Asbestos is bad, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that. But most people don’t know the specifics about it or very much about mesothelioma which is the disease that it causes. First a little about asbestos. Chrysotile or white asbestos is the most commonly encountered form of asbestos, accounting for approximately 95% of…
An inspection of the railroad tracks in Lynchburg by CSX discovered a flaw in the rail the day before 17 cars carrying volatile Bakken crude oil derailed and fell into the James River in downtown Richmond. Massoud Tahamtani, director of the State Corporation Commission Division of Utility and Railroad Safety, informed a rail safety task…
A head-on collision between a tractor-trailer and a dump truck shortly before sunrise on June 6, 2014, on Highway 17 near Old Jacksonboro Road in Ravenel, South Carolina (SC), sent both drivers to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police continued investigating and reconstructing the accident through the weekend. Initial findings indicate the semi truck driver lost…
A 57-year-old driver has been charged with DUI after he crashed a U-Haul rental truck into two vehicles on I-81 in Augusta County, Virginia. The accident occurred last Saturday around 2:30 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-81 near mile marker 230. The U-Haul first hit a Toyota Camry. Then it hit a pick-up truck,…
Two major railroad companies have complained about a recent federal order that requires them to disclose information concerning the large amounts of oil transported across the country by tanker car. The rules, which are meant to go into effect today, require railroad companies across the country to notify state officials about the volume, frequency and…