Driver hurt, child survives fiery crash with MATA … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis Area Transit Authority bus was involved in a crash with another vehicle early Thursday morning. It happened in front of the Southland Mall in the westbound lanes of Shelby Drive near Faronia Road at around 5:42 a.m. Police say a Dodge Charger struck the back of a MATA bus and […]
Toyota, Lexus recall 110K new cars for airbag issue Toyota and its luxury brand Lexus are recalling 110,047 new cars, crossovers, SUVs, and pickup trucks for a manufacturing issue that could prevent the driver-side airbag from deploying in the event of a crash, the NHTSA disclosed Monday. The issue comes from the airbag unit inside the steering wheel. The supplier found contamination in a […]
Car crashes into school bus in Southwest Memphis MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A vehicle crashed into the back of a school bus in Southwest Memphis Friday morning. The crash happened on Third Street near Horn Lake Road. Students were on the bus at the time of the crash. There’s no word on what school the bus belongs to. No injuries have been reported. We […]
Driver killed in crash with school bus in Dyer County MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Milan, Tennessee man was killed in a collision with a school bus in Dyer County on Wednesday. Aaron Barksdale, 21, was killed when his Chevy Malibu hit a school bus at the intersection of Hogwallow Road and Jones Road around 7 a.m., the Tennessee Highway Patrol said in a report. No […]
‘On tour in hell’: Wounded Ukrainian soldiers evacuated DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Their hands are blackened and grimy from the fight. Some are still wearing their combat boots, small flecks of black soil from the battlefield clinging to their torsos, bare under the emergency blanket. With bandaged heads and splinted limbs, the wounded soldiers are stretchered into the waiting medical evacuation bus […]
MATA Bus crashes in North Memphis MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A MATA Bus was involved in an accident on Monday night, near the intersection of Chelsea and Watkins. Memphis Police told WREG-TV seven people were transported to the hospital and all are listed as non-critical. This is a developing story.
Two pedestrians killed within two days MEMPHIS, Tenn. — We are taking a deeper look into problems facing pedestrians in the Bluff City after two people were killed in crashes in the last 48 hours. As the sun rose Tuesday morning, Memphis Police were once again investigating a deadly crash involving a pedestrian. This one happened around 5:45 a.m. at Southern […]
Fiery Greece train collision kills 32, injures at … TEMPE, Greece (AP) — A passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in northern Greece, killing 32 and injuring at least 85, officials said Wednesday. Multiple cars derailed and at least three burst into flames after the collision near the town of Tempe […]
Fiery Greece train collision kills 29, injures at … A passenger train and an oncoming freight train collided in a fiery wreck in northern Greece early Wednesday, killing 16 people and injuring at least 85, Fire Service officials said.
Road collision kills 4 Greek rescue workers dispatched … CAIRO (AP) — Four Greek rescue workers dispatched to Libya following devastating flooding in the eastern city of Derna were killed in a road collision Sunday, Libya’s health minister said. Some 11,300 people died when two dams collapsed during Mediterranean storm Daniel last week sending a wall of water gushing through the city, according to […]
Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece’s deadliest train … TEMPE, Greece (AP) — Rescuers searched late into the night Wednesday for survivors amid the mangled, burned-out wrecks of two trains that collided in northern Greece, killing at least 43 people and crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots in the country’s deadliest rail crash. The impact just before midnight Tuesday threw some passengers into ceilings […]