Houston Chronicle - NEW ORLEANS Rescue crews needed almost two hours to remove the Texas driver from a truck that dangled over an Interstate 610 overpass after a crash this afternoon. The driver apparently lost control of the truck, which swerved sharply, struck a
Age - A motorist who ran a car into a pole as he was trying to delete a mobile phone text message will serve extra jail time over the deaths of two teenage passengers and injuries to another. The Court of Appeal today upheld a prosecution appeal against
ONE News - Yoko Ono's chauffeur tried to extort $2 million from her with embarrassing audio tapes and photos and threatened to kill John Lennon's widow, prosecutors said on Thursday as the man was charged with grand larceny.
Koral Karsan, 50, was arrested at
ONE News - A Palmerston North taxi driver who skipped the country after sexually assaulting a female passenger has been sent to jail. Sharif Ali has been given 7.5 years with a minimum non-parole period of 4.
5 years for unlawful sexual conduct, indecent assault
Seattle Times - The Washington State Patrol used an airplane Tuesday morning to track down a hit-and-run driver involved in a collision on Interstate 405 near Coal Creek Parkway. The two-vehicle crash took place during rush hour in the northbound lanes, said Trooper
OptusNet - Investigators with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) have interviewed the 57-year-old driver of the truck that crashed into the Ghan in the Northern Territory on Tuesday. Two locomotives and 11 carriages were derailed when the train and a
Evening Star - A DRUNK driver who left a man fighting for his life in hospital after crushing him against a brick wall is today facing a jail sentence.
