A Virginia Beach man that pled guilty to charges pressed a year ago is now being sentenced for causing a fatal accident while intoxicated. The 41-year-old man was charged with Aggravated Involuntary Manslaughter and DUI since he had a blood alcohol content of .15-.20 while transporting a child, according to WVEC News. In June of…
Residents of a street of homes in Windy Gap, Virginia (VA) in Roanoke County have been warned to not drink their well water more than two weeks after a tanker truck crashed carrying embalming fluid. The toxic chemical soaked into the soil on the mountain only yards from their homes. Samples have been taken from…
A tractor-trailer operator sustained serious injuries when the driver of a Volkswagen Passat cut off his semi at the Bells Road exit from I-95 in Chesterfield County, Virginia (VA), on the morning of June 20, 2014. The accident sent both vehicles into a retaining wall, then across several lanes of traffic and off the side…
Just before sunrise June 19, 2014, an unidentified driver hit and badly injured a West Virginia state trooper who had gotten out of his cruiser to clear debris from the center of I-77 north of Princeton, WV. The trooper had switched on his rooftop light bar and flashers in order to alert other early morning…
A former volunteer at the Pittsburgh Veteran’s Affairs (VA) hospital tried to sue the government because he contracted Legionnaire’s disease, a severe form of pneumonia, during an unreported outbreak. According to the federal government, however, he can’t sue. As a volunteer, he is technically considered an “employee,” despite the fact that he may not be…