Northeast North Carolina receives more than its share of major storms. Hurricanes, tropical storms and nor’easters hit the Outer Banks frequently. Flooding and wind damage are just a fact of life for residents of Ocracoke, Nags Head, Duck, Moyock, Elizabeth City and the other community along the Atlantic Ocean and on both sides of the…
During 2018, 88 motorcycle riders died in crashes on Virginia roads and highways. According to reports collected by the state Department of Motor Vehicles, 59 of those fatalities occurred in crashes involving more than one vehicle. The leading causes of all types of crashes in Virginia were following too closely, failing to yield right of…
Accepting that long-term, chronic exposure to diesel fumes causes lung problems ranging from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to cancer took several decades. Federal rules for limiting how must exhaust from diesel engines workers must breathe in only started emerging during the 1990s and early 2000s. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration still has…
The retired engineer had worked for Conrail for 23 years, primarily crewing switcher locomotives in rail yards around Detroit.
During 2018, the U.S. Department of Transportation determined that 71 percent of motorcycle riders across the country wore helmets while on their bikes. That same year, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles recorded 1,762 crashes involving motorcycles in which 88 riders died and 1,495 riders suffered injuries. Traumatic brain injuries remain among the most common…