From 6:00 am Saturday, until noon on Sunday, 282 accidents were called into the Colorado Springs Police Department.  Police believe there were many other accidents that went unreported due to minor damage, no injuries, and without drugs or alcohol involved.  Citizens have 72 hours to report this type of accident, also known as “Accident Alerts.”  Police were able to respond to 151 of the accidents that...

Teenagers at Prospect High School in northwest suburban Chicago attended a seat belt awareness presentation on October 6 of this year.  Just seventeen minutes after the class was dismissed, four of those teenagers were involved in a head-on collision, and were able to walk away from the crash in spite of the terrible damage to their car.  All four students were wearing their seat belts, and as a result, were...

Although Tamara Curtis was flown to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, she died after being broadsided by a pick-up truck driven by Corey Hackett at the Y-shaped intersection of U.S. Highway 6 and 300th Street.  Mr. Hackett was treated for his injuries at the scene of the crash.  The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department says that Ms. Curtis was hit by the pick-up truck when pulling...

Nicole Gallo, 19, was killed instantly when Rachael Jankins hit her with her car on August 14 just outside Delaware County Memorial Hospital.  Christine Bochanski, 20, was also hit, but is recovering after surgery for a broken back.  Jankins originally told police she was distracted with her iPod, but her blood tested positive for marijuana and difluoroethane, a chemical in compressed air used to clean computers. ...

Everyone inside a 1994 Honda Accord, traveling west on US-178, was killed when a 2008 Chevrolet pickup truck, traveling east on the same road collided with it.  The accident occurred around 4:20 pm last Tuesday in Orangeburg County, SC.  Investigators of the crash have determined that the driver of the Honda was not wearing a seatbelt, and was pronounced dead at the scene.  The other two passengers were transported...

A school bus with twenty-two elementary age students aboard slammed head on into a tree on Whitehaven Road in Grand Island, NY.  Although it is unconfirmed, it appears another vehicle may have failed to yield the right of way, perhaps causing the bus to veer into the tree.  The actual cause is still under investigation.  The female bus driver has been taken to the hospital, and one boy who suffered a cut...

A seven year old boy and his grandfather were hit by a vehicle in within the crosswalk at the intersection of Harriet and McCoy avenues near the Campbell’s Bucknall area.  The two were hit by a Ford Explorer, and were transported to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and treated for moderate injuries.  Parents are concerned about the crosswalk and intersection because there is an elementary school nearby. ...

A driver ran into a California Highway Patrol officer near Pala, CA and drove away after the accident. The injured CHP officer was being treated for an ankle injury Wednesday. The police officer was hit and run while doing traffic control near the scene of another accident that occured at Pala Temecula Road, according to authorities. The driver accused of striking the officer allegedly sped off southbound,...

Nicole Richie, daughter of  Lional Richie,  was involved in a rear end accident in Los Angeles (specificallyBeverly Hills) earlier this week when we was hit from behind by a papaparazzo driving a vehicle (no it wasn’t a bicycle). Apparently she was expected to seek medical attention, according to the police. “Ms. Richie was driving with a passenger around 2 p.m. when she was struck by two photographers...