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Bynes Accused of Hit-and-Run

Amanda Bynes' car trouble continues. The actress has been accused of a hit-and-run after allegedly rear-ending a woman in the San Fernando Valley and then driving away without giving the woman her insurance information, TMZ reports.

 

Sender of text message may share blame in car crash

Texting While Driving

A woman who texted her boyfriend as he drove could be held liable in a civil suit if a judge refuses to dismiss her as a defendant.

 

Turn signal neglect a real danger, study shows

Turn Signal Neglect

A new study says there’s a far more serious problem that’s responsible for as many as 2 million accidents annually, more than twice the 950,000 accidents linked to distracted driving.

 

Mom, son killed hours apart in separate car accidents

A Wisconsin woman and her adult son were killed in separate traffic crashes just hours apart in a Milwaukee suburb, police say.

 

Van plunges into NY's Bronx Zoo, killing seven

Van Plunged into Bronx

Seven people, including three children, were killed on Sunday when a van crashed through a highway guardrail and plunged more than 100 feet into New York's Bronx Zoo, police said.

 

43 killed in Mexican bus-truck collision

Forty-three people were killed and 18 injured Friday morning in a roadway crash involving a bus in the state of Veracruz, the governor's office said.

 

Study: Most gas pedal accidents involve women

Accidents in which drivers mistakenly hit the gas instead of the brake tend to involve older female drivers in parking lots, a new government study has found....

 

Tax deadline day can be deadly on U.S. roads, study finds

Tax Deadline

The two certainties in life - death and taxes - may be more intertwined than Ben Franklin ever imagined: A study found that deadly auto accidents increase on Tax Day.

 

Millionaire guilty of DUI manslaughter

Florida millionaire John Goodman was found guilty Friday after being accused of driving drunk, hitting another vehicle and running it off the road into a canal, where its driver was later found dead in his submerged car.

Senh: John Goodman sounds like he was lying his ass off. Not only did he not admit that he was drunk, but he also lied about not calling the police. He could have helped the victim and save his life. Instead, he was just thinking about covering it all up.

 

'Whorehouse' Madam Dies

The last madam of the infamous Texas brothel that inspired the movie and Broadway show "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" has died in Phoenix. She was 84. Edna Milton Chadwell's nephew, Robert Kleffman, said Wednesday his aunt, the last owner of the Chicken Ranch brothel in La Grange, Texas, died Feb. 25. She had been in the hospital since a car accident in October.

 

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