A small plane returning to Norfolk from Orlando, Florida (FL), on the afternoon of Monday, March 15, experienced catastrophic mechanical failures and killed a man on a Hilton Head, South Carolina (SC), beach when the plane’s pilot attempted an emergency landing.The Island Packet, which reports on news concerning Hilton Head, noted that the propeller of…
Lara Reid and Lana Barringer, the wife and daughter of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) were seriously injured in a major car wreck on Interstate 95 (I-95). Mrs. Reid suffered a broken neck, broken back and broken nose, according to justicenewsflash.com. Both Mrs. Reid and her daughter received medical treatment at Inova Fairfax Hospital…
Rain and darkness may have contributed to a fatal pedestrian accident in Suffolk in which an SUV struck a woman using a wheelchair to cross a busy street. My colleague Emily Mapp Brannon notes in her latest post to the Norfolk Injuryboard, however, that other factors may have played roles in the accident. Drivers are…
In his latest post to the Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers Blog, my colleague John C. relates the news of a light-rail crossing accident in which a car’s driver and passenger died and two other people riding in the car suffered critical injuries. The accident occurred in Salt lake City, Utah (UT), and crossing gates were reportedly…
The Daily Press on March 12, 2010, posted an AP article titled “Tenn. Man Stopped for Suspected DUI for 10th Time, Tells Police, ‘Do What You Gotta Do’” to the Weird News section of its Web site. Ha hah ha. Right? Wrong. Clicking over to the fuller local report of this shocking incident published by…