FLINT, MI - Genesee County Road Commission has toughened its policy for reporting accidents in county vehicles, an action taken in response to an official damaging his take-home car and waiting six days to report it.
Read More →SALT LAKE CITY - Margaret Chambers, the fleet director hit by a wave and paralyzed from the waist down, remains in Hawaii and will be in rehabilitation until May 11.
Read More →WASHINGTON - D.C. police officers were involved in 237 accidents last fiscal year and more than 600 others the year prior, according to the Washington Examiner.
Read More →PHOENIX - City of Phoenix vehicles are involved in at least one accident a day on average, and the city paid claims for 2,339 accidents in the past five years involving police cars, fire trucks, buses and other city vehicles, costing taxpayers about $15.7 million.
Read More →PHOENIX - County workers were held responsible for about 10 percent of tickets received from 2008 to early this year while driving in a county vehicle, according to the Arizona Republic.
Read More →GRAND RIDGE, FL - City of Grand Ridge Mayor and volunteer firefighter Chris Wright struck a pine tree last week while driving the town's newest fire truck on a non-dispatched call.
Read More →CHARLESTON, WV - A legislative audit recently revealed that West Virginia state employees have had more than 5,000 accidents in state vehicles over the past five years, costing the state nearly $23 million in insurance claims and deductibles.
Read More →LOUISVILLE, KY - Although Officer Measle hadn't started work when he struck and killed the victim, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge ruled officers driving to and from work in police cruisers are considered on the job.
Read More →TOWNSON, MD - One of the victims killed instantly when the car collided with a street sweeper was pregnant.
Read More →SOUTH BEND, IN - The recently formalized agreement may require officers to pay for damages to police vehicles incurred while off-duty.
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