Elena Gorgan
8,143 ARTICLES
Personal motto:
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” - Henry Ford
She has covered automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, ranging from the regular and all the way to celebrity culture, film, and music.
More than anything, Elena loves to tell stories about unusual or very special projects, but you can also count on her if you’re looking for the perfect e-bike.
Her work has been published on Softpedia News, InOut Star and, since 2018, autoevolution.
Child Dies in Hot Car as Father Leaves Him There While Working an Entire Shift
7 May 2019, 12:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 26-year-old father from Minnesota has been charged with second-degree manslaughter after his 4-year-old son died after he left him locked in a hot car for an entire working shift. The father, identified as Kristopher Alexander Taylor, worked ...
Teen Shot While Egging Cars in Virginia
7 May 2019, 11:48 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One night of fun turned into near-tragedy for a group of teenagers from Danville, Virginia. They went out driving, egging parked vehicles in passing, and one of them was shot because of it. The incident occurred at the weekend, NBC12 reports. Da...
Child Dies in Chained, Locked Car Father Set on Fire
7 May 2019, 11:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 39-year-old man is in police custody as a person of interest in the death of a 3-year-old girl who died after burning alive in a locked, chained car parked in Queens. The incident occurred on Sunday night, with first responders arriving at th...
Car Thieves Casually Walk Into Georgia Dealership, Drive Off in 4 Cars
6 May 2019, 15:26 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / We’re used to seeing more sophisticated jobs than this one, but this just goes to prove that you don’t have to be a mastermind or really make an effort to steal cars off a dealership’s lot. At least, not in this case they didn&rsq...
Man Crashes Jeep Into His Own Home, Blames it on His Flip Flops
6 May 2019, 14:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When it rains, it pours, as one driver from Raleigh, North Carolina got to find out after he crashed his car into his own home, and was then charged by the police when he called them at the scene. The driver’s identity hasn’t been m...
Mazda 6 Crashes Into San Antonio Church, Driver Nowhere to be Found
6 May 2019, 13:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Jesus, take the wheel! A silver Mazda ended up inside a church in San Antonio, Texas, but by the time the pastor and the police arrived on the scene, the driver was long gone. Pastor Robert Forte of the Mt. Gilead Baptist Church tells ABC affil...
Tow Truck Driver Arrested in Death of SUV Owner’s Death During Repo
6 May 2019, 13:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / There’s doing your job conscientiously and then there’s killing a man just so you can get the job done. One tow truck driver from Houston, Texas, has been arrested for doing the latter. Oscar Lee Harrison Jr., 33, was working last we...
Florida Man FaceTimes 110mph Police Chase Until he Gets Caught
6 May 2019, 12:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A known Florida speedster got in trouble with the law again, leading police on a high-speed chase across two counties while FaceTiming the whole thing. That’s skill. And very dangerous – and it should go without saying. Robert Hughe...
Woman Runs Boyfriend Over For Flipping Her Off, Claims She “Blacked Out”
6 May 2019, 11:59 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One graceful lady from Tempe, Arizona, is in the running for the title of world’s most loving girlfriend (not), after she ran her boyfriend over when he flipped her off, in an attempt to have the final say in an ongoing argument. Vanessa ...
Diana Ross Says TSA Agent’s Pat Down Left Her Feeling Violated, Shaken
6 May 2019, 11:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / No one dares touch Ms. Ross, except the TSA people. The legendary singer took to social media to complain about what she considered absolutely vile and unjustified behavior on the part of the TSA agents. It all went down in New Orleans, after D...
20YO Woman Charged After Girl Falls Off The Hood of Moving Car
3 May 2019, 14:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Florida woman is facing a felony charge after a 13-year-old girl fell of the hood of her car, as she drove it on the streets near Deltona Middle School, where the girl went to. However, accounts on why the girl was on top of the car vary, NBC...
Dallas Cop Indicted For Deadly Shooting During Traffic Stop
3 May 2019, 14:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A cop from Arlington, a Dallas, Texas suburb, has been indicted for the deadly shooting that occurred last September, during what should have been a routine traffic stop. Officer Bau Tran shot and killed O’Shae Terry, the driver of an SUV ...
Flying Turtle Crashes Into Car, Causes $2K in Damages
3 May 2019, 13:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Of all the things you’d expect to come at you when you’re driving down the highway, a flying turtle is last on the list. John Gardner from Conway, South Carolina was driving to work on Highway 501 when he noticed a large “blac...
Mom Takes Son on Lime Scooter With Her, he Falls Off And is Run Over by Car
3 May 2019, 13:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Though Lime insists that all its electric scooters are for only one person and common sense should say the same, one woman from Tulsa, Oklahoma, took her 5-year-old son on a ride with her. Not only that, but she drove against oncoming traffic a...
Father Unknowingly Serves as Getaway Driver For Son Robbing Bank
3 May 2019, 12:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Bank robberies are usually more spectacular in the movies, but this is real life: a father from Maine unknowingly serves as the driver of the getaway car for the son that robbed a local bank. Keith Tilton was driving around with his 39-year-old...
George Clooney is No Longer “Allowed” to Ride Motorcycles
3 May 2019, 11:38 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / George Clooney has hung up his riding gear and will never take it up again. His wife Amal has had the final say in his decision, following the crash in Italy from last summer. In other words, Amal has told George that he is no longer “all...
Naked Woman Causes a Scene in Traffic, During Road Rage Altercation
3 May 2019, 11:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This headline would have come as a small surprise if the events happened in Florida but, as it turns out, Texas is no stranger to stuff like that. A woman got into a fight with another driver on a road in Cypress, Texas, and for whatever reason...
New Jersey Driver Swings Machete at Motorist in Road Rage Altercation
2 May 2019, 16:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You know you’ve got a bad temper when you travel with a machete in your car. A 29-year-old man from New Jersey was arrested after a road rage altercation in which he tried to attack another driver with a machete. According to the police r...
Florida Driver Flees Police, Calls a Lyft When His Car Breaks Down
2 May 2019, 15:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One Florida driver may not be winning favors with the police, but at least he gets due appreciation for thinking outside the box. Like, way outside. JanCarlos Torres, from Orlando, wad driving a Toyota sedan at high speeds when police first tri...
Box With $30,000 Spills on The Highway, Police Beg Drivers to Bring it Back
2 May 2019, 14:38 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You know what they say… “finders keepers.” Well, it doesn’t apply in this particular case, when drivers pulled over and picked up cash on the highway in Grand Haven, Michigan. Grand Haven Police is asking motorists who ...