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Because it’s not all small stuff, as he has learned since his adventure on May 17, 2015, at a political meeting about legislative matters held at Twin Peaks Restaurant. Bergman has learned that his visits to the court require subpoenas to be issued and served upon witnesses – at $85 the copy. And then they postpone or cancel the hearing, which requires the same rigamarole – all over again – at the same price, no discounts available. The rules are the same as those in a knife fight. You just stand there and cut until the other guy runs out...

In the heart of South Beach’s entertainment district, a woman was shot dead by a police officer after causing at least one crash and then knocking a cop to the ground with her car Sunday evening. Police Chief Daniel Oates said the incident started at about 6:15 p.m., when a woman driving a black BMW westbound on 12th Street hit a Mercedes with two men inside at Collins Avenue after running a red light. An officer who was nearby on foot because he was part of additional patrols for the weekend tried to get her to stop, but she accelerated...

Three people were killed when a wrong-way driver going about 100 mph slammed into another vehicle on 101 Freeway in Ventura, officials said Thursday. Emergency crews responded just after midnight to a collision on the southbound side of the freeway near Seaward Avenue, the Ventura City Fire Department stated in a news release. Firefighters found two vehicles that were involved in a high-speed head-on collision. One of the vehicles was hanging from the guard rail on Lemon Grove Bridge as the second vehicle came to a stop on the roadway about 50 yards to the north. Three adults found inside...

SEVERAL people have reportedly been injured after a van hit “a crowd” of pedestrians near Finsbury Park. There are a “number of casualties” and one person has been arrested, police said. Armed cops swooped on the scene at Seven Sisters Road in North London at 12.20am and the police helicopter was seen circling overhead. Photos posted on social media showed a huge police response with dozens of police cars and riot vans pictured within a cordon.

Full title: Young married couple and their baby son killed after a chunk of CONCRETE falls off Washington state bridge and crushes their pickup truck...A mother, father and their eight-month old baby boy were killed on Monday when a concrete barrier fell onto their truck as they were driving under an overpass in Washington State. The tragic accident claimed the lives of Josh and Vanessa Ellis and baby Hudson, who were crushed when the 50-foot-long concrete slab slammed down on top of them, according to Bonney Lake Police. The barrier weighed 'tons' according to investigators and the damage to the...

Sarasota Woman Killed While Mowing Overgrown Grass on Median SARASOTA COUNTY - If police accounts are true, some of Andrea Rody's final words blamed Sarasota County, and a contract dispute that delayed mowing of roadway medians, for her own death on Monday. Rody, 45, who lived in the 6800 block of Mauna Loa Boulevard, was using a weed wacker about 9:30 a.m. Monday on the median near her home to cut down grass that grew 2 feet high during the ongoing county contract dispute. As she worked, Rody was struck by a car; she later died at a hospital in...

A traffic accident involving an Israeli driver and a Palestinian Authority youth sparked a riot on Friday morning near the city of Kiryat Arba. The Arab youth was hit and critically injured by the car at a local gas station. The cause of the accident is not yet clear. As paramedics tended to the youth, PA Arabs from Hevron and nearby towns began to riot and to attack security personnel at the scene. Police made several arrests, but the mob was undeterred. As the riot continued to spiral into violence, police began using rubber bullets to force the crowd away...

/begin my excerpts N. Korea: Ri Je-gang, Key Backer of Kim Jong-un, Killed in a Traffic Accident 06/03/10 Drunk driving suspected after the gathering with Kim jong-il N. Korea's KCNA reported on June 2, "Ri Je-gang, First Vice Director of Central Committee at Korean Worker's Party and a member of Supreme People's Assembly, died of an auto accident at the age of 80, at 00:45 am, June 2." Ri accompanied Kim Jong-il to watch the performance of propaganda art unit from (military) Unit No. 963. Experts suspect that he was killed in a drunk driving accident after attending the secret...

Victim, injured in crosswalk, is treated in hospital for minor facial injuries. NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - The victim might have forgiven the woman who ran him down in a Massachusetts crosswalk, but police haven't.

Vegetarian Driver Suffers Pig Nightmare on Motorway The sight of a truckload of pigs headed for the sausage factory proved too much to bear for a German vegetarian woman who lost control of her vehicle as a result. Unfortunately, she crashed into another truck carrying pigs. A vegetarian woman driving down a motorway in Germany was so traumatized at the sight of a truck loaded with pigs that she lost control of her vehicle and careered into another truck, which was also filled with pigs, police said. "The woman found herself driving next to a large pig transport truck and...

Trucker Ricardo Cibrian was in a jam. He had just collided into the rear end of a semi-truck in front of him and was immediately hit from behind by another vehicle. He could see that the truck he hit had struck another and that they were both on fire. Cibrian called a friend from his cellphone to report the accident and to say he was trapped in his truck. The friend told him to try to break the window. As the friend listened, he heard an explosion and the line went dead. The phone call was described by Espree Campos,...

/begin my translation Kim Jong-il's brother-in-law injured but alive in a traffic accident Jang Sung-taek, Kim Jong-il's brother-in-law, reportedly had a traffic accident in Pyongyang last month. On Oct. 8, according to multiple sources on N. Korea, the accident occurred at a four-way crossing in front of N. Korean Military's Performance Theater, located in Moranbong District. Jang's Mercedes S600 sedan was hit from behind by a freight truck belonging to a foreign trade enterprise of N. Korean military. This crossing is connected to (N. Korea's) Arch of Triumph, Sujang-dong of Botong-gang District, Victory Memorial Museum, and Botong Gate. Jang's sedan...

50-year-old Hayward man was killed this morning after a cup of coffee spilled into the lap of an oncoming driver, leading to a head-on crash on Highway 121 in Sonoma, according to the California Highway Patrol. The victim was identified as Ramon Viviano, who was driving a 1990 Mercury sedan when an oncoming pickup truck crossed into his lane. Viviano died at the scene. Armando Chavez, 26, of Sonoma, was driving north on Highway 121 at about 5:30 a.m. when he apparently spilled hot coffee in his lap and looked down, taking his eyes off the road, said CHP Officer...

6-car Pile-up and a Crushed Car In the afternoon of  Mar. 21, 6-car pile-up happened at a 4-way intersection of Musuchon, Cheju City(, S. Korea.) Firemen are working to extract the dead inside the crushed car. [Yonhap News]

/begin my translation   An Ambulance Runs Over and Kills a Victim It Was Sent to Save A Chinese man, who was injured in a traffic accident,  was run over by an ambulance which was coming to his rescue, and killed, according to Oct. 5th edition of South China Morning Post, an English language daily in Hong Kong. The report says that, on the evening of Sept. 30,  in Tai-an, Sandong Province, Song Xu-zhong(age:29) was going home in a motorcycle with his wife  when he ran into a minibus. He was injured and lay on the roadside, but '120 Ambulance' ran over him, killing him...

Eight Killed as Utah College Van Rolls Over Tuesday, September 27, 2005 TREMONTON, Utah — A Utah State University van overturned Monday on a highway about 65 miles north of Salt Lake City, killing seven students and an instructor, authorities said. Three other students were injured. The 11 occupants of the van were ejected as the vehicle rolled four times on Interstate 84 (search) near Tremonton, said Trooper Jeff Nigbur. Seven of the dead were Utah residents and one was from Washington state, said patrol Trooper Jeff Nigbur. The dead were identified as driver, Evan Parker, 45, of Hooper; Steven...

/begin my translationSister of Kim Jong-il Said To Be In Critical Condition After "A Traffic Accident" A story is emerging, which says that Kim Kyung-hee, the sister of N. Korean leader Kim Jong-il and the Director of Light Industry in (ruling) Worker's Party, had traffic accident and is in critical condition, according to a report of Nihon Geizai Shimbun (of Japan) dispatched from Seoul(, S. Korea.) Credible sources on N. Korean affairs in Seoul said that Kim Kyung-hee's private limo was badly damaged in a traffic accident early last month in Pyongyang. A French medical team was called in. The...

Ko Yong-hee, Kim Jong-il's wife in critical condition Ko Yong-hee(50), the wife of N. Korean leader Kim Jong-il was wounded in a car crash late last month and is in critical condition, Sankei Shimbun(a Japanese daily) reported. She was injured while trying to step into her car. She suffered a serious head injury, according to Sankei's source on N. Korea.

ROSEBURG - The phone call was at once awful and familiar for Dale and Carol Ransdell, who learned that their 23-year-old son, Mark, was among the eight firefighters killed when their van smashed into a tractor-trailer and exploded in flames on a remote stretch of Eastern Oregon highway Sunday. Six of the eight victims were from Douglas County, and all eight worked for Roseburg-based First Strike Environmental, a contract firefighting and environmental cleanup company. The news of their deaths stunned co-workers and families - certainly none more so than the Ransdells, whose other son, Michael, died nine years ago...

My son is in the Navy at Bukley AFB, Aurora, CO. A week ago he was in a car wreck off base. He hit a Yellow cab that ran a red light. The cab driver was cited and there were witnesses. The cab company is now denying the driver was to blame. Does anyone know a good lawyer in the Denver area. I am in WV and have not been to your fair state since 1971 (FT. Carson) Any advice will be appreciated.