New reports reveal that an 11-year-old girl from North Carolina is dead after she was electrocuted while practicing with a local swim team. The girl was swimming with two other teammates earlier this month when an power line snapped and fell into a parking lot at the swim club in Lexington, NC. For reasons investigators…
A 28-year-old woman from Annandale, Virginia is currently in critical condition after a terrible accident involving a tractor-trailer. The accident took place outside of Hagerstown, MD and left U.S. 40 closed for nearly six hours while police investigated the accident scene. Police in Maryland say that while the driver of the passenger vehicle remains in…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a warning to health care professionals against using magnesium sulfate injection for more than five to seven days to stop pre-term labor in pregnant women. In its statement, the agency said the use of the drug is “off-label”, meaning that this is not an approved use of…
School hasn’t even started in Hampton Roads, Virginia (VA) and already there has been a school bus accident. In South Hampton County, VA three people were transported to a local hospital after a school bus crashed on Route 460, west of Ivor. It must have been terrifying for the 29 children and seven counselors on board. So…
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has announced plans to install metal studs on the James River Bridge’s new steel grid deck in an attempt to reduce accidents. Included with the VDOT’s announcement were the results of a three month safety analysis the department conducted due to concerns raised over the increase in car crashes…