Runaway tram shocks dog walker
A Swiss man has told how he opened his front door to take his dog for a walk – and saw a derailed tram heading straight towards him. Terrified Klaus Schmidt, from Munchenstein, leapt back pulling his More...
‘Pavarotti’s heir’ Licitra dies after crash
Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra has died from head and chest injuries suffered in a road accident. He was 43. Licitra – who was seen as the heir to Luciano Pavarotti in Italy – crashed More...
Fruit Lorry Causes Massive Jam
A Hungarian lorry loaded with six tonnes of apricots caused a massive traffic jam after it crashed into the support pillar for an overhead motorway sign – and burst into flames. Driver Pusztay More...
Columbia shuttle debris found
Debris from the space shuttle Columbia, which burned up on re-entry in 2003, has turned up in a drought-stricken lake in eastern Texas. The 1m-wide spherical tank was found in Lake Nacogdoches, near More...
Forklift mishap destroys $1m of shiraz wine
More than A$1m ($1.07m; £664,000) of wine has been destroyed in a forklift accident in Australia. The 2010 Mollydooker Velvet Glove shiraz sells for A$185 a bottle ($199; £122), the AFP news agency More...
Real Madrid star drops cup under bus
Real Madrid players waited 18 years to win a domestic cup – and then dropped it under the wheels of the team bus. The Copa del Rey was crushed after defender Sergio Ramos dropped it off the More...
Munich air tragedy remembered in TV drama
The true story of Manchester United’s famous ‘Busby Babes’ and the 1958 plane crash in Munich that claimed eight of their lives is recreated in new BBC film United. We report from More...
David Arquette hospitalised in car crash
Actor David Arquette has been hospitalised in Los Angeles following a car crash. Reports suggest the Scream star’s Cadillac veered into oncoming traffic in West Hollywood on Friday afternoon More...
Road Wall Builders Sued
Bungling road officials who built a wall across a 70 miles per hour motorway at night without warning motorists are being sued by crash victims. The five-feet high wall – which had no lights or signs – More...
Challenger disaster’s 25th anniversary
The US space agency Nasa has held a day of remembrance for astronauts who have died in the line of duty, particularly the seven who perished in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. It is 25 years since the More...
Bus Driver´s Lucky Explosion Escape
Terrified bus driver Wang Ko was blown into the air when a gas mains exploded under his coach – and then plunged 40ft into the crater left by the massive blast. Officials in Ruian, Zhejiang province, eastern More...
Lorry driver’s amazing escape
A Chinese truck driver cheated death after his vehicle lost control on a bridge, flipped over the edge and ended up dangling over a 330ft drop. The lorry somehow managed to cling on to the concrete barrier, albeit More...
Corrie tram goes on display
Coronation Street fans will be jumping for joy at the news that the tram that flattened the Kabin and a couple of cobbles residents is set to go on display. According to reports, the now infamous Manchester tram More...
Lucky Brake for Trucker
This lucky trucker survived this real life cliffhanger when his overloaded lorry balanced above a 400ft drop after its brakes failed. Police say the lorry – loaded with 40 tons of coal – was going too More...
Juliette Lewis thanks fans for kind words
Actress/singer Juliette Lewis has thanked her fans for their love and support as she recovers at home from a hit-and-run accident in California on Wednesday night. The Natural Born Killers star was travelling home More...
Road safety warnings increased bumps
Puzzled motorists have been baffled by a road safety stunt where the wrecks of crashed cars have been left by the roadside – with giant jigsaw pieces in them. The 12 motors – all from real life fatal More...
Singer George Michael admits drug-driving
Singer George Michael has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs and possessing cannabis. The 47-year-old, whose real name is Georgios Panayiotou, entered his plea at Highbury Magistrates Court More...
Is it a road stew?
It’s a police steak-out with a difference. Hundreds of motorists were stranded when a lorry shed 20 tons of meat on a motorway slip road in Maxendorf, Austria. More than 40 firemen and police to three hours More...
Fancy one for the road?
A trucker spilled 25,000 bottles of beer over a busy highway when he overturned his lorry trying to escape motorway traffic cops. Driver Krzystof Lewandowski, 44, was trying to dodge police in Chojnice, Poland, More...
School bus crashed after vomiting driver fell out
A US school bus company is being sued after a driver allegedly fell out of a moving bus when he leant out to vomit. The driver-less bus full of schoolchildren ended up crashing into a nearby ditch, reports the More...