It's unclear why, but this taxi jumped the curb and crashed through the scaffolding in front of the TD Bank at the corner of 21st and Park this morning. We're glad we took the subway! More inside.

A passenger plane with more than 150 people on board has crashed in Islamabad, according to Pakistani authorities.

[Ducati rider Aleix Espargaro from Spain, left, wipes the hell out as he passes by already wiped-the-hell-out Honda rider Randy de Puniet, right, from France during the Moto GP race of the Grand Prix of Germany. Pic via AP]

A group of people dressed as zombies crashed their car in Portland, "causing confusion" among witnesses, who thought their injuries were more severe, and that a bunch of zombies were just, like, driving on I-84. [KGW; via Stream of Conciousness]

A Colorado woman says she drove her car into a canal because she was startled by a vampire. The vampire... of bad driving! No, actually, a real vampire. She said she crashed, because of a vampire. [KVDR]

Look at this guy take a car crash to the knees while still holding his baby, who proceeds to flip out after it is over. It's jarring, yes, but someone should tell that baby to be a little more grateful.

In our continued series of Olympic investigations, pure in-depth sports analysis, we wonder today: How does the thing happening in the above picture not kill you? You're traveling 70mph and landing on ice. Plus: pointy things!

Sit down and strap in for an intense first person ride, and ultimate crash, in a jet racing boat. Watch out for the men in orange, and just be glad you don't have their jobs.

Have you ever been in such a heated argument you just had to throw something? Like your own person? Against a solid wall?

In real life, car crashes are expensive and/or deadly. In movieland, car crashes are awesome and/or outstanding. We've compiled a list of the twenty four best car crashes in movie history, these range from explosive to crazy to silly to realistic to absurd and beyond.

Oh, dear. While a couple of guys admire this Bugatti cruising down the highway, the driver gets distracted by a low-flying pelican and veers off into a lake. Hopefully his insurance covers low-flying pelican related incidents.

Morbid and sad: the NY Post reports that the air traffic controller responsible during last weekend's helicopter-plane crash was on his cell discussing dead cats when the crash occurred. Meanwhile, broken down footage is showing the plane clipping the chopper.

Mayor Bloomberg issued a statement on today's helicopter-plane collision over the Hudson. He called the crash something "we do not believe was survivable." Bloomberg's presser, an aviation expert's theory, and a supposed picture of the water impact, after the jump.

Woah: it's being reported that a small plane and a helicopter have crashed over the Hudson River. NY1 and CNN have the story, we'll be updating as we get more. The Twitteratti are all over this. Update: Bloomberg's statement.

[One of the famed Oscar Meyer Weinermobiles crashed into a Mount Pleasant, Wisconson house yesterday evening after losing control. Nobody was home or injured. Report via AP. Caption via pubb13.]

So this Bear Stearns thing is awkward. I know there's a bailout from the Feds and J.P. Morgan bought up all of Bear Stearns at $2 a share, which seems bad. But the way I really know it's bad is that the New York Times put it above the fold on A1 with an all-caps headline. But how bad is this crisis, in relative headline terms? I went to the archives to find out.