A man and his wife were killed Sunday night when their motorcycle crashed into a pickup truck south of Fargo, N.D., according to officials. http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/275910/group/News/ The fatal accident took place at the intersection of Cass County Road 81 and Cass County Road…
It’s been one of the most disruptive, and unusual, reasons for flight delays across the world: The cloud of volcanic ash that’s made its way from Iceland to the European continent. Only the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2009, which…
The crew of Poland’s president’s jet, which crashed in Russia last weekend, knew for a few horrifying moments that they were going to die, according to a story in The New York Times Friday. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/world/europe/16poland.html?ref=world One of the chief investigators…
An Indonesia plane with more than 100 passengers ran off a runway when it landed and broke in half Tuesday, finding stopping near a river. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36453582/ns/world_news-asiapacific/?GT1=43001 Roughly 20 passengers and one Merpati Nusantara Airlines crew member were injured in the…
Human error, namely trying to land when visibility was less than half a mile, was likely to blame for the jet crash in Russia this weekend that killed Poland’s president and nearly 100 other people, according to an initial investigation. …
Heavy fog appears to have doomed the flight of Poland’s president, as he and dozens of high-level Polish political and military leaders were killed when their plane crashed trying to come in for a landing in western Russia Saturday. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/world/europe/11poland.html?hp…
A mother and daughter were killed when a tractor trailer ran a red light and crashed into their car Wednesday in Long Island, N.Y. http://www.newyorkinjurynews.com/2010/04/09/long-island-automobile-accident-tractor-trailer-crash-kills-mother-and-child_201004093137.html The accident took place during rush hour, at around 6 p.m., at Central Park Avenue and…
A jury has awarded families of four passengers killed in a Youngstown, Ohio, plane crash and a survivor $89 million, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. http://www.philly.com/philly/business/homepage/20100407_Phila__jury_awards__89_million_in_plane_crash.html The jury in the Philadelphia Common Please Court Tuesday found that the manufacturer of…
A dump truck driver has been charged with four counts of manslaughter for crashing into a group of motorcycles who were stopped for a red light in northern Phoenix. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/06/us/AP-US-Motorcycle-Crash.html?_r=1&ref=aponline Michael Jakscht, 46, of Scottsdale, Ariz., was arrested Tuesday on…