And Kills Brother With Truck As Classmates Watch

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.13.2012 | Home

Read More: Car Accidents, Student Death, Middle Schoolers, School Death, Middle School Death, Fatal Car Accidents, Middle School, School Car Accident, Home News

UPDATE: A report by the Orlando Sentinel says authorities believe Cameron got in the truck, but had not fully closed the door before Malecki began to...

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VIDEO: 41-Car Pileup On Snowy, Kentucky Highway

Posted 01.03.2012 | Weird News

Read More: Kentucky Crime, 41 Car Pileup, Mayhem, Car Accidents, Car Pileup, 41 Car Accident, Dry Ridge Kentucky, Video, Weird News News

A snowstorm caused a 41-car pileup on a Kentucky highway Monday that sent six people with injuries to hospitals. Cars were sliding on the slippery...

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WATCH: Bystanders Lift SUV Off Girl, She Still Goes To School

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.05.2012 | Home

Read More: China Girl, Video, School Commute, Girl Run Over by SUV, Car Accident, Car Accidents, Suv, China, School Commutes, Home News

After reportedly throwing a temper tantrum on her way to school by sitting down in the middle of the street, a SUV ran over a little girl in eastern C...

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Line Of Cars Mysteriously Smashed On D.C. Street

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.04.2012 | DC

Read More: wusa9, DC News, Dc, Metropolitan Police Department, Mpd, Car Accidents, Crime, Abc7, Euclid Street, Cars, Columbia Heights, D.C., DC News

WASHINGTON -- A speeding SUV smashed a line of cars on a Columbia Heights street in the wee hours of Friday morning and the Metropolitan Police Depart...

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Surfing On Car Rooftop Lands Crystal Lake Man In Hospital

Crystal Lake, IL Patch | Crystal Lake, IL Patch | Posted 08.31.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake Patch, Car Accidents, Austin Watts, Eva M. Carlock, Stephen D. Gallagher, Illinois, Chicagoland Patch, Patch, Reckless Driving, Car Surfing, Chicago News

A 20-year-old Hoffman Estates man is in critical condition after falling from a moving car. Police responded to the Wal-Mart parking lot at approxi...

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