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[TRENDING NEWS] Tanker Truck Explosion Kills at Least 98 People in Sierra Leone

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Author: BY REUTERS AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Publish Date: November 7, 2021 at 03:21AM Many of the victims were motorcyclists and taxi drivers who were trying to collect fuel leaking from the truck at the time of the explosion, according to an official. The truck started leaking after colliding with another vehicle.

[TRENDING NEWS] At Least 3 Killed and 50 Hurt in Amtrak Derailment in Montana, Officials Say

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Author: BY CHRISTOPHER MELE, VIMAL PATEL AND MICHAEL LEVENSON - Publish Date: September 26, 2021 at 08:52AM The derailment, involving five cars of the Empire Builder train, happened near Joplin, Mont., on Saturday afternoon.

[TRENDING NEWS] Tesla is ordered to turn over Autopilot data to a federal safety agency.

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Author: BY NEAL E. BOUDETTE - Publish Date: September 2, 2021 at 01:32AM The request by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is part of an investigation into Tesla cars crashing into parked emergency vehicles.

[TRENDING NEWS] Heavy Rains Flood Detroit Roadways

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Author: BY STORYFUL - Publish Date: June 28, 2021 at 12:26AM Officials said about 50 drivers were rescued after hundreds of vehicles became stranded on flooded freeways in parts of Detroit and Wayne County, Mich., early on Saturday.

[TRENDING NEWS] 9 Children and 1 Adult Are Killed in Alabama Crash

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Author: BY ALYSSA LUKPAT AND NEIL VIGDOR - Publish Date: June 20, 2021 at 11:37PM A sheriff said the crash was the worst he’s responded to in more than 30 years in law enforcement.

[TRENDING NEWS] Police Shoot Driver Who Struck Cyclists at Arizona Bike Race

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Author: BY MICHAEL LEVENSON AND MARIA CRAMER - Publish Date: June 20, 2021 at 02:02AM Six people were seriously injured after a man driving a pickup truck plowed into cyclists at a bike race in Show Low, Ariz., the police said. The driver was then shot and wounded by the police.

[TRENDING NEWS] N.Y.C. Roads Are Busy Again, and So Are Traffic Reporters

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Author: BY SARAH MASLIN NIR - Publish Date: May 29, 2021 at 04:00PM In New York City, traffic has roared back to nearly prepandemic levels; perhaps no one has a better front-row seat than traffic reporters.

[TRENDING NEWS] Former Astronaut Pleads Guilty in Crash That Killed 2 Young Girls

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Author: BY AZI PAYBARAH - Publish Date: May 28, 2021 at 10:27AM James Halsell Jr., a veteran of five space shuttle missions, was sentenced to four years in prison and 10 years’ probation.

[TRENDING NEWS] White Troopers Policing Black Bodies

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Author: BY CHARLES M. BLOW - Publish Date: May 24, 2021 at 06:59AM The officers involved in Ronald Greene's death aren't just a few bad apples. It is the whole tree that is shading the truth.

[TRENDING NEWS] Terrence Clarke, N.B.A. Prospect from University of Kentucky, Is Killed in Crash

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Author: BY NEIL VIGDOR - Publish Date: April 23, 2021 at 10:25AM The 19-year-old Boston native had been hampered by injuries in his freshman year but decided in March to forgo his remaining eligibility and turn pro.

[TRENDING NEWS] Man Is Charged With Smuggling in Crash That Killed 13 Migrants in California

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Author: BY JACEY FORTIN - Publish Date: April 1, 2021 at 07:54AM More than two dozen people were crowded into an S.U.V. that collided with a tractor-trailer near the border. Jose Cruz Noguez was accused of coordinating the smuggling attempt.

[TRENDING NEWS] Driver Charged in Crash That Killed 8 Immigrants in Texas

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Author: BY AZI PAYBARAH - Publish Date: March 18, 2021 at 09:55AM An Austin man who led a trooper on a chase that exceeded 100 m.p.h. faces a maximum term of life in prison if convicted, U.S. prosecutors said.

[TRENDING NEWS] Tiger Woods Has Gone Home From the Hospital

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Author: BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL, ALAN BLINDER AND KEVIN DRAPER - Publish Date: March 17, 2021 at 07:32AM Woods was hospitalized three weeks ago in Los Angeles after a car crash that left him with severe injuries to his right leg. Here is what we know.

[TRENDING NEWS] Indonesia Bus Plummets Into Ravine, Killing 26

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Author: BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Publish Date: March 11, 2021 at 09:20AM The bus was carrying a group of Islamic junior high school students and their parents to a pilgrimage site.

[TRENDING NEWS] Migrants in Deadly Crash Had Crossed Through Border Wall, Officials Say

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Author: BY MIRIAM JORDAN - Publish Date: March 4, 2021 at 06:50AM The Border Patrol said two S.U.V.s packed with people apparently crossed through a breach in the wall. One vehicle went on to collide with a tractor-trailer rig, killing 13 migrants.

[TRENDING NEWS] Tiger Woods Was Conscious When Authorities Arrived at Crash

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Author: BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Publish Date: February 24, 2021 at 07:52AM Tiger Woods, who sustained serious leg injuries after crashing his S.U.V. on Tuesday in Los Angeles County, was conscious when emergency workers arrived, the authorities said.

[TRENDING NEWS] South Dakota Attorney General Charged With Careless Driving in Man’s Death

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Author: BY NEIL VIGDOR - Publish Date: February 19, 2021 at 08:51AM Jason Ravnsborg avoided felony charges, including manslaughter, after he struck and killed a pedestrian with his car last September.

[TRENDING NEWS] 9 Killed in Head-On Crash in Fresno County, Calif., Police Say

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Author: BY MICHAEL LEVENSON - Publish Date: January 3, 2021 at 07:02AM The 28-year-old driver of an S.U.V. and all eight occupants of a pickup were killed, including seven young people, the California Highway Patrol said.

[TRENDING NEWS] Buried Under Snow in a Car for 10 Hours. Who Would Come to the Rescue?

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Author: BY ED SHANAHAN - Publish Date: December 19, 2020 at 08:39AM The storm that blanketed a wide swath of upstate New York made one motorist’s car disappear until an ingenious state trooper found it.

[TRENDING NEWS] At Least 6 Killed as Flash Floods Ravage North Carolina

Author: BY NEIL VIGDOR AND AZI PAYBARAH - Publish Date: November 13, 2020 at 08:41AM Rescuers evacuated 31 people from a campground an hour north of Charlotte, which accounted for at least three of the fatalities, the authorities said.