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A public inquiry into two fatal car crashes involving heavy trucks began Monday. The coroner’s inquest will take place in two phases, one this spring and one in the fall. The coroner will investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths of three people. The hope is for recommendations that will prevent similar accidents from happening again....

Following the LaGuardia plane crash incident and rising concerns around passenger safety, Gabor Lukács, president of Air Passenger Rights, joins Jaden Lee-Lincoln to share his perspective. With new data showing that aviation fatalities reached a seven-year high in 2025 and a surge in runway close calls in recent years, he weighs in on whether safety...

The intersection of highways 2 and 527 has long been a point of contention for residents of Stavely, who are collectively grieving the deaths of three young men after a car crash on Monday. Skylar Peters reports on their calls for change and when the province could be looking at improvements.

Former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was led away from a car following a fatal accident which claimed two lives on Monday in Nigeria. The 36-year-old British boxer sustained minor injuries in the crash. He was reportedly on holiday in Africa and has family roots in Nigeria.

Police officers in Bristol, Conn., rushed to the scene of a fiery crash early Thursday after a driver wrapped a car around a utility pole. Upon arrival, two officers from the Bristol Police Department noticed that the driver was still inside the overturned vehicle, as flames bellowed from the engine compartment. Bodycam footage captures the...

A new municipal staff report says the rate of serious injuries and deaths from car crashes in Halifax are up for a third consecutive year. The findings also suggest HRM is moving in the wrong direction when it comes to road safety. Mitchell Bailey reports.

The body of a woman was discovered in the back seat of a wrecked car in a tow yard after a fatal car crash early Saturday morning in Brampton, Ont. Two cars collided, and one driver died at the scene. Hours later, the second victim was discovered inside the wreckage. Caryn Lieberman has more.

A car was driven through the storefront window of a child care centre in Richmond Hill Wednesday afternoon, striking several staff and young children. As Megan King reports, a 70-year-old man is now charged in the fatal crash.

A man police say was behind the wheel of a vehicle that crashed into a parked car on Friday morning, damaging more than half a dozen vehicles in total, is also facing charges in another impaired driving crash in December 2024 that claimed the life of a passenger, and injured another. As Skylar Peters explains,...

Many people are leaving emergency rooms without getting care, according to data from B.C.’s opposition. We’re learning more about the victim of an attack at Kelowna’s Mushroom Beach, who is still in hospital six weeks later. And the results of an investigation into a fatal helicopter crash in the southern interior.

Two Florida sheriffs narrowly avoided a potentially fatal incident over the weekend when a speeding SUV crashed into their police cruiser on the shoulder of a Volusia County highway. The officers had stopped to check in on a driver who had hit a deer. After ramming into the squad car, the driver of the speeding...

A 16-year-old teen is identified as the victim of a fatal car crash on Crowchild Trail. Court hears a video confession in the trial of a woman charged in the death of a motorcyclist. Members of the auto industry in Calgary warn it’s too early to know the impacts of U.S. tariffs.

A woman has died after a five-vehicle pileup on the Pattullo Bridge Sunday morning. The crash harkens back to the bad old days when more than two dozen people died in a decade on the span, earning it the killer bridge label. Modifications in 2007 helped, but now police are sorting out why this crash...

B.C.’s attorney general weighs in on the case of a fatal car crash involving a truck colliding with a vehicle carrying three Thompson Rivers University students.

A collision analyst with the Winnipeg police service says sharing information about a fatal crash with surviving family members can be challenging, weighing their need to know with the needs of the investigation.

A memorial set up at Humboldt, Saskatchewan’s Elgar Petersen Arena in honour of the Humboldt Broncos following a fatal bus crash Friday continued to grow Sunday with people laying flowers and cards for players and families.

Quebec’s police watchdog says it will take over the investigation into Thursday morning’s brazen drive-by shootings, which ended with a fatal car crash in Montreal that left two men dead. Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines reports.

Peterborough OPP say they’ve noticed a sharp increase in the number of crashes between vehicles and deer. Const. Joe Ayotte says some it can be attributed to the changing season, but drivers need to take extra precautions while out on the road. He stopped by Global News Morning Peterborough to talk about the steps drivers...

After 22-year old Tia Hildebrand died in a car crash in 2018, her family says they still struggle to cope with her loss.

The car Dawn Sabeski was riding in was hit by a truck in 2017. She survived, but her friend who was driving did not.