A Florida sheriff has been ordered by a jury to pay $15 million to the parents of a teenager who died while trying to cross a highway after being kicked out of the state fair by deputies. The 10-person jury …
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded no contest on Aug. 26 to a pair of misdemeanor traffic charges over a crash last year that killed a pedestrian, avoiding jail time despite bitter complaints from the victim’s family that he …
A New Jersey woman has been sentenced to five years in prison in the death of a pedestrian that prosecutors said occurred as the driver was texting – an accusation the defendant denied on the stand. Alexandra Mansonet, 51, of …
The rear tire of a New Jersey Transit bus struck and killed a woman in Bergen County early Wednesday, the agency said. The bus was heading to Cresskill from New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal when the accident occurred in …
Police in Northfield, Vermont, are investigating the death of a man who was hit by the passing Amtrak Vermonter passenger train. WCAX-TV reports a resident in the Vermont town was at a pedestrian crossing in downtown Northfield when he stumbled …
