A major road in Gloucestershire has been closed following a crash.
It happened on the A48 near Minsterworth at about 12:50 BST.
Police said two vehicles were involved in a "serious collision" and emergency services remain on scene.
The road between Highnam Roundabout and Elton Corner is expected to be closed well into the afternoon.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say two people are dead following a serious collision between a transport truck and a car Tuesday afternoon that closed the westbound lanes of Highway 417 near Limoges, Ont., for several hours.In a statement issued Wednesday morning, OPP said emergency crews were called to the westbound lanes of the highway just before 3 p.m. where they found both vehicles engulfed in flames.OPPS said bystanders tried to rescue two people from the car but couldn't reach them becau
The Iowa couple were in Minnesota visiting family, according to an obituary.
A police radio recording is providing a glimpse into the moments leading up to a fiery wrong-way crash that killed four people east of Toronto on Monday.
WHITBY, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog says two grandparents and their infant grandchild are among four people who died in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 401 in Whitby when a suspect vehicle driving the wrong way was being chased by police. The Special Investigations Unit says the person in the suspect vehicle also died. SIU spokesperson Monica Hudon says Durham Region police became aware of a robbery at an LCBO in Clarington, Ont., around 7:50 p.m. on Monday and found a cargo van of interes
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada were in St. John's, N.L., Wednesday after a plane overshot the main runway at the city's airport. PAL Airlines confirmed the turboprop plane involved was chartered from the company, and that it went slightly beyond the runway during a landing, before it came to a stop. "The PAL team met the flight, passengers disembarked the aircraft and went to our charter facility to meet their awaiting ground transportation," spok
The Nova Scotia government is reviewing the requirement for motor vehicle inspections, CBC News has learned.A spokesperson for the Public Works Department said in a statement that the government started looking at MVI fees at the start of the year."Government periodically receives feedback asking for the removal of MVIs and we are always assessing our programs," Blaise Theriault said in an email."No decisions have been made."In Nova Scotia, MVIs are required to be renewed every two years, althou
The RCMP says a police officer was dragged by an impaired driver who fled a traffic stop near New Harbour, N.L. on Sunday.Officers stopped a car at the intersections of Routes 73 and 80, and reported a strong scent of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. After getting the driver's licence, the RCMP says the man was told to turn off his vehicle but refused.It's alleged the 46-year-old man then took off, dragging the officer along with him."The officer was able to free himself and the vehicle
As of Wednesday, Saskatchewan drivers caught stunting or street racing will lose their licence for a week and their vehicle for a month.The penalties also apply to drivers who travel at twice the speed limit or exceed it by more than 50 km/h.The measures are on top of increased fines that date back to October 2022, when tickets for stunting and street racing — previously at $150 and $205, respectively — increased to $580.Subsequent tickets for street racing within a one-year period increase to $
Police were "shocked" to find a driver and passenger without seatbelts, despite the latter also having a one-year-old child in her lap. Lancashire Road Police described how a traffic officer in a fully marked car was stopped at a red traffic light in Blackburn on Monday when they noticed the car next to them had an empty car seat. The rear seat passenger had a toddler lying on her lap.
Richard Kelly was sentenced to 12 months in prison after the crash in Darlington in March.
Employees at Canada's two biggest railways have authorized a strike that could see thousands of workers walk off the job in three weeks if they are unable to reach new deals on contract demands. About 6,000 employees at Canadian National Railway Co. and 3,300 at Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. voted more than 97 per cent in favour of a strike mandate this week, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference said Wednesday. “After six months of negotiations with both companies, we are no closer to reachi
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The investigation continues into a fatal collision that occurred during a high-speed police chase on the wrong way of Highway 401, located to the east of Toronto, on Monday night. Monica Hudon of Ontario's Special Investigations Unit confirmed with the media Tuesday that officers initiated the chase after spotting a cargo van they believed had been involved in a liquor store robbery. The chase initially began on the streets of Durham region before shifting to the 401, with both the van and the p
European car giants Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis all posted lower sales and first-quarter revenue on Tuesday as they geared up to launch new models, faced higher costs and were hit by weaker demand for new cars as interest rates remain high. The news hit the automakers' stocks. Mercedes shares were down 4.4%, Stellantis 4% and Volkswagen 2.7%.
The truck driver plowed through a concrete barrier and into oncoming traffic.
Tesla has backed away from an ambitious plan for innovations in gigacasting, its pioneering manufacturing process, according to two sources familiar with the matter, in another sign that the electric-vehicle maker is retrenching amid falling sales and rising competition. Tesla has been a leader in gigacasting, a cutting-edge technique that uses huge presses with thousands of tons of clamping pressure to die-cast large sections of the car’s underbody. Last year, as Tesla developed a new small-vehicle platform, it aimed to punch out the underbody in a single piece, Reuters exclusively reported last September, citing five sources familiar with the automaker’s gigacasting operations.
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Hyundai Motor Group plans to launch its first hybrid cars in India as early as 2026, three sources said, as the South Korean auto group shifts strategy to look beyond electric vehicles and boosts its presence in a key market. The group, housing Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp , is evaluating a hybrid sport-utility vehicle of size similar to its top-selling, mid-sized Creta SUV in India, said two of the sources, who have direct knowledge of the plans.
