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VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2018
Limo company operator in New York crash disaster charged with negligent homicide
The operator of a limousine company that owned the vehicle involved in a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York was taken into custody and charged with criminally negligent homicide, New York State Police said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 10, 2018
Driver's kin blame vehicle as finger-pointing begins in search for cause of deadly NY limo crash
Lawyers for the family of a limousine driver who died along with 19 others in an upstate New York accident and the owner of the vehicle are clashing over the cause of the deadliest U.S. transport accident in nearly a decade.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2018
Car crashes into Gunma supermarket, injuring 14; driver held
A car crashed into a supermarket in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, on Sunday afternoon, injuring 14 people.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 20, 2018
Female pedestrian dies in Arizona after being hit by Uber self-driving SUV, prompting halt in tests
A woman crossing a street was killed by an Uber self-driving sport utility vehicle in Arizona, police said on Monday, prompting the ride services company to suspend its autonomous vehicle program.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 29, 2017
At least five hurt as van jumps Seattle sidewalk, hits pedestrians after driver passes out
A van driver who apparently passed out jumped his vehicle onto a downtown Seattle sidewalk, hit pedestrians and crashed into a building on Thursday, injuring at least five people, police said.

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