The Fairfax patroller who had a brush with death during a traffic stop on Monday, May 1, is now “just glad to be alive,” the county’s Police Department told the press the following day. Hair-raising footage from his cruiser, parked on the side of Fairfax County Parkway south of Braddock Road, was shared by the department,…

MARATHON, Fla.—Several motorists who were speeding through an elementary school zone on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway received an odorous onion as a reminder to slow down from a county sheriff’s deputy dressed as the Grinch. Col. Lou Caputo, a 37-year veteran of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office who conjured up the concept more than…

QUETTA, Pakistan—A speeding bus veered off a narrow mountain road and plummeted into a ravine in a remote area of southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 22 passengers including women and children, a government official said. The accident happened in the district of Qilla Saifullah in Baluchistan province. Deputy District Administrator Mohammad Qasim said rescuers transported…

A police and crime commissioner (PCC) who was elected last year promising to crack down on speeding drivers, has admitted breaking a 30-miles-per-hour speed limit 5 times in 12 weeks. Caroline Henry, the Conservative PCC for Nottinghamshire, refused to say if she would resign from the position after she appeared before magistrates on May 3….

Three men are dead and two woman are injured following an Anaheim crash. Anaheim police said a white Mercedes-Benz and Kia collided May 4 about 2:50 a.m., near the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Orange Avenue. The occupants of the Kia, three yet-to-be-identified men, were declared dead on scene. Police said the driver of the…

Police say two speeding motorcyclists died April 17 in unrelated accidents. One crash happened in Fullerton when Francisco Sandoval, 32, of La Mirada crashed his 2006 Suzuki motorcycle into a wall at the intersection of Euclid Street and Rosecrans Avenue. Responding officers found Sandoval with life-threating injuries, and he was later pronounced dead at the scene. Earlier that…

LOS ANGELES—Tiger Woods was driving nearly 90 mph—twice the posted speed limit—on a downhill stretch of road when he lost control of an SUV outside Los Angeles and crashed in a wreck that left the golf superstar seriously injured, authorities said Wednesday. Sheriff Alex Villanueva blamed the Feb. 23 crash solely on excessive speed and…

A traffic crackdown in Newport Beach March 28 led to more than 100 citations, many related to modified exhaust pipes, police said. The traffic blitz was the result of mounting noise and street racing safety complaints from local residents. “Many of these types of vehicles gather at non-permitted car shows and other locations within city limits,”…

YONKERS, N.Y.—A car speeding away from police Tuesday night in suburban New York City barreled into another car, splitting that vehicle in half and killing five people, officials said. The 36-year-old driver of the speeding car and four 18-year-old men, who were ejected from the other vehicle, died in the crash. The fatal collision happened…