Elena Gorgan
8,139 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.
Philadelphia Man Released From Prison Steals Car Right From Jail Parking Lot
7 Dec 2018, 14:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You’d think serving time on any charge would help one understand that a life free of crime is preferable to being locked away. That clearly doesn’t apply to a Pennsylvania man. He was freed from jail earlier this week after serving a...
Man Pushes Random Guy into the Street, Watches as He’s Crushed by a Truck
7 Dec 2018, 14:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In today’s “the world can be a terrible, scary place” news, a supposedly homeless man from Los Angeles pushed a random passerby into the street and then watched as he was being run over by a truck. It all happened in broad day...
Close Call: Biker Crashes, Is Thrown in Front of Speeding Car, Walks it Off
7 Dec 2018, 13:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The latest dashcam video to make the rounds is bound to make you think “phew, that was a very close call!” as it shows a motorcyclist having a very close brush with death after he rear-ends a car. The date stamp on the video says it...
70YO Man Banned from the U.S. after He Mistakenly Declares Himself a Terrorist
7 Dec 2018, 13:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s a very expensive (or at least troublesome) lesson on why you should never tick boxes online in a hurry or without reading what you’re agreeing to: one elderly Scottish man has been permanently banned from the U.S. after he mistak...
Couple Drives 900 Miles With Kids in The Trunk, Dogs in The Backseat
7 Dec 2018, 10:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One man and woman from Arizona have a very bad case of skewed priorities: they took a 900-mile drive, from Arizona to Casper, Wyoming with two children in the trunk of the car, so their two German Shepherds could ride in the backseat. Michael J....
8-Year-Old Boy Steers Mom’s Ford Ka to Safety When She Blacks Out While Driving
7 Dec 2018, 10:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s good to have a guardian angel, but it’s even better when it’s more than a spiritual being – when it’s made of flesh and bones. For Lauren Smith, that angel is her 8-year-old son, Ben. Lauren is 27 years old an...
Toyota Land Cruiser Helps Couple Escape Machete-Wielding Bandits in Kenya
6 Dec 2018, 14:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / An American couple of CrossFit trainers currently living in Nairobi, Kenya, had a close brush with danger on a rural road – and they have their Toyota Land Cruiser for escaping unharmed. Bryant Swenson posted video of the incident on his ...
Man Who Crammed 11 People Into Ford Focus Gets 15-Month Driving Ban
6 Dec 2018, 13:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One British driver has been banned for driving for 15 months and will have to stick to a curfew for the next 4 months, after he got busted with 11 people crammed into his Ford Focus. Making matters worse, 7 of those 11 people were children and ...
Dad Makes Daughter Walk to School After She’s Kicked Off The Bus For Bullying
6 Dec 2018, 13:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / These days, kids tend to take most things for granted, from the devices they use for fun to the simple fact that they’re able to take a bus to school or hitch a ride in one of their parents’ car. Matt Cox from Ohio believes all child...
California Man Hit And Dragged by Wife’s Car, Wife Never Called 911
6 Dec 2018, 12:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Husband and wife were involved in a domestic dispute, and it somehow ended with the husband being hit and dragged by the car driven by the wife. Police are investigating his death as a homicide. 43-year-old John Davidson died earlier this week,...
Driver Caught With Huge Christmas Tree Loaded on Top of Van, Cops Aren’t Amused
6 Dec 2018, 12:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you have a big house, you must buy a Christmas tree to suit it. By that reasoning, this British driver must live in a palace, because he just bought – and illegally transported – a huge tree. On a more serious note, a driver got ...
Man Pushes GF Out of Speeding Car, She Claims She Fell Out During Panic Attack
5 Dec 2018, 17:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Earlier this week, police in Springfield, Missouri, arrested a man after he pushed his girlfriend out of his speeding truck and then fled the scene. The girlfriend is now speaking in his defense. KY3 reports that Melvin Townes has been charged...
American Airlines Passenger Left Overnight in Wheelchair After Canceled Flight
5 Dec 2018, 16:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 67-year-old disabled woman was left overnight at the O’Hare Airport in Chicago, in her wheelchair, after her flight to Detroit was canceled and the porter who had assisted her refused to help her to a hotel. Olimpia Warsaw was in Chic...
Woman Loses Job After Car Breaks Down Because of Bad Gasoline, Gets it Back
5 Dec 2018, 16:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When it rains, it pours: one woman from Springfield Township, Ohio had one hell of a bad day the other day, when her car broke down on her way to work. She then got fired from her job for running late. While this might be the kind of scenario t...
Man Tries to Break up Fight With His Car, Gets Arrested
5 Dec 2018, 15:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You know what they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. One man from Reno, Nevada, was arrested and charged with battery after he tried to break up a fight by using his car. Nicholas Bottjer, a 35-year-old man, was in the Grand ...
Police Pull Sleeping Man Out of Burning BMW, He Puts up a Fight
5 Dec 2018, 15:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One San Diego man fell into such a profound sleep – or stupor, the police are not saying which just yet – that he didn’t even notice when the car he was sleeping in caught fire. Not only was he sound asleep as the flames engul...
S.C. Man Decorates Ford With Thousands of Lights, Turns it Into “Christmas Car”
5 Dec 2018, 14:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A South Carolina man is keeping up with the tradition he started 6 years ago, of trying to bring Christmas cheer to his community with some help from his old car. Indeed, “Christmas Car” is back. Brandon Wooden has been decorating h...
Woman Scares Car Thief Away by Jumping on The Hood
5 Dec 2018, 13:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Well, that’s one way of preventing a car thief from taking your vehicle. One woman from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, caught the thief red-handed, as he was about to speed away with her car, so she immediately went into “beast mode.” ...
Cyclist Clashes With Police Officer For Refusing to Remove Face Mask
5 Dec 2018, 13:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One cyclist stood his ground and refused to engage with a police officer, after the headmistress at his step-son’s school reported him on the grounds that there had been “some complaints” about him. Video of the heated exchang...
Ex-NBA Eric Murdock Sues United Airlines For $10 Million For “Race-Baiting”
5 Dec 2018, 12:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Eric Murdock, a former NBA champ, is suing United Airlines on claims of “race-baiting” following an incident on Flight 1537 that took place in July this year. He’s seeking $10 million in compensation. Murdock boarded the plane...