Students are recovering after a school bus overturned in Millers Creek, North Carolina (NC). The crash occurred on Green Acres Road at around 3:30 pm on May 1, 2012, when 12 elementary school students were heading home. The bus driver lost control of the bus while speeding and ran off the side of the road. When the 74 year…
In a new post to our firm’s Virginia Brain/Head Injury Lawyers blog, an attorney with Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp& Duffan reports on a fatal car-bicycle crash in Chesapeake, Virginia. The accident occurred on Bainbridge Boulevard at an on-ramp to Military Highway, and police continue to investigate what caused the deadly wreck. To read more, click…
In a new post for our Virginia Beach Injuryboard blog titled “Railroaders Beware: Diesel Exhaust Associated With Heart Attacks and Heart Disease,” my colleague Rick Shapiro highlights the coronary health risks faced by rail employees who every day breath in diesel fumes. Rick stresses that heart health needs to be taken into account when assessing…
A driver losing control of his car and running off the side of the interstate during the early morning hours is not an unusual occurrence. And that is apparently what happened first in a series of accidents along I-40 in Burke County, North Carolina (NC), on April 30, 2012. According to the McDowell News, a…
North Carolina is the second most dangerous state in the United States for teen drivers, a new report shows. In fact, North Carolina had the second highest amount 16 and 17-year-old driving deaths in the country for 2011. The statistics have given the Governor’s Highway Safety Administration a reason to be concerned. AAA is also taking a stand…