Toyota

When Toyota introduced two new vehicles Monday, its executives didn’t brag about them from an elaborate stage inside a convention center.

Toyota is adding 1.2 million vehicles to a major recall in the U.S. to fix possible fuel pump failures that can cause engines to stall.

Two different air bag glitches have forced Toyota and Honda to recall over 6 million vehicles worldwide, and both problems present different dangers to motorists. The Toyota recall affects about 3.4 million vehicles globally and is being done because the air bags may not inflate in a crash. The cars have air bag control computers made by ZF-TRW that are…

The U.S. government’s highway safety agency is investigating four automakers that have a potentially deadly type of Takata air bag inflator in their vehicles but haven’t recalled them yet. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it is investigating Audi, Toyota, Honda and Mitsubishi in connection with a recent Takata recall involving 1.4 million inflators. The inflators have a distinct...

A Rhode Island woman has died following a two-vehicle collision in Massachusetts.

Police have identified the good Samaritan who was hit and killed by a vehicle overnight on Interstate 495 in Raynham, Massachusetts, while trying to help another driver whose car was disabled after hitting a deer. Luis Contreras, 37, of Taunton, was walking on the highway to offer assistance when he was hit by a 2006 Infiniti G35 driven by a...

A good Samaritan was fatally hit by a car on Interstate 495 in Raynham, Massachusetts while trying to help another driver who hit a deer.

State police say the driver of an SUV that went out of control on a Massachusetts highway has died. Police in a statement said the Toyota Highlander was headed south on Interstate 91 in Springfield at about 10 p.m. Monday when it struck the guardrail on the left, then swerved across all three travel lanes and struck the guardrail on...

Five people are dead and at least 21 injured in West Texas after a shooter started to fire indiscriminately along a highway Saturday afternoon following an attempted traffic stop, Midland police say.

Police arrested a suspected drunken driver overnight who is accused of hitting a pedestrian with his car in East Boston. State police said troopers were on patrol on Porter Street when they saw a Toyota Corolla driving in reverse crash into a light pole. The crash caused the car to get stuck on a utility box, prompting the driver to...

A Marine Corps family recently stationed in Southern California says they’re living a nightmare after a thief took everything out of their truck and stole their car.

A missing 3-year-old girl has been found, according to police in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. Authorities said Friday afternoon that Ava Amitan was believed to have been with her father, 35-year-old Vadim Amitan. Based on information they had received, police said the young girl may have been endangered. Police announced around 10:20 p.m. that Amitan had been located and an order...

Rhode Island police have arrested a Massachusetts woman who they say drove her vehicle into a reservoir with her three young children inside.

A crash Friday evening in Foxboro, Massachusetts, resulted in serious injuries. A Ford F-150 and a Toyota RAV4 were involved in a crash just before 8 p.m. on Route 1 at Pine Street, near Gillette Stadium. A medical helicopter landed at the practice field behind the stadium to transport at least one victim.

A crash Friday evening in Foxboro, Massachusetts, resulted in serious injuries. A Ford F-150 and a Toyota RAV4 were involved in a crash just before 8 p.m. on Route 1 at Pine Street, near Gillette Stadium. A medical helicopter landed at the practice field behind the stadium to transport at least one victim.

A man was arrested on Friday after he allegedly brandished a gun at another driver during a road rage confrontation in New Hampshire. Alan Cournoyer, 39, of Wolcott, Vermont was arrested of several firearm charges after a driver reported that he was threatened by the suspect.