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Uber self-driving car kills pedestrian

SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Ride-sharing giant Uber said Monday it is suspending use of self-driving cars after one of the vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian in the US state of Arizona. The Uber vehicle was…

DID YOU KNOW: 12,635 road crashes recorded in Metro Manila

According to the latest Road Crash Statistics Report of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s Metro Manila Accident Recording and Analysis System, there were 12,635 road crashes on Edsa in 2017. Of this figure, 19 accidents were fatal,…

17 hurt in multivehicle smashup in Parañaque City

Around 20 passengers and bystanders were injured after a tourist bus rammed through a dozen other vehicles on stop in Parañaque City on Friday morning. According to the initial investigation of the Parañaque police traffic enforcement unit,…

Jealous shooter kills 4 at car wash — police

A shooter driven by jealousy opened fire and killed four people at a car wash early Sunday morning in Pennsylvania, while a woman hiding in the back of a pickup truck suffered minor injuries, according to state…

Student hit by truck dies in Manila; driver held

A 16-year-old student died after being sideswiped by a trailer truck on San Marcelino Street in Paco, Manila, on Saturday morning. The victim was identified as Justinne Mariflor Sarmiento, a Grade 11 student at Adamson University also…

Good Samaritan Grab driver shot in back of his head by lone carjacker

A Grab driver who went viral months ago for helping out a sick passenger was killed by a gunman who pretended to be a passenger, bringing with him the car’s victim on his escape. Gerardo Maquidato Jr.,…

Runaway truck kills helper in San Juan City

A truck helper was killed on Wednesday after he was pinned under a delivery van which struck the center island in Greenhills, San Juan City. A report reaching Chief Supt. Romulo Sapitula, Eastern Police District director, identified…

5 dead, 11 hurt in Kawit road mishap

SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna—Five persons were confirmed dead while eleven others, including the driver, were injured after a passenger jeep hit an electric post in Kawit town in Cavite province early Wednesday. Chief Inspector Jeffrey Punzalan, Kawit…

Family dispute ends in three-vehicle crash

ALOR SETAR, Malaysia — A quarrel between a husband and wife led to a car chase that ended in a crash involving three vehicles. The husband chased his wife, who had their five-year-old child in the car,…

3 hurt as motorcycle burst into flames upon collision in Isabela

REINA MERCEDES, ISABELA—A 17-year-old teenager and his two back riders were hurt when the motorcycle they were riding burst into flames after colliding with a van in Tallungan village here on Monday (Aug. 28), police and fire…

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