Eleven people were hurt Saturday in a wrong-way, head-on collision near Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers said the driver of the SUV, identified as Megan Hester-Villalobos, 36, of Groveland, was headed south in the northbound lanes of Sherbeth Road and hit the bus.

Eight people died and about 44 were hospitalized Saturday after a charter bus rolled over on North U.S. 83 in Webb County, authorities said. The bus, carrying 51 passengers, was heading to the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino Hotel in Eagle Pass, said Ricardo A. Rangel, Webb County Volunteer Fire Department chief.

A crash caused by a suspected drunken driver led to his passenger being impaled by a fence post. On Wednesday at around 1:30 a.m., 34-year-old Ryan Matson of Cornville was arrested for failure to remain at an accident scene, DUI, endangerment, and criminal damage following a single vehicle crash.

The "Boulevard of Death" is getting a makeover, part of a New York City initiative that made 2015 the safest year on record for traffic accidents even as the number of roadway deaths nationwide shows a steep increase.

The wheels are in motion for the first of what could be several civil trials of wrongful death and personal injury claims related to the 2012 mass shooting in a suburban Denver movie theater.

Dog bites (and other dog-related injuries) accounted for more than one-third of all homeowners insurance liability claim dollars paid out in 2015, costing in excess of $570 million, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) and State Farm®, the largest writer of homeowners insurance in the United States.

A wayward tire led to some harrowing moments for motorists on Route 222 in Berks County on Monday. The tire came loose from a pickup truck, hit the median, bounced and hit a box truck, bounced again and then flew through the windshield of a small school bus, police said.

Fatal accidents involving stoned drivers have soared in the state of Washington since marijuana was legalized there, according to a study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. But it’s difficult to determine whether a high-on-pot driver is too impaired to drive, according to a separate study from the same group.

Lawyers for an engineer who sued after he fell nearly 40 feet through a glass ceiling at a Philadelphia museum say the man has settled for $7.25 million. Phani Guthula’s attorneys say a settlement was reached on Friday with the defendants, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the security company AlliedBarton Security Services.

At least eight passengers were injured Monday when a JetBlue flight experienced turbulence while flying from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Orlando, officials said. Eight passengers aboard Flight 1134 were taken to Florida Hospital East, but their conditions were not released.

A local family said the tragic death of their newborn became even worse after they were given the wrong baby’s ashes.
The parents of a premature baby who died just days after he was born have now filed a $3 million lawsuit against a Portland hospital, funeral home and mortuary service for the mistake.

Officials continue the investigation into Saturday’s accident at the Cinco de Mayo Festival that left 11-year-old Elizabeth Gilreath critically injured. On Saturday, Gilreath’s hair got caught in the spinning mechanism of the ride, ripping off part of her scalp.

A small plane crashed on the roof of a building in Southern California Sunday afternoon, sending one person to the hospital.
The single-engine Piper PA-28 went down under unknown circumstances and ended up on top of a state parole building in Pomona, east of Los Angeles.

A Salt Lake City area light rail train derailed and three people were injured. A spokesman for South Salt Lake police said the train went off the tracks Sunday afternoon.

A Middle Tennessee family said their newborn daughter suffered serious burns after a piece of equipment at the hospital malfunctioned. Apparently a screw fell out of a heat lamp and onto the baby, leaving serious burns on her neck and chest.