SWITCH: Mobile | ePaper | Subscribe

Homes Rentals Jobs Autos Contests

freeway

Dog causes crash that shuts down freeway

Last updated Monday, February 27, 2012 - 11:08am

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A dog running into traffic on a busy New Mexico freeway caused a chain reaction that led to a fiery crash involving a semi full of frozen meat that shut down part of the road and backed up traffic for nearly four hours, authorities said.

Accidents, Auto accidents, Dog, freeway, National Read more Comments

242 lbs. of pot seized on truck in Evanston

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 2:41pm

EVANSTON, Wyo. -- Wyoming authorities say they've seized 242 pounds of marijuana from a truck hauling cars.

Crime, freeway, Interstate 80, Marijuana, Pot bust, National Read more Comments

Debris and wreckage lie along the highway after a multi-vehicle accident that killed at least nine people, on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the pileup on the highway, which had been closed for a time because of the mixture of fog and heavy smoke from a brush fire. At least five cars and six tractor-trailers were involved, and some burst into flame. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

Cause sought for deadly highway pileup

Mike Schneider The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 30, 2012 - 10:39am

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Authorities in Florida were trying to determine Monday what caused the horrific pileup on Interstate 75 south of Gainesville, where a long line of cars and trucks collided one after another on a dark highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were blinded.

Fatals, freeway, Pileups, Accident, National Read more Comments

Woman charged with DUI after driving 18 miles the wrong way

Christine Clarridge The Seattle Times

Last updated Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 3:25pm

SEATTLE -- It was a tragedy waiting to happen unless they could stop it.

Washington State Patrol troopers tried their sirens, spotlights and even the PA system on their patrol cars, but nothing seemed to capture the attention of the driver who was careening north on Interstate 5 in the wrong direction early Wednesday morning.

Crime, DUI, freeway, Police, Wrong-way driver, National Read more Comments

A burning double-tanker gasoline truck sends smoke skyward in Montebello, Calif, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. Thousands of motorists were stuck on a 10-mile stretch of freeway near Los Angeles after the big-rig tanker truck burst into flames Wednesday. No one was injured. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Tanker fire turns freeway into 'Carmageddon'

Amy Taxin The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 6:12pm

MONTEBELLO, Calif. -- For the second time in a year, Southern California motorists faced a freeway "Carmageddon." Butas the evening commute loomed Thursday there was some good news: A 10-mile stretch of road closed by a gasoline tanker fire could reopen within a day.

Auto Accident, freeway, Accident, National Read more Comments