Car crash
24 Feb
On the 24th of February, Tiger Woods crashed his SUV on a sweeping, downhill road in the Los Angels suburbs, and doctors tried to stabilize “significant” injuries to his right leg with rods and a combination of screws and pins. Woods was driving to a television shoot when his SUV crashed into a median, rolled…
6 May 2020
Former Schalke youth player Hiannick Kamba, 33, was reported to have been killed in a car crash on a trip to his home country in 2016. His club mourned and paid tribute to him. However, in a new development, as reported by BILD, the footballer has been found alive in the city of Gelsenkirchen, near…
5 Jun 2019
Nollywood actor Yul Edochie cheated death yesterday, June 4 after he was involved in a car crash. Edochie who is the son of Nollywood veteran, Yul Edochie took to Instagram to share the news of the crash alongside an image of his wrecked SUV. According to him, he survived minor bruises even though his Nissan Pathfinder SUV…
4 May 2019
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Anambra has confirmed a multiple crash, involving four vehicles, at Umuokpu on the old Onitsha-Enugu Expressway on Friday. Mr Andrew Kumapyi, the Sector Commander of the commission in the state, made the confirmation to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka. Kumapyi said the crash involved a…
21 Nov 2018
According to a report by TMZ, ace tennis star, Venus Williams has reached a settlement with the family of the man who died in the Florida car accident she had last year. According to court documents filed in Palm Beach County, Jerome Barson's estate and the Williams reached an agreement last week. Although it is unclear…
31 Aug 2018
Latest report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has revealed that 4,059 vehicles were involved in road crashes in second quarter (Q2), of the year. In the road transport data released on Tuesday, commercial vehicles represented the highest number of crashes with 2,447 representing 60.29 per cent, followed by private with 1568 (38.63 per…
11 Aug 2018
Fleeing the police after a car crash in Paris, a man who had been driving without a licence took the ultimate wrong turn -- and ended up taking refuge inside the headquarters of France's spy agency. According to a police source, the hapless driver fled after being involved in a crash on Paris's peripherique ring…
9 Apr 2015
Richard Henyekane, a South African footballer, passed away in the early hours of Tuesday after being involved in a car accident. He was with four other passengers when the accident occurred. However, he was the only one who died. The club he plays for, Free State Stars, confirmed the news via a statement: We wish…
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