Troopers said the child was struck after an SUV moved forward in a private driveway on Robinson Avenue. APOPKA, Fla. — A 4-year-old girl died after she was struck by an SUV in a private driveway in Apopka on Wednesday evening, and Florida Highway Patrol said the vehicle was being driven by the child’s mother when the crash happened. The girl, identified as Kamaria Simmons, was hit about 7:14 p.m. April 1 near Robinson Avenue …
Police said the 5-year-old was expected to survive after the Sunday night shooting. OAKLEY, Calif. — A 5-year-old boy was shot in the torso Sunday night after his father accidentally fired an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle while cleaning firearms at their Oakley home, police said, sending the child by helicopter to a hospital for emergency treatment. The shooting drew a fast police and medical response and left investigators sorting through what Oakley’s police chief called an …
Investigators said a 19-year-old pedestrian was hit in a Woodside crosswalk as a garbage truck turned off Roosevelt Avenue. NEW YORK, N.Y. — Police in Queens are investigating a fatal late-night collision in Woodside after a private garbage truck struck a 19-year-old woman in a crosswalk while making a turn near Roosevelt Avenue, authorities said Monday. The victim, Nishath Jannath, was crossing 62nd Street at Roosevelt Avenue at about 11:55 p.m. Sunday when the truck …
Counselors, vigils and a continuing highway patrol investigation followed a field trip collision that killed two Kenwood Middle School students. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A school community in Clarksville was grieving Saturday after two Kenwood Middle School students were killed and several other people were injured in a west Tennessee bus crash during a Friday field trip. School leaders and families spent the day responding to the aftermath of a collision that shattered a routine trip …
The victim was identified as 83-year-old Tan Dinh, a Windsor resident, a day after the crash. WINDSOR, Conn. — Windsor police are asking witnesses to come forward after a three-vehicle crash at Route 218 and Windsor Avenue left one town resident dead and seven other people hospitalized during the Wednesday afternoon commute. The call came in at 2:32 p.m., placing the collision in the middle of a busy part of the day on one of …
As criminal charges move ahead against a former driver, Boston is still confronting what the child’s death revealed about its transportation system. BOSTON, Mass. — The arraignment of a former Boston school bus driver in the death of 5-year-old Lens Arthur Joseph has brought fresh attention to the larger failures city officials have already said were exposed by the child’s fatal 2025 crash. Jean Charles, 39, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Suffolk Superior Court to …
School counselors were added after district leaders confirmed that two elementary students and one high school student died. CRETE, Ill. — Crete-Monee School District 201-U said Wednesday that three of its students were killed in a house fire that also claimed the life of 71-year-old Walter Palmer, turning a predawn emergency on Chalet Court into a day of grief across classrooms in Crete and Monee. The district’s announcement gave the tragedy a broader public shape. …
An Air Canada Express jet hit a Port Authority fire truck after landing from Montreal late Sunday, sending more than 40 people to hospitals and triggering a federal investigation. NEW YORK, N.Y. — A regional Air Canada jet struck a Port Authority fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, killing the pilot and co-pilot, injuring dozens of other people and forcing the airport to close as federal investigators moved onto the runway. …
Neighbors said the man was working on a GMC Yukon when the vehicle came down outside a home Friday afternoon. NORTH MIAMI, Fla. — A man died Friday afternoon outside a North Miami home while working on an SUV, and police were investigating after neighbors said the vehicle fell on him in the driveway area. The death drew attention because key details remained unsettled late Friday, even as neighbors described what they believed happened. North …
Authorities say the infant suffered wounds consistent with a dog attack inside a mobile home Tuesday morning. NOVI, Mich. — A 5-day-old baby girl died Tuesday after police in Novi said she was apparently mauled by a dog inside a home in a mobile home park, setting off an investigation into how the attack happened and who was in the residence at the time. The death quickly became one of the region’s most jarring child-fatality …