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Teenage Volleyball Player Who Lost Legs in St. Louis Accident Sues Drivers, City

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A teenage volleyball player from Tennessee is suing the Missouri city of St. Louis and two drivers who struck her in February, causing her to lose both legs. The lawsuit on behalf of Janae Edmondson was …

TN Volkswagen Plant Shut Down After Three Workers Hit by Vehicle Outside

Management shut down production Saturday at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee after three workers were struck by a vehicle on a walkway just outside the plant, authorities said. One person was killed, a second was critically injured and a third …

Georgia Crash Sends 14, Including Children, to Hospital

A crash involving three vehicles in coastal Georgia early Monday sent 14 people to the hospital with injuries, authorities said. The wreck happened about 3 a.m. in McIntosh County when an SUV traveling the wrong way struck a passenger van …

Collision With Avalanche Field Derailed Train in Alaska

No one was injured when an Alaska Railroad train derailed Tuesday near Girdwood after running into an avalanche field. Three crew members were aboard the freight train when it hit the snow field just before 2 a.m., railroad spokesperson Christy …

5 Killed in Wrong-Way Crash in Alabama

Five people from Georgia, including two children, were killed in Alabama on Friday when their car entered the highway going the wrong way and hit an 18-wheeler, authorities said. Maria Baltazar, 49, was driving the 2021 Toyota Corolla that collided …

Agency Finds Possible Cause of Washington Seaplane Crash That Killed 10

U.S. investigators said they have found a potential cause of a seaplane crash that killed 10 people off an island in Washington state last month. The National Transportation Safety Board, the agency investigating the Sept. 4 crash off Whidbey Island, …

Foggy Oregon Crash Involved Dozens of Vehicles, 1 Dead

One person was killed Wednesday morning in a multi-vehicle crash in heavy fog on Interstate 5 in Oregon. Crashes in the southbound lanes of the interstate north of Eugene involved about 60 vehicles including up to 20 semitrailers, Oregon State …

Fatal Hawaii Ambulance Fire Linked to Oxygen Device

Preliminary findings from an investigation into an ambulance fire that killed a patient and injured a paramedic last month show the blaze originated in an oxygen device that is routinely used, officials in Hawaii said. The Aug. 24 fire killed …

70-year-old Falls to His Death at Alabama Waterfall Park

Authorities in northeastern Alabama said a 70-year-old man fell to his death at a popular waterfall park. The man’s name hasn’t been released. DeKalb County Coroner Tom Wilson told AL.com that the man fell from a ledge at High Falls …

Medical Helicopter in Ohio Crashed on Way to Fatal Accident

A medical helicopter responding to the scene of a fatal accident in southwestern Ohio crashed this week when it hit power lines, but no one aboard the aircraft was seriously injured, authorities said. Three crew members were in the CareFlight …