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U.S. safety agency opens probe into fatal Tesla crash in Indiana

(Reuters) – The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Wednesday it was launching an investigation into the Dec. 29 crash of a Tesla Model 3 that left a passenger dead after the vehicle collided with a parked fire truck in Indiana.... More »

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Actor Kevin Hart injured in Los Angeles car accident

(Reuters) – Actor Kevin Hart suffered major injuries in a car accident in Los Angeles early on Sunday morning, the California Highway Patrol said. Hart, 40, was being driven in a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda shortly after midnight on Mulholland Highway when the dri... More »

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Tesla sued for passenger death due to defective battery

(Reuters) – Chicago law firm Corboy & Demetrio said on Tuesday it filed a lawsuit against electric carmaker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) alleging that its 2014 Model S sedan had a defective battery pack that caused the death of an 18-year old passenger in an accident la... More »

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Actor George Clooney injured in scooter accident in Italy: Ansa

ROME (Reuters) – The American actor and director George Clooney was injured in a scooter accident on the Italian island of Sardinia where he is working on a miniseries, Italian media reported on Tuesday. Clooney, 57, had just left his hotel on a motor scooter ... More »

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400 flown from James Bond mountain after Swiss cable car breaks down

ZURICH (Reuters) – Helicopters airlifted about 400 people off the Swiss mountain featured in the 1969 James Bond movie “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” on Thursday after a cable car broke down, stranding them briefly at about 10,000 feet above sea level. The ... More »

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Tesla crash may have triggered battery fire: Swiss firefighters

ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss firefighters said on Monday that the impact in a fatal accident involving a Tesla electric car may have set off a fire in the vehicle’s battery. A 48-year-German driver died when his car hit the barrier in the central reservation of a ... More »

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Hockey sticks left on porches to honor Canada crash victims

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Hockey sticks were being left on the doorsteps across Canada on Monday in a poignant tribute to 15 youth players and personnel killed in a bus crash. Hundreds of photos of hockey sticks – propped beside front doors and on porches – have appe... More »

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U.S. safety agency criticizes Tesla crash data release

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday it was “unhappy” that electric car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) made public information about the crash of its Model X vehicle on Autopilot that killed the driver last month. The a... More »

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At least 18 dead in Hong Kong bus accident

HONG KONG (Reuters) – At least 18 people died in a high-speed bus crash in Hong Kong on Saturday in one of the city’s worst traffic disasters in recent years. Television footage showed the mangled remains of the bus as it lay toppled on the side of a major hig... More »

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Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to marry on May 19

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prince Harry poses with Meghan Markle in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace, London, Britain, November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry and his American fiancée, Meghan Markle, will ... More »

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Ex “Top Gear” presenter Hammond in hospital after crash

FILE PICTURE: Richard Hammond, host of the BBC America series ”Richard Hammond’s Crash Course,” speaks at the Cable portion of the Television Critics Association Summer press tour in Beverly Hills, California August 1, 2012. REUTERS/Fred Prouser Former “Top Ge... More »

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Train derailment in northern India injures 25

At least 25 people were injured on Thursday when eight carriages of a passenger train derailed in northern India, a railway ministry spokesman said, the latest in a series of incidents involving the world’s fourth-largest rail network. More »

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Ex-NBA star Rodman gets three years probation on driving charges

FILE PHOTO: Former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman speaks to the media after returning from his trip to North Korea at Beijing airport, December 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo Former pro basketball star Dennis Rodman pleaded guilty and was sentence... More »

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India train crash injures at least 43

A train derailed in northern India on Wednesday injuring at least 43 people, police and rail officials said, at least the third such accident in recent weeks that has raised concerns about the safety of the ageing rail network. More »

Infineon buys Dutch firm in push to control driverless cars

The logo of semiconductor manufacturer Infineon is seen at its Austrian headquarters in Villach, Austria, August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader Infineon Technologies AG (IFXGn.DE) has acquired Dutch electronics company Innoluce BV, a designer of miniature ... More »

Japanese truck driver playing Pokemon Go kills pedestrian

Flowers are laid near the scene where a passer-by was killed after being hit by a driver playing ‘Pokemon Go’ while driving in Tokushima, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 24, 2016. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS A Japanese truck driver playing Po... More »

Nice cancels jazz festival after Bastille Day killings

PARIS A five-day jazz festival in Nice has been canceled following the killing of at least 84 people in the city by a truck driver, organizers said. The festival, which had lined up acts such as Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour and British trip hop act Massive... More »

U.S. safety agency seeks answers on fatal Tesla Autopilot crash

WASHINGTON U.S. highway safety regulators have demanded that Tesla Motors Inc hand over detailed information about the design, operation and testing of its Autopilot technology following a May 7 fatal crash in which the system was in use. The U.S. National Hig... More »

Tracy Morgan performs for medical staff who treated him: People

Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan performed a show near the site of a New Jersey car crash two years ago in which he was nearly killed for an audience that included medical staff who treated him, People magazine said on Sunday. The Saturday performance at the State ... More »

Renault recalling 10,649 Zoe electric cars for brake hose checks

PARIS Renault is recalling 10,649 Zoe electric cars to remove the potential risk of rupture to brake fluid hoses, a spokesman for the carmaker said on Thursday, confirming reports on specialist websites and BFM Business TV. The vehicles were built between thei... More »

Rapper Fetty Wap injured in New Jersey collision, TMZ reports

Rapper Fetty Wap, a rising star in hip hop, was injured on Saturday when he collided with a vehicle while riding his motorcycle in his hometown of Patterson, New Jersey, celebrity website TMZ reported. TMZ posted photos from the scene of the crash, including o... More »

IndyCar driver Wilson dies after wreck

British IndyCar driver Justin Wilson died on Monday after suffering a severe head injury during a wreck in the closing laps of a race the previous day at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania, IndyCar officials said. He was 37. Wilson, a former Formula One driver and... More »