Google has been testing a fleet of autonomous vehicles on U.S. roadways for quite some time now, and other companies such as Mercedes-Benz are adding more advanced technology to aid drivers. Original post on bgr.com Comments on reddit.com
A US military helicopter crashed Tuesday, April 16, near the North Korean border, a South Korean defence official said, with no reported casualties. Original post on news.com.au Comments on reddit.com
Plunge happens on the same day one anonymous redditor made it rain in Bitcoin. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
Traveling an estimated 120 mph and under the influence of alcohol, a St. John man is accused of causing a fiery crash which killed another man Sunday morning in St. John then fleeing the scene. David R. Hatfield, 39, is charged with failure to stop Original post on suntimes.com Comments on reddit.com
A young couple en route to a hospital to have their first child was killed in a car crash in New York City early Sunday but the baby was born at the scene and survived. Nathan and Raizy Glauber, both 21 and Orthodox Jews, were using a car service to go to the hospital when anoth … Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Joseph M. Durnal was the first of a whole bunch of you to send in a version of this story showing how NASCAR abused copyright to take down some videos. You may have heard that there was a big NASCAR crash at Daytona that sent debris flying into the… Original post on techdirt.com Comments on reddit.com
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As their mother lay dead in the middle of the night, a 4-year-old Oregon girl dragged her seriously injured younger sister from a crashed car and the two huddled under a blanket — and waited.With the mangled car stuck deep in the woods, and no skid marks on the highway, the crash site was nearly impossible to detect.In fact, authorities estimate the sisters were alone in the frigid woods for several hours as many motorists passed it by Wednesday morning.The girls didn’t get help until two commercial fishermen spotted what appeared from a distance to be a basketball-sized gash in an alder tree along State Highway 401 between Astoria, Ore., and Naselle, Wash. Kraai McClure and Scott Beutler travel the two-lane road frequently, and had a gut feeling something was wrong.The men slowed down, discussed the situation and decided to turn around and go take a look. McClure said he called 911 to see if there had been any reports of a wreck during the night. There weren’t.Beutler, who was a first responder when he lived in Mississippi, went into the brush and signaled McClure to alert authorities. Original post on ap.org Comments on reddit.com
A 4-year-old girl in Washington state pulled her little sister from the wreckage of a car crash that killed their mother, then kept the two of them warm under a blanket in the chilly rain for six hours until a passing driver found them. Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
An Alvin father remained in the Brazoria County Jail Monday, charged with murder in the alleged revenge killing of a drunk driver who plowed into his truck, killing his two young sons last December. David Barajas Sr., 31, a construction worker, is being held in lieu of $450,000 bail in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Jose Inez Banda minutes after the Dec. 7 crash that claimed the lives of Barajas’ 11- and 12-year-old sons. Tests showed Banda’s blood alcohol was twice the legal limit when his Chevrolet Malibu rear-ended the Barajas’ family’s Ford 250 truck that had run out of gas on an unlit county road near Alvin, investigators said. Several minutes after the crash, 911 operators began receiving phone calls about the accident and recorded a sound of gunfire. During a two-month investigation, authorities located a witness who reported seeing David Barajas walk from the crash scene to his nearby home and return to Banda’s car, after which the witness heard gunshots. Felicia, Banda’s wife, now raising their infant daughter alone, posted several comments just before the murder indictment was announced. The Facebook page earlier had been a battleground, with angry postings by supporters of Banda, who complained of a vigilante killing, and supporters of Barajas, who described the boys’ deaths as murders. Original post on chron.com Comments on reddit.com
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Caleb Moore dies from injuries he suffered during the Winter X games in Aspen. Original post on thedenverchannel.com Comments on reddit.com
Two people are killed and nine are injured when a helicopter crashes into a crane at the top of a building in Vauxhall in central London. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
From the blog Parenting: After almost losing her life to her parent’s poor judgement, a little girl has taken her family to task–and to court. 12-year-old Faith Carberry, of Langford, Ireland, filed a lawsuit against both her parents after sustaining severe injuries from a drunk driving accident caused by her own mother. On Wednesday, the liability suit was settled between her father, the owner of the car, and the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland. But the damages caused by her mother’s accident are still being assessed by the judge in the coming weeks. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
Two of Iceland’s most senior former bankers have been jailed for making reckless business loans, following investigations stemming from the collapse of the country’s banks in 2008. Original post on independent.ie Comments on reddit.com
Lying in a Beijing military hospital in 1990, General Wang Zhen told a visitor he felt betrayed. Decades after he risked his life fighting for an egalitarian utopia, the ideals he held as one of Communist China’s founding fathers were being undermined by the capitalist ways of his children — business leaders in finance, aviation and computers. Original post on bloomberg.com Comments on reddit.com
Breakthrough could lead to improvements in treatment of brain-damaged patients who cannot move or speak Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
When Facebook Inc. filed its proposal Feb. 1 to go public, it touted the effectiveness of ads linked to customers’ friends, citing research from Nielsen, the audience-counting company. Original post on bloomberg.com Comments on reddit.com
Ellie Mae O’Hagan: People are turning away from casino finance and towards a more democratic system that improves quality of life Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
A Boeing 727 passenger jet has been deliberately crashed in a remote desert area of Mexico for a television documentary — and for our future safety. Original post on time.com Comments on reddit.com
The presidential candidate suggests he would strongly consider for Treasury Secretary John Thain, the former CEO of Merrill Lynch. Original post on addictinginfo.org Comments on reddit.com
The number of people who commit suicide in the U.S. has drastically increased while deaths from car accidents have dropped, making suicide the leading cause of injury death. Original post on dailymail.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
None of which is good for the stock price. Original post on businessinsider.com Comments on reddit.com
Police in the USA have released CCTV footage of a high-speed crash to warn drivers of the dangers of jumping red lights. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on digg.com
Asteroids that formed in the inner solar system are the most likely source of the majority of Earth’s water, a new study suggests. Original post on space.com Comments on digg.com
Michael Cohen: Be it ideology or stratagem, the GOP has blocked pro-growth policy and backed job-killing austerity – all while blaming Obama Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on digg.com
Lindsay Lohan was in a bad car accident and is in the emergency room at an L.A. hospital… TMZ has learned.Lindsay Lohan was driving her black Porsche… Original post on tmz.com Comments on reddit.com
Indonesian special forces have found the voice-and-data recorder of a Russian passenger jet that slammed into a jagged, mist-shrouded cliff. Original post on usatoday.com Comments on digg.com
