A minivan slammed into a horse-drawn buggy in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on Sunday injuring four people, officials said. A family of seven was rear-ended by Dodge Caravan minivan. The man and three of his children were injured in the crash, with two boys and one girl airlifted to a hospital. The wife and two other children, along with the minivan's driver, were not injured.

The California legislature approved on Thursday a bill that prohibits texting while driving. Adult violators would be fined $20 for first offense and $50 for subsequent offenses. But it needs the signature of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who earlier vowed not to sign any legislation until the state budget is approved.

Several New York City residents pitched in Thursday to lift a five-ton bus off a dying pregnant woman, saving her unborn baby in the process. New York City Police Department traffic agent Donnette Sanz, 33, was crossing a Bronx street when a van struck her, knocking her into the path of a 10,000-pound school bus. She was run over and pinned under the bus.

A 59-year-old Dutch motorist miraculously survived a freak accident Tuesday when the car the man was driving was hit successively by two trains in opposite directions. Police spokeswoman Desiree Brabers said the man was attempting to drive his car across a train track in Dorst, 84 miles south of Amsterdam when his car was hit by an eastbound train and dragged several meters.

Almost all of Ottawa City's 1,100 taxicabs have complied with a law mandating the installation of video cameras in their vehicles. The goal of the requirement is to assist police in criminal investigations of crimes in taxicabs. However, a technical glitch needs to be addressed. The city police do not have the software to allow them to view the videos.