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Medical Incident Likely Led to SUV Crashing Into Michigan Walmart, Authorities Say

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A driver who crashed her sport-utility vehicle into a Walmart store in suburban Detroit was likely having a health incident at the time, authorities said Saturday. The woman and four other people who were taken …

Man Who Built Plane That Crashed off California Coast Recalls Selling to Enthusiast

A small airplane that crashed into the ocean off the California coast on Sunday was constructed piece by piece over nearly a decade, one of tens of thousands of home-built aircraft that are part of a high-flying hobby taking off …

Fatal Hot Air Balloon Crash in Arizona May Be Linked to Faulty ‘Envelope’

An “unspecified problem” with the balloon portion of a hot air balloon may have led to Sunday’s crash in the Arizona desert that left four people dead and another critically injured, federal authorities said. The National Transportation Safety Board said …

Michigan Appeals Court: Parents Can Elect Lower Auto Insurance Limits for Minor Drivers

The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled last week that state law permits the parent of a minor to elect lower than default liability limits for their child’s auto insurance coverage. A three-judge panel unanimously affirmed a trial court’s decision that …

Driver Killed as Loose Wheel Crashes into Vehicle on Interstate 70 in Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A wheel came off a pickup truck on an Indianapolis freeway, bounced over a median and crashed into the windshield of another vehicle, killing its driver Monday, police said. The woman driving the second vehicle was pronounced …

Wet Roads, Speed Factored Into Car Crashing Into Texas Denny’s, Police Chief Says

ROSENBERG, Texas (AP) – A Texas police chief said Tuesday that wet roads and speed factored into the driver of an SUV plowing into a Denny`s restaurant outside Houston on Labor Day, injuring nearly two dozen people inside. No charges …

23 Injured as Driver Crashes SUV Into Texas Denny’s

ROSENBERG, Texas (AP) – A driver plowed through a wall of a busy East Texas restaurant, injuring 23 people. Police in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg, Texas said a man crashed his SUV into a Denny`s restaurant just off the …

2 Killed, 3 Hurt When Pleasure Boat Catches Fire in Southern California Bay

Two women were killed and another woman and two men were hospitalized with burns after a weekend fire on a pleasure boat in Long Beach, California, authorities said. The blaze was reported around 5:15 p.m. Saturday on a 35-foot motorboat …

Wisconsin Woman Dies After Police Car Accidentally Runs Over Her, Authorities Say

GREENFIELD, Wis. (AP) – A woman died after a patrol car accidentally ran over her while she lay in a roadway, suburban Milwaukee police said Friday. Officers were called Thursday for a welfare check on the 42-year-old Milwaukee woman, the …

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 …