When a car and train collide in a rail crossing crash, the results can be devastating for the driver and/or passengers in the vehicle. This was illustrated recently when a Ford Focus at Hunts crossing in Norge, Virginia (VA) near Williamsburg was hit by an Amtrak train. The impact of the wreck was so severe…
A 79-year-old woman attempting to drive across railroad tracks in James City County, Virginia (VA), lost her life on July 31, 2010, when an Amtrak passenger train slammed into her car and pushed it nearly one-quarter of a mile down the tracks. Reports in the Daily Press note that the fatal accident occurred at a…
A net designed to catch thrill seekers dropping from a cage raised high on a ride called Terminal Velocity at Extreme World in the Wisconsin Dells failed to slow the descent of a 12-year-old girl. The unbroken 40-foot fall appears to have left the girl with severe head, brain and internal injuries. This is how…
It’s important to get where you’re going, but do not force yourself to continue driving if you can’t stay awake or operate your car properly. That message was illustrated by the tragic single-car accident on Interstate 95 (I-95) in Hanover County, Virginia (VA). The driver became “fatigued” and ran off the road hitting a tree,…
A North Carolina teen lost her life Sunday when a drunk driver crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with her vehicle on a Dallas highway. WCNC-TV reports that this was not the first driving while impaired offense for Howard Pasour, who struck the teen’s vehicle on Dallas-Cherryville Highway. In fact, Pasour has had “at least three other driving…