Raleigh-Durham, NC
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Las Vegas, NV
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Sun, 01/22/2023San Diego, CA
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Mon, 02/21/2022New York, NY
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Sun, 01/30/2022Anchorage, AK
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Thu, 03/25/2021New York, NY
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Sun, 11/05/2017Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
Tampa Bay may test futuristic "smart road" system
In the coming months, downtown Tampa may be host to testing a system of "smart roads." Smart roads have technology to speak to cars using "connected vehicle technology," which can let a vehicle know that a car up ahead is losing control, or warn a driver about a pedestrian crossing the street or an oncoming wrong-way driver. If the program is approved, smart roads capable of turning lights red and green to dynamically control traffic flow will be rolled out in the Channel District.
New York, NY
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Fri, 05/15/2015At about 6:13 a.m., 55-year-old Rudolph Skakel had just exited his garbage truck to collect trash when it began rolling down Northern Boulevard.
New York, NY
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Tue, 05/05/2015Tom Ryan, a 40-year-old driver for United Parcel Service from Bayonne lost his leg in an accident in Staten Island when he was pinned against his truck by another vehicle Monday morning. Witnesses said Ryan's one leg was severed and his other leg was also injured in the accident.
Marquette, MI
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Fri, 05/01/2015An accident took place around 7:30 a.m. at the City of Houghton Public Works garagethat took the life of one and injured another. An unoccupied dump truck ran over two people, fatally injuring a 48-year-old man and sending a 49-year-old man to the hospital. No names have been released.
Philadelphia, PA
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Tue, 04/07/2015It was about 7:00pm when Novack was finishing her job as a school bus driver at Tracy Elementary School, and was heading to her car. She apparently entered the car to realize that there was mechanical problem, but left the car in neutral as she went behind it to investigate.
Trenton-NJ
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Tue, 04/07/2015Joseph Molinari was driving a truck westbound on Route 80 when he lost control of his vehicle, struck a car in another lane, then hit a barrier. The door of the cab of the truck came open during the crash, and Molinari was ejected and then run over by his own truck.
Los Angeles, CA
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Wed, 03/25/2015A man was standing in front of his Nissan outside of a Thai restaurant on Western Avenue in Gardena when he started the vehicle remotely. The car was unfortunately left in gear, so when it was started it ran over its owner and smashed into the restaurant.
Detroit, MI
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Sat, 02/07/2015A 36-year-old man from Port Huron was driving a pickup truck east on I-94 when he collided with an empty city bus that was left inoperable on the roadway. Just afterwards, a van driven by a 69-year-old man struck the two already wreck vehicles.
Spokane, WA
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Sat, 01/03/2015At about 1:15pm, a 79-year-old woman was parking her car on her driveway, but either forgot to set the brake or it malfunctioned, and the car began to roll as she exited it.
Seattle-Tacoma, WA
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Tue, 12/30/2014At about 5:30pm Rector was apparently having trouble with the breaks on his logging truck when he got out of the vehicle to inspect it. Unfortunately, something caused the truck to roll and it struck Rector, leaving him dead at the scene.
Corpus Christi, TX
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Fri, 11/21/2014A tragic accident happened in Flour Bluff, Corpus Christi on Friday night when a woman was run over by her own suv. Friends have identified the woman as Melody Hubbard. Police say the 30-year-old victim was parked between NAS and Military Drive. She was out looking for her lost dog, when she got
Clarksburg-Weston, WV
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Wed, 10/08/2014Just after 10 a.m., Gerald Kuhns was apparently getting into his truck when it started moving, dragging him over a hill and into a trailer on Kerns Avenue. The Fairmont man was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital. There is no word on Kuhns' condition at this time.
Columbus, GA
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Sun, 08/31/201429-year-old Anthony Williams died early Sunday morning after police say he was run over by his car at Chase Homes on 1st Avenue. Police say Williams was driving his car down 1st Avenue when he swerved off the road and hit an AC unit at the complex.
Look, no hands
IN AN average month 108,000 people are killed in traffic accidents around the world, and the death toll is increasing. On current trends it will exceed 150,000 people a month by 2020, according to the World Health Organisation, as cars become more widespread in developing countries, increasing the number of vehicles on the world’s roads from around 1 billion in 2010 to 2 billion. Many lives will be spared by outfitting more vehicles with airbags, the biggest lifesavers in car technology since seat belts. But now a far greater revolution in road safety is within reach. Around 90% of accidents are caused by human error. Design vehicles so that they can drive themselves, goes the theory, and death tolls will plummet.
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
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Fri, 02/21/2014A 69-year-old Manatee County woman died Friday afternoon from injuries sustained in a parking lot accident.
Susan Roberts Murphy was pronounced dead at the scene just after 4:30 p.m.