M4 tops accident blackspot list
BBC News - The A417 northbound from Birdip to The Air Balloon, Crickley Hill, has seen 17 incidents since New Year’s Day, traffic information service Keep Moving said. Since January, more than 2,600 accidents have occurred on 38 principal roads in the region

Teen hospitalized after tubing accident dies
Missoulian - KALISPELL - A 14-year-old boy who nearly drowned in a tubing accident on the Stillwater River died early Saturday, hospital officials said. Andy Irvine, the son of Kalispell Fire Department chaplain Hal Irvine, had been in critical condition at

U.S. importer seeks govt. help in tire recall
Reuters - The New Jersey importer, Foreign Tire Sales, has told U.S. safety officials the tires were sold under the names Westlake, Telluride Compass and YKS, according to lawyers representing families of people involved in a car accident blamed on the tires. U

China-Made Tires Are Subject Of Lawsuit After Fatal Accident
Wall Street Journal - A recent lawsuit arising from a fatal auto accident in Pennsylvania is pointing toward another potentially hazardous Chinese import, this time tires. The accident occurred last August, when a steel-belted radial on a cargo van carrying four

North Huntingdon woman killed in single-car accident
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - A 19-year-old woman was killed Sunday in Penn Township when the car she was driving rolled over after leaving the road. Sarah L. Budd, of Quarter Horse Drive in North Huntingdon, died at Mercy Hospital Sunday from a head wound she suffered after

BREAKING NEWS: Second Woodlands man’s death ruled accident
North Channel Sun - Almost a year after Jim Sicotte’s body and burned car were found wedged in a forestry enclave of the Timber Lakes/Timber Ridge subdivision, his death was ruled by investigators as an accident. Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office detectives announced

Accident Raises Safety Concerns On Chinese Tires
Wall Street Journal - A fatal auto accident in Pennsylvania has stirred concerns about another potentially hazardous Chinese product in wide use in the U.S.: tires. About 450,000 Chinese-made tires sold in the U.S. — and possibly many more — may lack an important safety