A golf cart struck several pedestrians attending the Brickyard 400 on Sunday. Authorities arrested a 40-year-old man, identified as Noblesville resident Colonious Thomas, for an OWI following the incident.

The driver of a red pickup appeared to be drunk, according to witnesses who called 911, as he sped erratically through Kalamazoo County in June 2016. Before police could catch up to him, the driver plowed into a group of bicyclists on a rural road, killing five of them in a crash that would make international headlines.

One person is dead following a crash Thursday morning in Ware. Mary Carey, spokesperson for the Northwestern District Attorney’s office, said that one man died after he was struck by a garbage truck around 9:30 a.m. on Church Street.

As more severe storms hit southern Wisconsin, public works departments are working overtime to clean up the damage.

A speeding Honda slammed into a city Department of Transportation tractor-trailer in Murray Hill early Wednesday, sparking a massive crash that sent three people to the hospital — two in critical condition.

A Georgia jury has awarded more than $11.2 million to the family of a film crew member who was killed in 2014 on the set of a biographical movie about rock singer Gregg Allman, court records show.

U-Haul Co. of Pennsylvania will pay a record $160 million in a settlement after a Feltonville food truck exploded nearly four years ago, killing a mother and daughter and injuring 11 people.

The new distracted driving law goes into effect on Sunday, July 23. It means drivers will no longer be able to use a cell phone or any electronic device while driving, even when stopped at a traffic light. Deaths from distracted driving went up by 32% from 2014 to 2015.

When 36-year-old Jesus Armando Escobar was exiting off Interstate 4 onto State Road 528, he had no idea what was about to happen on the overpass above him.

Bruce Redding returned home from the gym Sunday afternoon to find an SUV on his roof and much of the front of his house destroyed.
Authorities say the speeding SUV had hit an embankment and launched into the air, like something out of a Hollywood movie, before crashing down on Redding’s roof in the 5900 block of Lillian Avenue.

A truck carrying about 7,500 pounds of live eels overturned on an Oregon highway Thursday afternoon. Police said the truck driver failed to stop and when he slammed on the breaks, the containers full of eels flew off the truck.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said it is recalling 1.33 million vehicles worldwide.
The recall is targeting potential fire risks and inadvertent airbag deployments.
The recall covers 538,000 2011-2015 Dodge Journey vehicles in North America and 233,000 2011-2015 Fiat Freemont crossovers sold elsewhere.

A contract worker died on Thursday from injuries received in an accident while working for Motiva Enterprises [MOTIV.UL] in an area between its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery and terminal, the company said.

Loose materials flying off a trailer being towed down I-65 South near Murfreesboro Road injured one driver and caused damage to two vehicles Wednesday afternoon, Franklin police said.

Five people were killed in a fiery six-vehicle wreck that temporarily closed a stretch of Interstate 70 on the western edge of the Kansas City metropolitan area, authorities said.