Road Accident News

5:14 PM EST
1/14/2012 Bus plunge kills 17 passengers in BangladeshA bus plunged into a deep ravine during dense fog in the Bangladesh southern hills Saturday morning, killing 17 passengers and seriously injuring 35 others. Police, army and paramilitary border guards joined in the rescue operation, but fog hampered their efforts.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Road Accident, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap, Politics, Local Authority

7:37 PM EST
12/18/2011 Twenty killed in Nepal bus accidentAt least 20 people were killed in a bus accident and two dozen hurt and missing in far western Nepal after a passenger bus skidded off from the road and fell some 250 meters down a cliff Saturday evening.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Road Accident, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap

10:13 AM EST
12/12/2011 Ford recalling cars over faulty lug nutsFord is recalling Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans for faulty wheel lugs. The recall affects some 128,616 cars from the 2010 and 2011 model years that have steel wheels.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Road Accident, Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Product Recalls

7:46 AM EST
11/28/2011 Federal investigators probe Chevy Volt firesFederal investigators are looking into why a Chevy Volt all-electric vehicle caught fire three weeks after it was deliberately crashed for a safety test.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Road Accident, Politics, Regulatory Policy And Organization, Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, New Product

2:26 PM EST
11/23/2011 CNN Radio anchor killed in Alabama car crashCNN Radio anchor and longtime journalist Stan Case has been killed in a car accident. Case spent decades at CNN and colleagues say his passing leaves the team with a "terrible sadness."

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Road Accident, Economy, Business And Finance, Media, Radio Industry, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap

11:45 AM EST
11/15/2011 NC girl, 9, survives two days in car wreckageWith the body of her dead father next to her, 9-year-old Jordan Landon survived almost two days trapped in a crashed car by eating Pop-Tarts and drinking Gatorade.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Road Accident, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap

5:59 AM EST
11/10/2011 18 Hindu pilgrims killed in Nepal road accidentAt least 18 people were killed and over 25 injured when a tractor carrying pilgrims to famous Hindu shrine Barahkshetra fell into a canal in Sunsari district of south -east Nepal on Thursday morning.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Road Accident, Religion And Belief, Hinduism

10:07 AM EST
11/8/2011 Ethiopia moves to address road accident tollImproved access to emergency medical care and compulsory third-party insurance coverage could help to lower Ethiopia's high road-traffic accident death toll, say officials.

Source:IRIN Topics:Social Issue, People, Children, Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Road Accident

8:39 AM EDT
10/28/2011 Seven dead after tractor-trailer hits minivanSeven out of 10 passengers in a minivan traveling on an Indiana road were killed Thursday night when the vehicle was hit from behind by a tractor-trailer.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Road Accident, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap

1:27 PM EDT
10/26/2011 Road trip ends pumpkins' chance at Halloween scaresDrivers on a Detroit highway might have thought they were out of their gourd. It looked like pulp fiction. But it was all very real.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Road Accident, Human Interest, Curiosity