Is the 2011 Tour de France cursed? Just one week after a spectator caused the massive pile-up at the beginning of the granddaddy of all bicycle races, a car covering the race for a French TV station sideswiped Juan Antonio Flecha during today's ninth stage.

The 2011 Tour de France got off on the wrong foot Saturday when a spectator leaned too far into the track, causing a massive pile-up that brought down dozens of racers.

At least 44 are dead after a jet crashed onto a highway in northwestern Russia late Monday night, officials say. It was coming from Moscow, and crash-landed in heavy fog nearly one mile from the runway at its destination in Besovets. There were 43 passengers and 9 crew members on board; some, including a child, survived, and were taken to a nearby hospital. [CNN, video via AP]

Everyone knows that if you use your cell phone while flying, your plane automatically crashes into the ocean. Just common sense. Now a leaked report from the International Air Transport Association confirms it.

This is an unbelievable video of the world's most unlikely accident. We thought these things happened only in second rate Tom Cruise flicks. Hopefully, this was an elaborate campaign to emphasize the importance of driving carefully while transporting heavy equipment.

Don't see Santa Claus in the picture yet? You will soon. Isn't Santa supposed to be fat, jolly, and most of all wearing a shirt?

Last week, Heng Song was tending to a client in his Anchorage, Alaska barber shop when a Jeep suddenly made its way through the front door. But that didn't stop Song—mere seconds later, he went back to clipping!

At first sight, there doesn't seem to be anything remarkable about this—just some surveillance footage of a car about to park in front of a shop. But wait! Because instead of parking... well, watch and see what happens.

Here's a fan-recorded video from the Last Chance Heat 2 at Ipswich World Final 2010 race, featuring several cars crashing into each other. The crashes don't make the video entertaining, though—the guy's insanely excited voiceover does (NSFW language).

When Snooki was 17, she was riding a four-wheeler when she passed the resident hottie of her High School with his shirt off. She crashed, broke her bra, and was left laying on the ground with her boobs hanging out.

Yesterday, we learned that a 34-year-old man slammed a car through a Bridgeville, Pennsylvania DMV office moments after passing his driving test, causing minor injuries to himself and three others. Now, we have raw video of the classically ironic event.

This is the second stunt-gone-terribly-wrong in a month on the set of Transformers 3. Watch as car-star Bumblebee t-bones a DC police vehicle that seems to be racing to the scene of an emergency.

The 1998 Ford Expedition could very well have been named the Ford Trebuchet. In slow-motion, the unrestrained roll-over trials these dummies endure look almost fun. (Key word: almost.)

Did you ever think that best day of your life would the day that you almost got run over by a speeding train—but didn't? Check out these clips of amazing/ridiculous people surviving the odds—all limbs in tact, hopefully!

A helmet-less moped rider survives a head-on collision with a truck—without a scratch. No surprise he's a football player. Check out this interview with Josh Koeppel; the lagtime for his answers might be more than delayed transmission....

Security cameras inside the Pacific Sun Cruise liner captured this scary footage of a ship caught in what appears to be the perfect storm. Pay close attention and you can see a total face plant—or three!

In Durham, NC, there exists a dangerous 11'8" trestle. Why is it dangerous? Well, because—in a one-year period—13 different trucks slammed into it (forcing the installation of an emergency crash beam). Video of each crash is inside.

Did you know airplanes have automated messages that notify passengers when they are falling into the sea? A British Airways flight recently told passengers, "We're about to crash," prompting widespread panic. Then the flight attendants were like, "Psyche!"

A former aide and longtime friend of ex-Sen. Ted Stevens says Stevens was killed in an Alaskan plane crash. Update: Outlets are confirming that Stevens' family has been told of his death and are preparing a statement.

Joe Biden's motorcade is always getting in accidents. Yesterday's—at least the fourth or fifth—occurred when a couple of NYPD motorcycle units escorting Biden got into a minor crash. Everyone's okay! But never get near Biden's limo.