Big Rig Crashes into Guardrail on I-64 in Louisa County, Virginia
A Tractor-trailer blocked traffic on I-64 in Virginia after it struck a guardrail and tipped over. The Virginia commercial truck accident is under investigation.
Virginia Train Derailment Kills One Worker and Seriously Injures Another
An attorney with the Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp& Duffan law firm recently wrote about a fatal train derailment in Virginia. A coal car overturned onto a van that transports railroad workers, killing one employee and seriously injuring another. To learn more, read One Railroad Employee Killed, Another Injured, in Train Derailment. mh
North Carolina Car Crash Tragically Kills 9-Year-Old Boy
What Happened: On December 8, 2012, a 9-year-old boy lost his life in a car accident on Highway 74 in Rockingham, North Carolina. His grandmother, who was driving the car, was also seriously injured. Police are investigating reports that the driver in another car that caused the car wreck was racing someone else when he…
Law Enforcement Agencies Work Together in Crack Down on Speeders
What happened: Speeders on a recent Saturday morning got quite the surprise as they zoomed down Interstate 40/85 – a “saturation patrol” with four different law enforcement agencies working together to crack down on those drivers with the problematic lead-foot. Sheriff’s deputies from the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office worked with troopers from the North Carolina…
Singer Jenni Rivera Killed in Plane Crash
What happened: Singer Jenni Rivera was killed was killed in a plane crash in Northern Mexico. The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team to help investigate what caused the Lear Jet carrying the singer, her publicist, makeup artist, two friends and two pilots to crash near the town of Iturbide in the Sierra…