Elena Gorgan
8,138 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.
Soldier, Mistress Drive Around With Dead Wife’s Body in The Trunk
25 Oct 2018, 15:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It takes a particularly cold-hearted type of individual to do something like this: one man and his mistress drove around with the body of his dead wife in the trunk, when the mistress’ toddler kids were seated in the back of the car. 22-y...
Woman Forgets to Lock Car at Gas Station, Finds Man Sitting Inside
25 Oct 2018, 14:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One woman from Lexington, Kentucky, is using the scary situation she recently found herself in to ring the alarm on the need to lock you car doors whenever you step out of it, even if it’s only for a couple of minutes. K’Shandra McD...
NJ Cop is Hit by Car, Issues Driver a Ticket Then Drives Himself to The Hospital
25 Oct 2018, 14:20 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One officer from the Essex County Sheriff’s office, New Jersey, deserves praise for doing his job even after he was hit by a car that he was trying to get to pull over, according to a report in NJ.com. When the most dramatic of us would h...
Deer Jumps in The Passenger Seat of Speeding Car, Smashing The Windshield
25 Oct 2018, 13:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Stories of drivers hitting deer are not uncommon, as neither are those about deer becoming somehow trapped in the vehicles that they come into collision with. This, however, is a first. A deer jumped into the passenger seat of a speeding car, s...
SUVs Duke It Out on The Highway in Dangerous Road Rage Altercation
25 Oct 2018, 13:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Idiot drivers are all around us, and we’re not talking about the kind that, out of inexperience or for some other reason, make a mistake. We’re talking about the fully-fledged kind, the kind that would endanger countless lives to make a...
Thieves Hit Talent Agent’s London Office, Use Rickshaw as Getaway Vehicle
25 Oct 2018, 12:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Last week, two unmasked, brazen thieves hit the offices of the biggest talent agency in the UK: InterTalent run by Professor Jonathan Shalit and situated in London’s Fitzrovia exclusive neighborhood. They made their way with a considerabl...
Subaru Driver Caught on Camera Mowing Down Ducklings, Cops Refuse to Arrest Him
25 Oct 2018, 11:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Only a few days ago, New Zealand cops were being praised online for using on their lights and sirens to escort a bunch of ducks and ducklings to safety, across a busy road. That was an exception, as it turns out. Queenstown resident Rolf Liecht...
Out of Control Crane Causes Huge Crash in Kiev, Ukraine
25 Oct 2018, 11:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A dramatic crash occurred in Kiev, Ukraine, in the Pechersk neighborhood the other day, when an out of control crane smashed into cars stopped in traffic during rush hour, News24 reports. Video from the scene is available at the bottom of the p...
Ice T Arrested in His McLaren 720s For Toll Evasion
25 Oct 2018, 09:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Former rapper turned small screen fixture with the series “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” Ice T was pulled over in his brand new McLaren 720s and then arrested for something the cops call “toll evasion,” it has emerg...
Range Rovers Crushed as Car Transporter Passes Under Low Bridge
24 Oct 2018, 16:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you ever have a lousy day at work, think of this poor chap: a car transport driver smashed the luxury cars he was transporting when he passed under a low bridge in Perth, Scotland. Details and one photo of the incident have been posted on soc...
Ads for Ford, Nissan And Fiat Chrysler Banned For Encouraging Reckless Driving
24 Oct 2018, 14:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Three ads from Ford, Nissan and Fiat Chrysler have been banned in the UK, after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled to uphold comments from viewers about how they encouraged reckless driving. You can see one of the ads at the bottom...
Spanish Police Catch Couple Doing It on The Highway in Sandero Stepway
24 Oct 2018, 14:32 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Some people find getting it on in a car irresistible; multitaskers are even willing to risk their own lives and others’ to get down and dirty while driving on the highway. It happened in Spain most recently in mid-September, and it took t...
Car Flips Into Driveway, Explodes as Driver Flees The Scene
24 Oct 2018, 13:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One driver didn’t wait around for cops to arrive at the scene of the accident, or to thank the Powers That Be that he was still alive after what he’d been through. First responders witnessed an incredible scene when they arrived at ...
Man Gropes Woman on Southwest Airlines Flight Because Trump Said It Was OK
24 Oct 2018, 13:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A man was arrested at the end of a recent flight from Houston, Texas, to Albuquerque, New Mexico, after claims that he groped a woman sitting in front of him at least 3 times without her consent. According to an affidavit by the FBI agent inves...
Fighter Plane With Nazi Insignia Crashes And Burns on L.A. Highway
24 Oct 2018, 12:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A WWII-era fighter plane crashed and burned just outside Los Angeles, on the 101 Highway in Agoura Hills. The pilot managed to walk way without injuries, KTLA confirms. The plane was marked with the Balkenkreuz, a cross-like symbol usually used...
Prankster Takes Kids’ MINI Cooper to McDonald’s Drive-Thru, Gets Served
24 Oct 2018, 11:59 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In case you ever wondered what are the conditions to get served at the McDonald’s Drive-Thru, one prankster and his pal have the answer for you: you have to at least be sitting in something that looks like a real car. At least in Devon. A...
Cyclist on His Phone Crashes Into Parked Car, Smashes Windshield
24 Oct 2018, 11:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Drivers get a lot of flak whenever they’re involved in an accident they’re responsible for because they were on their phone at the time it happened. Turns out, cyclists do, too. Footage captured by a rear dashcam in England, and pos...
London Police Taser BMW Driver Smashing His Own Car With a Baseball Bat
24 Oct 2018, 09:59 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A strange incident of road rage occurred on a highway in London, England, the other day, and there is video to prove just how strange it was. The driver of a BMW convertible took a baseball bat to his own car. Eyewitnesses tell The Mirror that ...
Canadian Rapper Jon James Killed in Airplane Stunt Gone Wrong
24 Oct 2018, 09:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Canadian rapper known as Jon James, real name Jon James McMurray, was killed in an airplane stunt that should have been included in his new music video. The rapper, a former professional skier who had retired because of a broken back injury, h...
2-Pound Metal Balls Roll Down Seattle Street, Damage 6 Cars
22 Oct 2018, 15:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The strangest incident happened at the end of last week in Seattle, forcing the Seattle Police and the Seattle Department of Transportation to temporarily close down a street: hundreds of 2-pound metal balls started rolling down the street. Thi...