#vehicle-crash

#vehicle-crash

Robert Knox Thomas, the driver who ran over two pedestrians with his Rolls-Royce SUV and crashed into a restaurant in downtown Napa in November 2024, is launching his own legal battle to contest allegations he is to blame for the devastating crash. The two injured women, one of whom was paralyzed, sued Thomas last year, accusing him of acting with rage, aggression, and a deliberate disregard for human life when he was behind the wheel that day, four days before Thanksgiving.

A Menlo Park resident was on his way to work this morning when a truck rammed into his yard, he told the Post. The truck's driver had a medical emergency and drove into the fences of three homes, stopping at his yard at 125 Oak Court at 10:25 a.m., Matt Burr, the "neighborhood pizza guy," said. Burr sells pizzas at Cafe Zoe at 1929 Menalto Ave.

A driver was rescued early Tuesday after their vehicle crashed about 200 feet down an embankment in Santa Rosa's Fountaingrove area, fire officials said. Santa Rosa Fire Department crews were dispatched shortly after 2 a.m. to a report of a solo vehicle collision near Hansford Court, according to Paul Lowenthal, the department's division chief and fire marshal. Responding firefighters initially had difficulty locating the vehicle and had to circle back after the initial call to continue the search.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- The Santa Cruz Wharf has reopened to the public following a deadly crash. Just before 10 a.m. Saturday, a van drove through the railing and over the edge of the wharf into Monterey Bay. Divers found the van after 10 minutes, submerged upside down on its roof in about 30 feet of water.

A man was arrested late Tuesday night after crashing his vehicle into a security barrier outside the White House, prompting a swift lockdown and bomb squad response. The U.S. Secret Service confirmed that at approximately 10.37 p.m., an individual drove a vehicle into the Secret Service vehicle gate located at 17th & E St, NW, in Washington, DC. The individual was arrested and the vehicle was assessed and deemed safe, the agency added.

A vehicle crashed onto the steps of Los Angeles City Hall around 4:08 p.m. on Friday, prompting road closures in the area, according to authorities. Los Angeles Police officers are trying to make contact with the driver, who has not come out of the car in the hour since the crash, according to a department spokesperson.

Ontario's education minister is telling licensed daycare providers to immediately prevent the use of parking spaces directly adjacent to child-care facilities, after a toddler was killed when an SUV crashed into a daycare north of Toronto. In a memo to daycares obtained by The Canadian Press, Paul Calandra who first proposed the measures several days ago says the goal is to "better safeguard" children and child-care providers.

A Tesla Model S, while on "Autopilot", crashed into a parked truck, killing one and injuring another. Tesla claimed in a lawsuit that the data about the crash could not be found. So lawyers for the plaintiffs tried a different route. For the Washington Post, Trisha Thadani and Faiz Siddiqui report: That's when they turned to hacker greentheonly, who had a robust social media following for his work recovering data from damaged Teslas and posting his findings on X.

A 22-year-old woman, Arreona Davey, died in a three-vehicle crash in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, after her 2020 Nissan Pathfinder crossed the centerline.

Twenty-three victims were transported to local hospitals and trauma centers, with at least three in critical condition following the incident along Santa Monica Boulevard in East Hollywood.

The driver and passenger are on the run after allegedly hitting six pedestrians at two Bronx scenes before careening into a scaffold and abandoning their vehicle.

A silver Toyota Camry crashed through a chainlink fence and over a retaining wall into a shopping strip parking lot, causing minor injuries to three passengers.

A vehicle struck a utility pole early Saturday morning in Charleston, but fortunately, no injuries were reported, according to the FDNY.