You may have seen an advertisement or perhaps you know someone who has run a “Tough Mudder” race. What you may not know is that this 10-12 mile obstacle course race has caused serious and permanent injuries to many of its participants. At one such event in PA 100 event participants received emergency treatment at…
Joshua Harman, a safety research expert based in Virginia, has filed lawsuit against Trinity Highway Products LLC, a Texas-based company that manufactures US guardrail systems used across the US. He alleges that the company quietly made design changes to the energy absorbing end terminal that is installed at the end of a guardrail, usually marked…
One thing you don’t expect to happen when crossing a pedestrian bridge is to be struck by a car. But, this is exactly what happened to a bicyclist who was riding her bike across the Berkley Bridge and she has the video to prove it. Kelley Howell said she was on the pedestrian bridge when…
A Norfolk Southern engineer suffered serious, but not life-threatening, injuries when the freight train he was crewing near Laurel, Mississippi (MS), derailed early in the morning of June 25, 2014. The cause for several of the rail cars jumping the tracks near a crossing with Highway 13 could not be immediately determined. The railroad worker…
A man is in critical condition after his motorcycle collided with a car in Norfolk on Saturday. According to the Virginian-Pilot, the accident occurred around 9:30 p.m. in the 2800 block of Lafayette Blvd. The motorcyclist was driving westbound when he was hit by a Honda Civic making a left turn onto Marne Ave. from…