A proposal that would prohibit motorists from using handheld cellphones on Indiana roads seems to be on its way to becoming law. The Indiana Senate voted 43-4 Tuesday in support of the bill that supporters say is intended at making roadways safer by combating distracted driving. House members endorsed previous month a similar version of the bill that would […]
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Car salesman gets 6½ years for scamming over $3 million
A former salesman at a Florida Porsche dealership has been sentenced to jail for scamming over 30 customers out of about $3 million by creating misleading sales orders for rare cars. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith sentenced Shiraaz Sookralli, 45, in Fort Lauderdale federal court. Sookralli pleaded guilty in September to conspiracy to commit mail fraud […]
Whiteout causes 200-car pileup near Montreal leaving two dead
Canadian police stated Wednesday that whiteout occurrences likely triggered a huge pileup involving about 200 vehicles south of Montreal. Two people died in the collision, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported. Quebec provincial police informed that about a dozen people were sent to hospital with small to serious injuries after the midday crash in La Prairie, […]
Woman hospitalized after car crashes with train in Flint
A woman is being treated at Hurley Medical Center where she was hospitalized after her car and a train were involved in a crash Sunday morning in Flint. Officers with the Flint Police Department replied around 9 a.m. Sunday, February 16 to the area of Richfield Road between Dort Highway and Western Road for the […]
Driver arrested after he and 50 other vehicles blocked an Anaheim intersection
A driver was arrested on suspicion of reckless driving in California after he and at least 50 other vehicles obstructed an Anaheim intersection as part of a street takeover around 1:45 a.m. Sunday, police stated. Police replied to Brookhurst Street and Crescent Avenue after multiple callers reported the issue involving cars which were blocking the […]
Pittsburgh man says someone used electronic device to unlock his car
A number of car thefts have been reported in a Pittsburgh neighborhood. Pittsburgh police stated eight car thefts occurred in the past month in various neighborhoods. One victim informed Channel 11 that the thief used a universal fob to get in his car. “I believe he had a device or a code reader,” stated the […]
NTSB releases details in two crashes involving Tesla Autopilot
An Apple engineer who died when his Tesla Model X crashed into a concrete barrier had earlier complained regarding the SUV malfunctioning on that same stretch of Silicon Valley freeway. His complaints were detailed last week in documents released by federal investigators in two Tesla crashes associating Autopilot, one in California and the other in […]
Teenage drives ran over officer who tried to stop them in Montana
A police officer was having a hard time with serious injuries requiring surgery after a car full of teenagers sped and drove directly at officials in what was an alleged deliberate attempt to struck them. The incident took place just after 1 a.m. on the morning of February 15 in Billings, Montana, when police officers […]
Man arrested after $500k of cocaine found in car with wife and baby
Border Patrol agents arrested an individual for allegedly smuggling more than $500,000 worth of cocaine in the car that he was taking a trip with his wife and son. The arrest occurred on Thursday in San Clemente, California, when agents saw a suspicious vehicle traveling past them at about 85 MPH, weaving between lanes and […]
Almost 50 car windows smashed in Cleveland Heights
Bill Gresham states he must have been sleeping when someone smashed more than a dozen car windows outside his Cleveland Heights apartment window overnight. “I’m not dead, I’m old,” he stated leaning on his cane. Gresham stated he wishes he could have dealt with the person responsible for smashing all four windows of his car […]
Man arrested after allegedly driving van into registration tent of GOP
A man has been arrested after he intentionally drove a van into a tent full of Trump supporters that were working to register new voters at a shopping center parking lot. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon in the Kernan Village Shopping Center located in eastern Jacksonville, Florida, when a man, later identified by the […]
76 cars broken into, vandalized at apartment complex in Atlanta
Seventy-six cars were broken into at an apartment building just steps from the Atlanta BeltLine overnight, according to police. The break-ins took place at The Edge apartment complex along Edgewood Avenue. Residents of the apartment complex came out to discover bags are thrown around and broken glass all over the ground after thieves smashed in […]
Tesla driver dies after car hits the wall in Pleasanton
A Tesla Model S crashed and burst into flames following the accident in Pleasanton, California, on Saturday, killing the driver, according to police. The driver, whose identity is currently not known, died in the single-car incident. No one else was harmed. Police have not yet figured out if drugs or alcohol were involved in the […]
Police arrest 185 climate protesters at Brussels car show
Police arrested 185 protesters in central Brussels on Saturday following the staged demonstration conducted by the environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion at a car show in protest at the auto industry’s role in CO2 emissions that cause climate change. The protest came some days after the European Commission revealed ideas on how to finance its […]
Family of woman pulled from burning car grateful for rescuers in Charleston
The family of a woman was helped from a burning car on Thursday morning. She has been released from the hospital and is looking forward to seeing her rescuers. The car burst into flames after a Kanawha County school bus collided into it on Interstate 77. The bus driver has been charged with driving under the […]
