LOUISVILLE, N.Y.—Federal and state authorities are investigating a crash involving a small bus and box truck in snowy conditions that killed six people in upstate New York near the Canadian border. The accident happened around 6 a.m. Saturday on Highway 37 in Louisville, about 150 miles north of Syracuse along the St. Lawrence River. State […]
Authorities say at least three people were killed in a fiery crash involving semi-trucks on a freeway east of Phoenix early Thursday. Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said the chain-reaction crash around 6 a.m. Thursday blocked multiple lanes of Interstate 10. DPS said a big rig crashed into a passenger car that was pushed […]
JOHANNESBURG—A truck carrying liquified petroleum gas has exploded in the South African town of Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, killing at least 8 people and injuring 50 others on Saturday, officials said. The top of the truck scraped a low-lying bridge, sparking flames that caused the explosion, according to emergency services officials. Video footage shared by […]
GUWAHATI, India—A truck carrying Indian soldiers skidded down a steep slope into a gorge in India’s remote northeast on Friday, killing at least 16, the army said. Four other soldiers were injured in the accident in Chatten, 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Gangtok, the Sikkim state capital, it said. The accident occurred when the […]
WILLIAMSBURG, Va.—Three people have died following a crash that involved a commercial bus carrying 22 people and a tractor trailer on Interstate 64 in Virginia, state police said in a news release on Friday. The crash occurred just after 1:30 a.m. in York County near Williamsburg, which is located between Richmond and Norfolk. All 22 […]
DETROIT—Stellantis is recalling about 1.4 million pickup trucks worldwide because the tailgates may not close completely and cargo could spill onto the road. The recall covers Ram 1500, 2500, and 3500 pickups from the 2019 to 2022 model years. The company, formerly Fiat Chrysler, says it found that striker plates on the pickups may not […]
A 19-year-old man has been arrested after authorities found a woman’s body in his truck in eastern Michigan. The Macomb County prosecutor’s office said in a news release it happened on Oct. 27. Prosecutors say Stephen Freeman was driving a truck near Detroit when he hit a semi-truck and then ran away from the accident. […]
UVALDE, Texas—Two people were killed and 10 others injured when a pickup truck crashed into two other vehicles in the Texas city of Uvalde, authorities said. Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez said U.S. Border Patrol agents saw the truck speeding Wednesday night on a highway outside of Uvalde and began pursuing it, San Antonio TV […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—A truck drove off a Dutch dike and slammed into a neighborhood barbecue in a village Saturday evening, and police said two people were confirmed killed and multiple people were injured. Police were trying to determine why the truck left the road in the village of Nieuw-Beijerland just south of Rotterdam and careered […]
A toddler was killed Friday after a cement truck tumbled over an overpass in Houston and landed on top of the car in which he was traveling, officials said. The 22-month-old’s twin sister survived, along with the two adults who were in the vehicle, Harris County Sheriff’s Office Vehicular Crimes Division Lt. Simon Cheng told […]
