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NTSB Begins Investigation of Deadly Ohio Bus Crash Involving High School Students

ETNA, Ohio (AP) – A National Transportation Safety Board team was planning to start work Wednesday at the scene of a deadly highway crash in Ohio involving a charter bus filled with high school students that left six people dead …

Charter Bus Collision With Semi-Truck Leaves 3 Dead, 15 Injured in Ohio

ETNA, Ohio (AP) – A charter bus carrying students from a high school was rear- ended by a semi-truck on an Ohio highway Tuesday morning, leaving three people dead and 15 others injured, according to an emergency official. The charter …

Super Fog Blankets New Orleans Again, as Damp Fires and Smoke Close Interstate After Fatal Crash

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Dense smoke reminiscent of last month`s “super fog” that rolled into Louisiana has led to a deadly crash that shut down Interstate 10 in the New Orleans area early Tuesday, police said. The thoroughfare was closed …

Truck Crash in Illinois Kills Five and Forces an Evacuation

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Five people were killed and five were seriously injured after a truck overturned in central Illinois, causing a toxic substance to leak from its cargo and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of area residents, authorities said …

Report Says Driver of Tanker Truck Lost Control on Off-Ramp, Causing I-95 Collapse

The driver of a tanker truck hauling gasoline lost control on a curved off-ramp on Interstate 95, causing the truck to flip and catch fire, leading to the collapse of the northbound lanes in early June, federal safety officials said …

NTSB: Dad, Not 13-Year-Old, Was Driving Truck That Hit Golfers’ Van in Texas

A Texas man, not his 13-year-old son, was driving the pickup truck that crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a van carrying New Mexico college golfers, killing nine people, and he had methamphetamine in his system, investigators said Thursday. …

Oklahoma Troopers Say Semi’s Lost Wheels Caused Crashes, 1 Fatal

Oklahoma state troopers are trying to find a tractor-trailer they say lost a wheel assembly in Oklahoma City and caused multiple crashes, including one that left a driver dead. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the series of crashes happened shortly …

$1.1M Settlement Reached Over Fatal Highway Crash in Connecticut

A $1.1 million settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit connected to a 2016 fatal highway crash in Windsor Locks, Conn. The Connecticut Law Tribune reports the family of Kevin Dutra agreed to the settlement last month with …