Car crash

Anne Heche dies: 'We have lost a bright light'

The 53-year-old had been in a coma for a week after crashing her car into a house in Los Angeles.

"Today we lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul", her family said in a statement on Friday.

Heche appeared in films including Volcano, Donnie Brasco and the 1998 remake of Psycho.

The mother-of-two also appeared on Dancing with the Stars, the US equivalent of Strictly Come Dancing, in 2020.

Five killed in Solomons as car ploughs into crowd

A statement from the Royal Solomon Islands police said a land cruiser was being chased by police outside the capital Honiara for driving dangerously.

The police said there were parked vehicles and a car on the main bridge, so the chased driver chose to use an old where a group was fundraising.

After ploughing into the crowd, the driver fled but has now been arrested.

The vehicle was later burnt down to ashes.

Tongan man dies after car crash in Bay of Plenty

Eliesa Jacob Osaiasi Tonga Faleola Lolohea​, 20, was killed while travelling home to Katikati after visiting his girlfriend in Rotorua.

Kaniva News reports Lolohea sustained serious injuries following the crash on Pyes Pa Rd in Oropi shortly after 6am on Monday last week . 

It was later confirmed he had died. 

“He has been remembered as a gentle soul with a quiet strength,” the NZ Herald has reported.

     

Tongan man arrested in Fiji over car crash at airport restaurant

The suspect was arrested at Nadi International Airport Saturday night for allegedly assaulting a border police officer on duty.

Fiji Police spokesperson, Ana Naisoro said the suspect later drove a car into the door of Burger King Restaurant at the airport causing damage.

FBC News reports the suspect is believed to have been intoxicated.

Naisoro confirmed there are no reports of others being injured.

 

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Kevin Hart suffers 'major injuries' in car crash

According to the California Highway Patrol, Hart was being driven in his 1970 Plymouth Barracuda on Mulholland Highway at the time of the accident.

His wife Eniko Parrish told TMZ news reporters on Monday that the comedian was awake and "going to be just fine".

The accident happened just after midnight.

The driver, Jared Black, lost control of the car and it tumbled into an embankment, the report stated.

Black also sustained major back injuries. A third passenger was unhurt.

Quentin Tarantino: Uma Thurman car crash was a 'horrendous mistake'

He said he drove the car in one direction to test it, but then asked Thurman to drive it the other way.

He said he didn't realise there was a twist in the road coming back. Thurman posted footage of her crash on Monday.

The director said failing to test the route one more time was "one of my most horrendous mistakes".

Thurman suffered neck and knee injuries in the accident.

In a New York Times interview published over the weekend, Thurman said she had worries about the state of the car, but that Tarantino had persuaded her to go ahead with the scene.

Jessica Falkholt: Home and Away star's sister dies in crash

Annabelle, 21, died in a Sydney hospital on Friday. Jessica, 28, who appeared on TV soap Home and Away in 2016, remains in a critical condition.

The family were caught up in a two-car highway collision on Boxing Day near Ulladulla, New South Wales.

Their parents and the driver of the other car died at the scene.

The horror crash has made headlines across Australia, with police calling it "an absolute tragedy".

Annabelle's boyfriend had shared a Snapchat picture of them both shortly after the crash, asking for prayers and support.

Harvey Langi visits wife after crash

They hadn’t seen each other in the three days since the accident that left them both with severe injuries.

Cassidy began to cry upon seeing Langi, who crutched his way into the hospital room before limping to her bedside in his walking boot.

“I’m sorry it took me forever to come see you,” he said and gave her a hug. “I love you so much.”

Langi and his wife were rear-ended late on Friday night and were sandwiched in the three-car accident.

Car crashes into fence outside Tongan church in South Auckland

Some church members of the Free Wesleyan church were examining the crash when Kaniva News took photos at the scene.

It was not immediately clear if there were any injuries and when the crash happened.

 

 

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Tongan man dies in car crash in Hawaii

The crash occurred on Wednesday morning (local time) when a Toyota 4Runner occupied by two men traveling north collided with a Nissan Titan, occupied by a man and woman traveling south, according to Hawaii police.

West Hawaii Today reports both vehicles subsequently burst into flames.

Police say the driver of the 4Runner was passing several vehicles on the highway.