Bothered by My Green Conscience: How an SUV-driving, imported-strawberry-eating urban dweller can go green
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Fort Pierce man trying to hit someone with a chunk of concrete missed his target and struck the roof of a passing SUV, authorities said.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
A driver whose SUV struck a utility pole and flipped into a ditch in east Harris County early Saturday morning has died.
The German Car Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
We've had our fair share of diesels at ec, but our long-term Jetta TDI is the one that continues to impress (see page 88). So when VW offered to let us try the more socially conscious-but still adequately beefy-Touareg V6 TDI, we jumped at the chance. Green credentials aside, this latest Touareg made us TDI fans all over again. Here's a crossover with 225 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque. A stout powerband,...
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
... son, Jason Rimer, was found dead June 9, 2008, after authorities say he was left in the family’s SUV for 17 hours. The coroner’s office ruled the child died of environmental heat stress. Several charges against the parents stem from conditions related to their other children. A motion to dismiss the case will be heard Jan. 6.
garagecar (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Korean SUV changes its skin. Monocoque chassis and 2.2 CRDi 197 hp. New Kia Sorento pictures
ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Oklahoma couple shocked when an elephant sideswiped their SUV.
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Welcome to TBO.com. Skip directly to: , , . | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TBO.com - Tampa Bay Online > > Boy, 7, thrown from SUV in Clearwater collisionADVERTISEMENTTBO.comTAMPA - A 7-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was thrown from a sports utility vehicle during a three-car collision in Clearwater on Saturday night.Alan Asmitia of Clearwater was taken to Bayfront Medical Center with injuries...
Valley News Dispatch (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... Dispatch typically does not identify crime victims.Doutt said the youth was driving the targeted SUV. He and his passenger avoided being hit by gunfire, the chief said.Doutt said the victims were driving along Moore Street. When they reached the corner at Constitution Boulevard, the shooters, who were on foot, opened fire, he said.Police recovered three slugs and 11 shell casings. Doutt indicated...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... report said.The 7-year-old was ejected from where he was riding in the back cargo area of the SUV. He was not in a seat, nor was he wearing a seatbelt, the report said.After being ejected, he was apparently pinned between a light pole and a third vehicle that was hit by the pickup. He was airlifted to an unknown nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries.Stay with for updates.
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
A couple had a lucky escape when they were forced to swerve around an elephant – on a road north of Oklahoma City.
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
About 21:45hrs a man plunged into the Church and Cummings Street canal and saved an unidentified man who was trapped in his green Toyota jeep GGG4045. The man had been knocked unconscious. Moments earlier the man’s vehicle had collided with a grey car. Eyewitnesses said that they heard a big bang and when they looked around they [...]
pjstar.com Tri-County RSS (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... fractures, lacerations and contusions all over his body, Ingersoll said. He was a passenger in an SUV driven by John Carr when it crashed into a tree about 2:30 a.m. at 3128 N. North St. Carr, 29, of 515 N. Third St. in Chillicothe was also taken to St. Francis by ambulance and was listed in critical condition Saturday night. Carr had a blood alcohol level above the legal limit, according to the...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
An animal rights group on Friday asked a U.S. Department of Agriculture agency to look into an owner's treatment of a circus elephant that escaped and was hit by a sport utility vehicle on a northwestern Oklahoma highway.
Webcastr (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
An Oklahoma couple received the shock of a lifetime when their S-U-V was sideswiped by an animal. But it wasn't a deer crossing the road. It was a circus elephant that had escaped.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Air bags have long been mounted in the steering wheel, dashboard and sides of vehicles. Now they're in the seat belts. Ford Motor Co. plans to introduce seat belt-mounted air bags in the back seat of the 2011 Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle, which will hit the market next fall. Ford says it's the first automaker to mass-produce the technology.
