The Wrong-Way Driver

     Two separate wrong-way wrecks killed 11 people on Sunday morning, February 9, 2014 in Florida and California….Five people died in a crash on Interstate 275 in Tampa when a Ford Expedition, traveling south in the northbound lanes, collided head-on with a Hyundai….The Expedition caught fire, and the driver was killed. The other four people killed, all men between the ages 20 and 21, were occupants in the Hyundai….

     In Pomona, California, a wrong-way driver crashed into two other vehicles on State Route 60, known locally as 60 Freeway, leaving six dead…The first driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI and manslaughter….The driver was hospitalized in critical condition….Four other people at the scene and two others died at the hospital.

Ralph Ellis, "11 Killed in Wrong-Way Wrecks in Florida, California," CNN, February 9, 2014

NYC Truck Thief Crashes and Kills Bystander

     A stolen box truck collided with a NYC bus in the West Village early Wednesday morning, February 12, 2014, sending both vehicles careening onto the sidewalk where they smashed into a building….One person was killed and four others injured, one critically….

     The driver of the stolen truck survived and was being treated at Bellevue Hospital where he was in custody and being questioned by police….The site of the accident was a tangle of twisted metal, wood and concrete. Scaffolding erected outside the building collapsed around the two vehicles as they plowed onto the sidewalk at around 5:30 AM….

Marc Santora, The New York Times, February 12, 2014