Daytona, Florida -- A rumored NASCAR plan to shower its loyal fans with free souvenirs ran into a glitch at the end of its Nationwide Series race here.
The idea was to launch a "piñata car" into the home stretch fence just before the competitors...
Adam Salvage, star of the hit TV series Mythbreakers has landed up in intensive care after a stunt went horribly wrong. His condition is described as "comfortable".
His co-star Jamie Hiney-man said, "Adam wanted to try the stunt instead of using C...
Cheers turned to tears after a series of 'accidents' on the A58 near Halifax - all involving the same pedestrian.
Brad Lee Bruzed was well-known in the area as a prolific jay-walker. According to friends and relatives he was attempting to beat th...
Five greedy people were injured - one seriously - in a massive pile of cash on the M62 near Manchester.
Dozens of motorists stopped near an overhead bridge as huge bags of money were dropped onto the motorway. Drivers and their passengers were...
A new study from Oxbridge University has shown that when it comes to comedy, it can never be too soon.
The study, which was conducted in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, examined the reactions of 150 parents when told a joke about their newborn's l...
Alan Partridge, the controversial broadcaster whose autobiography was released earlier this month, was left red faced after reversing his Lexus into high pitched funny-man Joe Pasquale.
Both men were left shaken but unhurt after the incident in t...
After a severe pile up on the M25 last week, emergency legislation is being rushed through parliament to force the installation of privacy glass on all football supporters' coaches.
"We were lucky this time," said Transport Minister, Hilary Dale.
Police today closed of a section of the M1 due to a three vehicle pile up at junction 26. In atrocious conditions, a fish lorry from Grimsby skidded on the wet road and blocked the carriageway. A tanker carrying cooking oil from Liverpool braked but...
Emporia, Kansas, - Seasoned law enforcement veterans from Emporia had to take a time out today after attending the scene of a horrific car crash on I35, which left one man with his head jammed so far up his own ass that he was able to chew on his own...
FLORENCE, Italy - The cast of The Jersey Shore seems to somehow manage to stay on the front pages of the Italian news media.
The Daily Vino reports that one of the shows stars, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, the little bitty actress and a female companion were driving in Florence looking for a nice pizza parlor.
As their Fiat Multipla approached an intersection Polizzi did not notice that there wa...
Photos of a dying Princess Diana being extraced from a crashed vehicle in a Paris underpass close by the Pont D'Alma have been offered to controversial UK based news agency, Skoob News International, for a substantial sum.
Following a lengthy meet...
BIRMINGHAM - Known for the fact that nearly every motorway in the country passes through it, a multi-vehicle pile-up reminds us of the fragility of human life, especially that of Princess Diana.
The collision occurred at 2.45pm between Junction 6...
Manchester City supporter Darren Braithwaite has been fined £500 and jailed for 7 days after being found guilty of displaying a car sticker that was "grossly offensive and detrimental to public safety.".
The City fan put the sticker - a 2 feet by...
(Published 2060) - LAYER 22, BIRMINGHAM - A 487-car pile-up between the vetipass traffic and the orbitalpass on layer 22 ends up with 198 dead and 436 injured.
The collision occurred when a car from Layer 21 vertijumped up into orbitalway traffic,...
The man who was fitted with the world's first mind-controlled prosthetic arms died today, when he lost control of his car, veered off the road and crashed into a tree.
Mr Gideon Handlebar lost both his arms in an agricultural accident, but was abl...
Former shotgun murderer and NBA also-ran Jayson Williams will have to pay $16,433 to the estate of a tree he killed in January, says a Kings County, NY Judge.
In January, mere days after being sentenced for ventilating the torso of his limo driver...
Katy Perry is livid at the news that her new husband, and wild man of comedy, Russell Brand has been shunted up the rear by a lorry driver in Los Angeles.
Brand was driving Perry's £165,000 Lamborghini Moustache along the Freeway in Los Angeles wh...
Octogenarian Mervyn Forstwerth is toasting his good fortune today after literally walking away from a serious car accident. Mr Forstwerth scrambled underneath the car in a busy garage forecourt in Kent after seeing a 20p piece beside the rear wheel.