Bellingham Teen Testifies In Her Own Vehicular Homicide Trial
A Bellingham teen on trial for the death of a toddler said that she was driving the speed limit at the time of car accident but did take her eyes off the road.
North Carolina-based SkyExpress Bus Crash in Virginia Demonstrated Federal Regulators Lost Control in Making Passenger Buses Safe
The National Transportation Safety Board hosted a gathering of federal regulators, safety experts, and industry officials to discuss reducing bus and truck accidents in early May 2011, according to the Virginian-Pilot. Within a few weeks of the gathering, a bus operated by Sky Express, with a poor record of fatigued drivers overturned on a Virginia…
New Nightingale Helicopter Arrives at Sentara Norfolk Genreal Hospital
Sentara Healthcare’s Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance Service has finally acquired its new helicopter. a Eurocopter EC-145 costing $7.2 million, arrived at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), in early June 2011. Crew members will spend several weeks preparing the helicopter for full operational status. The Sentara Health Foundation is just $500,000 away…
NC Family Receives $7M Wrongful Death Award for Mother’s Death Following Botched Hysterectomy
A jury in Wilkes County, North (NC), on May 27, 2011, awarded $7 million to the family of Victoria Lynn Brown Harmon. The woman, who was a special education teacher, died from surgical complications and infections following a botched hysterectomy in the spring of 2007, prompting her survivors to bring a medical malpractice and wrongful…
Truck Driver Found Not Negligent In Fatal West Virginia Crash
A truck driver has been cleared of blame in a fatal West Virginia truck accident where a woman stalled her car on the highway and was rear-ended by a big rig.