Super fog. The name alone conjures images from a science fiction movie. Unfortunately for residents of North Carolina (NC) and Virginia (VA), the weather phenomenon has been all too real in late August 2001. The U.S. Department of Agriculture describes super fog as a combination of smoke and water vapor that produces zero visibility over…
Work zones are dangerous for workers because some motorist do not slow down or allow themselves to get distracted.
Litigation on the Sugarland concert stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair, which killed six people, began with a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of one of the victims. According to the Daily Press, an attorney in the lawsuit told the Los Angeles Times that flimsy stage construction and a failure to take simple precautionary measures…
A motor bike rider hailing from Chester, West Virginia (WV), was enjoying a day out on his motorcycle when his life was turned upside down. He was waiting in the westbound lane of US 30 when a tractor-trailer came around a right-hand bend in the road and didn’t stop before hitting a vehicle which caused…
The noise is deafening as car after car roars by at 55-plus miles per hour. The winds from large commercial vehicles can rock a disabled car as the semis rumble past. It was on one such stretch of road August 24, 2011, in Glen Burnie, Maryland (MD), that a tow truck driver was killed after…