The clothing company, Blair, has expanded a voluntary recall on their chenille robes after learning about at least nine deaths resulting from burns sustained while wearing the robes. Blair and the Consumer Product Safety Commission originally issued a voluntary recall for the robes in April after the company received reports of at least three robes…
John Thomas Ball Jr. from Faison, North Carolina (NC) was traveling on Interstate 40 near Old Mountain Road when he collided with a tractor trailer. The tractor trailer, driven by Pacquin Fields, had stopped at a construction zone. John Thomas Ball Jr. was not able to stop in time safely behind the truck and slammed…
Wayne B. Morris was enjoying a walk and decided to cross the train tracks on 5th and 8th Avenue near his home in Huntington, West Virginia (WV). Sadly, his stroll took a tragic turn. A CSX train was barreling down those same tracks and hit Wayne, according to wchstv.com. The force of the train propelled Wayne nearly…
Thirty-seven-year Hampton Roads Sanitation District veteran Randy Piche died after falling through an opening on an elevated walkway at Norfolk’s Army Base Treatment Plant on Tuesday morning. Neither HRSD nor the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health department have determined the cause of the fatal accident. My colleague Rick Shapiro notes in his latest post to…
The Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center may undergo its third review by VA inspectors in less than a year if agency heads grant Virginia Sen. Jim Webb’s request that the VA Inspector General follow up on nearly 150 recent complaints of medical malpractice, patient abuse, medication errors and wrongful deaths. The Virginian-Pilot reported on Thursday,…