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Child was driving pickup in crash that killed 9

By Cedar Attanasio, Jill Bleed, Anita Snow, Associated Press

A 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people, National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said Thursday.

Kobe Bryant’s helicopter pilot was disoriented in clouds, safety investigators say

By Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley, Associated Press

U.S. safety investigators said the pilot flew through clouds last year in an apparent violation of federal standards and likely became disoriented just before the helicopter crashed, killing Bryant and eight others.

Alaska floatplanes collided at 3,300 feet before crashing

By Rachel D'Oro, Mark Thiessen, Associated Press

The two planes collided in mid-air Monday, and the Coast Guard raised the death toll to six people on Tuesday after finding the bodies of two people who had been missing.

Self-driving Uber SUV that killed a woman had emergency brake disabled, report says

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

In a preliminary report on the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that emergency braking is not enabled while Uber's cars are under computer control, "to reduce the potential for erratic vehicle behavior."…

1 passenger dead, 7 injured after Southwest plane apparently blows an engine mid-air

By Alexandra Villareal and David Koenig, Associated Press

It was the first passenger fatality in an accident involving a U.S. airline since 2009 according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

‘Several failures’ led to 2016 plane crash with Vice President Mike Pence, investigation says

By Associated Press

The report also said that during the landing the captain didn't announce he was assuming control of the airplane, which is contrary to procedure. It said that resulted in the two pilots attempting opposing maneuvers to control the plane.

Pedestrian deaths spiked in 2016. Distraction is partly to blame, early data shows

By Joan Lowy, Associated Press

Pedestrian deaths are climbing faster than motorist fatalities, reaching nearly 6,000 deaths last year — the highest total in more than two decades, according to an analysis of preliminary state data released Thursday.

Amtrak engineer recalls opening throttle before fatal crash

By Joan Lowy and Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

A federal accident investigations board is set to release documents that could shed light on the cause of a fatal Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia last year.

First images of doomed El Faro cargo ship released

By Joshua Barajas

Federal investigators released the first images Sunday of the submerged wreckage of American cargo ship El Faro that went missing after it crossed paths with a Category 4 hurricane in October.

Navy believes it found wreckage of missing U.S. cargo ship El Faro

By Daniel Costa-Roberts

A U.S. Navy search team has found what it believes is the submerged wreckage of the cargo ship El Faro, which went missing last month during Hurricane Joaquin.