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New Car Seat Policy Keeps Kids in Booster Seats Much Longer

by Honey Berk, Posted Mar 21st 2011 12:01AM

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Girl, 9, Gets Hit by Truck, Saves Her Little Sister's Life

by Lesley Kennedy, Posted Mar 16th 2011 11:40AM

if(typeof ...A heroic 9-year-old nearly dies to save her little sis.
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Families Devastated After Hospital Mixes Up Identities of 2 Girls in Car Accident

by Colleen Egan, Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:08PM

PRODUCTION PLAYER! DO NOT DELETE. brightcove.createExperiences(); After spending nearly a week mourning her death, the family of a teenage girl found out that it was a case of mistaken identity, and she was actually alive. Now ...
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Boy, 8, Steers Car Out of Danger, Saves Lives

by Honey Berk, Posted Jun 14th 2010 4:15PM

Eight-year-old Nicholas Prokos became a true hero last week when he reached into the front seat of the car his mother was driving and prevented a direct collision with oncoming traffic on a major highway in Port Charlotte, Fla. His ...
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New Teen Driving Act Proposed to Help Save Lives

by Honey Berk, Posted May 31st 2010 10:00AM

More than 4,000 teenagers die in car crashes in the United States each year. Credit: Getty Images
Motor vehicle crashes are the number one killer of teens in the United States, with an average of 11 teens dying in car crashes each day – ...
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Gerbil blamed for teen's car crash

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jun 19th 2008 10:03AM

Whenever I travel with my dog in the car, I make sure she is safely secured in the backseat. Not only does this help protect her should I be involved in an accident, it ensures that she can't get all crazy while I'm driving and cause an accident. ...
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Hulk Hogan defends his son

by Sandy Maple, Posted Sep 6th 2007 10:03AM

When the car driven by Hulk Hogan's son jumped a median, spun out of control and smashed into a palm tree in Clearwater, Florida last month, there were witnesses who say that 17-year old Nick Hogan had been racing another car immediately before the ...
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Second Time Around: Holding your tongue with first-timers

by Nadine Silverthorne, Posted Aug 16th 2007 12:58PM

My prenatal yoga class was a mix of first and second-time moms-to-be. Some of us would go out for coffee after class and the second-timers would immediately start chatting about the various things we tend to: tantrums, daycare woes, our first labour ...
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