A Chesapeake, Virginia (VA) resident died when the 2005 Pontiac he was riding in crashed on Ballahack Road, according to The Virginian-Pilot. He was only 23 years old. The Pontiac was going east around 5 pm on a Monday when the car overturned, trapping the driver and him. Police are investigating whether speed was a…
For the second time in less than a month, BNSF rail employees have lost their lives while on the job. The latest fatal accident for the second largest freight railroad in the United States occurred on April 17, 2011, near the town of McPherson, Iowa (IA). The deadly rear-end collision between a coal train and…
A pickup truck driver was killed on Military Highway in Chesapeake, Virginia (VA) when his truck and a car collided, the Daily Press reported. The driver was later identified as 21-year-old Kevin P. Sikonia, 21, of Chesapeake. According to police, the accident took place at the intersection of South Military Highway and Sparrow Road. Police…
A woman is suing two doctors and a hospital for wrongful death after her new baby died from a misdiagnosed bacterial infection.
Paula Bellamy was going about her day doing her job as a “slinger” at the APM Terminals in Portsmouth, Virginia (VA), when her life came to a sudden, tragic end. She was hit and killed by a forklift. Reports indicate the forklift operator picked up some steel bins and moved forward. As the forklift moved,…