Hopefully, you will never find yourself in a situation where you need a car escape tool, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be prepared. These devices are small, highly affordable pieces of equipment ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Imagine your car is going under water. It's a terrifying scenario we have seen too often around Houston's flooded streets and waterways. Crash escape tools and hammers promise ...

In 2017, there were 21,000 crashes in the U.S. in which a vehicle caught on fire or was partially or fully submerged in water — leading to 1,800 deaths, according to travel-services provider AAA.

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Vehicle escape tools intended to quickly aid passengers trapped in a car following a crash will break tempered side windows -- but are not able to penetrate laminated glass, AAA ...

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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Monsoon is here. That means rain and flash flooding can turn streets into death traps in minutes. If your car crashes in the water, how do you escape? If you're trapped in a car ...

Panic rises in your throat as, quickly, the car begins to sink. With water sloshing into the vehicle, you try to open the door, but the pressure is too much to overcome. The window won't roll down, ...

My deepest fear is drowning in an underwater cave. I don’t scuba dive and never will. (If nature wanted me breathing underwater, I’d have gills.) But you know what’s eerily similar to being trapped in ...

MISSOURI, USA — A 5 On Your Side viewer found a post on social media explaining what to do if you're car suddenly becomes submerged in water, and she wanted the VERIFY team to figure out whether the ...