Filmmaker involved in fatal car accident
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Oscar-nominated director John Singleton was driving a Lexus SUV when it struck and killed a jaywalker who stepped in front of the car, police said Friday.
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Some celebs drive a Prius to the Oscars to show they care. Meanwhile, Brandy's careless and fatal SUV accident demonstrates that people who buy big vehicles are putting lives at risk. In Autopia.
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By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES  - A Brazilian pop producer who waskilled earlier this month when he slammed his motorcycle into acar after leaving the Latin Grammy awards was under theinfluence of alcohol at the time of the crash, a coroner'sspokesman said on Tuesday.
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A charge of death by dangerous driving faced by a driver after three people were killed is found not proven.
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An inquiry is underway into a head-on crash involving a car which had earlier been pursued by police.
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An illegal immigrant from Ecuador changed his story and pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of Adrienne Shelly, a filmmaker.
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Roger Avary, who won an Academy Award as the co-writer of âPulp Fictionâ with Quentin Tarantino, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and driving under the influence after a single-car collision that injured his wife and killed a man on Sunday in Ojai, Calif., The Associated Press reported. The dead man was identified as Andreas Zini, 34, believed to be a visitor from Italy. Mr. Avaryâs wife, Gretchen, 40, was ejected from the car and hospitalized in stable condition. Mr. Avary, 42, who was also a co-writer of âBeowulf,â was released on $50,000 bail.
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Filming for a new series of the popular British car show &quot;Top Gear&quot;  has resumed  two weeks after one of its co-presenters was seriously injured in a high-speed jet car crash, a BBC spokeswoman  has said.
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One person is killed and four are hurt when a car crashes during a police pursuit.
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"The club extends its sympathy to his wife, family and friends."  MOTORCYCLING: Latest on Isle of Man TT crash The name of the motorcyclist killed along with two other people following a crash during the Senior race at the Isle of Man TT has been released. via UTV
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Top Gear's Richard Hammond is involved in another car accident, less than a year after nearly dying in a stunt.
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A graduate student who was behind the wheel when Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam was killed in a car crash will be charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, a district attorney Thursday.
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Three people are believed to have been killed in a serious multiple car accident in Aberdeenshire.
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Oscar-winning "Pulp Fiction" screenwriter Roger Avary was arrested on Sunday after a fatal car crash northwest of Los Angeles, officials said.
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Director John Singleton, who earned  two Oscar nominations for his 1991 movie &quot;Boyz N the Hood,&quot; was  driving a car that hit and killed a Los Angeles woman, police  said on Friday.
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By Stan Finger, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jun. 27--One person has died and numerous accidents have been reported during a rainy Wednesday morning commute in the metropolitan area.   A man was pinned under the wreckage of his van following a two-vehicle collision at 7:15 a.m.
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By The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jun. 10--A former Coeur d'Alene resident was killed and his wife, a Spokane native, was seriously injured earlier this month in a head-on crash in California that also took the life of another.   Derrek T.