DENVER (AP) — A recent insurance study links increased car crash claims to legalized recreational marijuana. The Highway Loss Data Institute, a leading insurance research group, said in study results released Thursday that collision claims in Colorado, Washington, and Oregon went up 2.7 percent in the years since legal recreational marijuana sales began when compared … Continue reading
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Car drives wrong way in Times Square, plows into pedestrians
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who appeared intoxicated drove his car the wrong way up a Times Square street Thursday and plowed into pedestrians on the sidewalk, killing one and injuring about 20 others, authorities and witnesses said. The driver was taken into custody and being tested for alcohol. Pandemonium erupted when the vehicle … Continue reading
Principal: 5 teens killed in crash were high school juniors
WILLISTON, Vt. (AP) — A man driving the wrong way on an interstate highway in Vermont spawned several crashes that left five teenagers dead, an unknown number injured and at least two vehicles in flames, including a stolen police cruiser, state police said Sunday. A Vermont school principal said the five teenagers, who were all … Continue reading
Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo killed in fiery car crash
ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say the rapper Shawty Lo was killed in a fiery car crash on a freeway near southwest Atlanta. Fulton County police Cpl. Maureen Smith said the car struck a couple of trees and burst into flames before dawn Wednesday on Interstate 285 near the exit to Cascade Road. No other vehicles … Continue reading
Officials: Woman dies after collision with EMS vehicle
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — An 88-year-old woman has died following a collision with an Emergency Medical Services SUV in Virginia Beach. Local news outlets report that Doris Virginia Baxter has died as a result of Tuesday’s crash. The 29-year-old female driver of the car that Baxter was a passenger in suffered minor injuries. Interim … Continue reading
Former Miss America contestant dies week after car crash
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A former Miss America contestant died early Monday, a week after her car spun off a New Jersey highway and crashed into trees. Cara McCollum died at Cooper University Hospital, according to Frank DiMauro, chief operating officer of the TV station where she worked, and a Facebook message posted by her … Continue reading
Khloe, Kim Kardashian safe after Montana traffic accident
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Khloe and Kim Kardashian are safe after the vehicle they were in slid off a Montana road and into a ditch on Saturday. Montana Highway Patrol Capt. Mark Wilfore says the accident occurred before noon on a highway between Bozeman and Belgrade, where the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport is located. … Continue reading
