Amtrak service north of New York City was disrupted Monday because of structural issues with a parking garage that’s over the tracks on Manhattan’s west side, officials said. Service between the city and the Croton-Harmon station in Westchester County was halted Sunday after structural problems were discovered at the parking …
Read More »More than 30 dead, 18 injured after bus plunges into gorge in India
At least 37 people are dead and 18 others are injured after a bus slid off a highway and plunged into a gorge in northern India on Wednesday. The bus was traveling in the mountainous Dodo district of the Jammu division when it veered off the road and fell at …
Read More »Joe Manchin goes scorched-earth on Biden admin over EV actions boosting China
Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin scorched the Biden administration on Friday after it released federal guidance allowing Chinese companies to exploit taxpayer electric vehicle (EV) tax credits. Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said the guidance contravenes the intent of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act …
Read More »At least 5 dead, 24 injured in New York tour bus crash
A tour bus traveling from Niagara Falls to New York City rolled over in Genesee County, New York, on Friday, killing multiple people and injuring at least two dozen others. The crash, which involved a tractor-trailer and a tour bus carrying 54 people, happened around 12:30 p.m. near mile marker …
Read More »Colorado driver walks away from dangerous 300-foot highway crash with minor injuries: 'A miracle'
A driver miraculously survived a 300-foot plunge over the side of a highway in Colorado last week, walking away with only minor injuries, officials said. The wreck happened along U.S. Highway 550 in Ouray on Oct. 9, the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team, Inc. said in a statement on Facebook. Rescuers …
Read More »Truck driver arrested on homicide charges in fiery wreck that killed 8 family members
A man has been charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide after authorities said he drove his semitruck too close behind a van, triggering a fiery, multi-vehicle crash on a Georgia highway that killed eight people from the same family, including five children. Kane Aaron Hammock, 33, faces eight counts …
Read More »OceanGate Titan submersible damaged on multiple dives before catastrophic implosion, NTSB report finds
A scathing new report into the Titan submersible disaster that killed five people has found the vessel was damaged during earlier dives and built through a flawed engineering process that failed to meet safety standards — conditions that ultimately led to its fatal implosion. The report released by the National …
Read More »California woman hit by small plane during crash landing on soccer field
A California woman was struck by a small airplane that crashed in a Long Beach park during an attempted emergency landing on Tuesday, according to officials. The emergency landing attempt took place around 4 p.m. on a soccer field at Heartwell Park, the Long Beach Fire Department said on Facebook. …
Read More »Dashcam video shows deadly freeway crash involving suspected illegal immigrant trucker
Dashcam video from a deadly California freeway crash involving a suspected illegal immigrant truck driver in a tractor-trailer shows the vehicle plowing through bumper-to-bumper traffic in a wreck that killed three. Jashanpreet Singh, 21, received a California commercial driver’s license in June, according to the federal Department of Transportation. The …
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