John Bryson: Did Seizures Lead to Car Accidents?
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Now that Secretary of Commerce John Bryson has taken medical leave after a seizure apparently caused him to hit two cars in California, medical experts are scratching their heads about how a seizure could have caus…
Car Plunges Into Calif. Family’s Swimming Pool
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A mother in California awoke on Mother’s Day to find more than just breakfast in bed or roses on the table. She found, instead, a silver Lexus at the bottom of her family’s swimming pool. The car…
Wis. Mother and Son Killed in Different Auto Accidents
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WEST ALLIS, Wis.) — Two unrelated car accidents claimed the lives of a mother and her son early Sunday morning in West Allis, Wis.Mary Moore, 45, was struck by a car, while lying in the street at approximately 1 a.m. Sunday mor…
Soldiers More Apt to Get into Car Accidents at Home After Deployments
Creatas/Thinkstock(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) — Overseas duty appears to affect the driving behavior of returning military personnel, making these motorists more careless on the roads, according to a survey by a major insurer of the armed forces and their fa…
Teen Driver Deaths Increase in First Half of 2011: New Report
Hemera/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The number of 16 and 17-year-old drivers killed in automobile-related incidents increased 11 percent during the first six months of the year 2011, according to a new report.Data released by the Governors Highway Safety …
Pot Smoking Raises Risk of Fatal Car Crashes
iStockPhoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Driving after smoking pot can double a person’s risk of being in a serious or fatal car crash, according to a review of studies published Thursday in the British Medical Journal.While it may seem like the revie…
Massive Pileup in Texas Blamed on Fog
Comstock/Thinkstock(PORT ARTHUR, Texas) — Dozens were injured, some of them critically, following a huge pileup Thursday on a southeast Texas highway that involved as many as 60 cars.“We just had a chain reaction,” Jefferson County Sherrif…