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Published: November 30, 2009
Updated: 11/30/2009 01:15 am
NOVATO, Calif. -- A car sped through a red light and slammed into a minivan broadside, killing four family members from Sonoma, authorities said yesterday.
A Mini Cooper driven by Steven Culbertson, 19, of Lakeville smashed into the minivan Saturday night near Novato, about 30 miles north of San Francisco, the California Highway Patrol said.
All occupants of the minivan, Johnathan Maloney, 45, his wife, Susan Maloney, 42, and their children, Grace, 5, and Aiden, 8, died in the impact, said CHP Officer John Sloat.
Culbertson was being treated for life-threatening injuries including severe head injuries.
Man sought in killing of 3 arrested in Kansas
BURLINGAME, Kan. -- A man sought for questioning in the shooting deaths of three people was arrested yesterday morning in eastern Kansas.
Authorities would not say how James Kahler, 46, was connected to the three who were killed and a fourth person who was wounded in the attack Saturday night.
Washington Metro train hits another, injuring 3
FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Officials said that a Washington Metro subway train crashed into the back of another at a rail yard, injuring three workers.
The Metro transit agency said that the injuries were minor and not life-threatening. No passengers were on board.
Fatal accident of minivan attributed to heavy load
NEW ORLEANS -- A minivan packed with 13 children and two adults was likely overweight and not designed to carry so many, police said yesterday, a day after the vehicle crashed on a highway, killing five.
State police said the minivan likely blew a tire and rolled Saturday on Interstate 10 near Baton Rouge. None of the children was wearing a seat belt and all were thrown from the vehicle, state police said.
Man accused of threats was paid by FBI, paper says
TRENTON, N.J. -- A New Jersey blogger about to stand trial on charges he made death threats against federal judges apparently was paid by the FBI in its battle against domestic terrorism, according to a published report.
The Record of Bergen County reported yesterday that Hal Turner received thousands of dollars from the FBI to report on neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups.
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