Anothercar crash on Meadows Ave. in East Peoria took a woman’s life on Wednesday. The coroner of Peoria announced Wednesday evening at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center that Norene McMahon, 48 of Washington, was deceased. The second driver has been hospitalized as a result, and their condition is not known at this time. An…
Engineers hope the day is soon approaching that trafficaccidents are reduced by self-driving cars. Tesla Motors has announced this month that it will upgrade its Autopilot semi-self-driving system. The upgrade will improve its accuracy in being able to deal with hazards and make its electric cars more dependent on radar, rather than on cameras….
Uber is taking part in efforts to reducetraffic accidents and has announced its partially self-driving car will now accept passengers as of this week. Uber says this is their first step in creating a fleet of autonomous vehicles. The critical test is underway that could someday be the standard for ride-sharing transportation. On Tuesday,…
A young California woman was killed last week in ahead-on crash in Ramona. According to the California Highway Patrol, the collision occurred on Vista Ramona Road and E Old Julian Highway at approximately 4:30 p.m. last Monday. Officials say the eastbound driver of a Ford F-250 drifted into the westbound lanes and smashed into…
ABC13 News reports that life flights and the shutdown of Katy Freeway are the results of an early morningaccident in Texas. Two vehicles involved in a crash sent one person to the hospital and one dead. Additional information to be released after further investigation. Detour from this route is required. The National Highway Traffic…
A grandmother and her toddler grandchild were killed in aDUI accident on Interstate 15 earlier this week. According to the California Highway Patrol, the deadly DUI crash happened around 1:45 a.m. on Saturday in the southbound lanes of I-15. The 64-year-old grandmother was driving a Honda with her 35-year-old daughter and her two granddaughters,…
An Illinois man was sentenced to 26 years in prison for aDUI crash that killed two small children. The 41-year-old man was under the influence of PCP and opiates when he crashed his speeding car into a family’s vehicle in Chicago in 2012. A 5-year-old and a 10-month-old were tragically killed in the crash….
A man has been charged in the death of a Kansas deputy after aDUI accident. According to Federal authorities, the DUI driver faces jail time and eventual deportation. The accused has a previous drunk driving conviction in California and is suspected of immigration violations. The Kansas City man is currently being held at a…
A Missouri scientist was killed in aDUI accident, and the suspect’s charges have been upgraded. The 36-year-old employee of ABC Laboratories was struck and killed near Interstate 70 east of Columbia in a hit-and-run accident in July. Authorities say the man was killed while taking a midday break from work, just outside his offices….
A California woman has been charged in theDUI crash that killed a 3-year-old boy on Friday. The accident occurred in San Ramon on northbound Interstate Highway 680 according to Alameda County Police. According to a police spokesperson, the woman charged is the wife of a sheriff’s deputy. According to the California Highway Patrol, around…