Higher levels of US domestic oil production means that more crude oil is delivered by rail in old oil tankers. Government officials believe that this is a safety hazard that is contributing to a spike in train wrecks across the US. Five major oil train derailments in the last five years all involved the old…
Details were scarce the following morning, but local newspapers and television stations were reporting that a Portsmouth, Virginia (VA), police cruiser had struck and killed a pedestrian on the night of May 28, 2014. The fatal accident occurred shortly after 9 pm at the intersection of Portsmouth Boulevard and Woodstock Street. <!–{cke_protected}{C}%3C!%2D%2D%7Bcke_protected%7D%7BC%7D%253C!%252D%252D%257Bcke_protected%257D%257BC%257D%25253C!%25252D%25252Dcke_bookmark_101E%25252D%25252D%25253E%252D%252D%253E%2D%2D%3E–> WAVY-TV…
New oil train safety rules, which are being promulgated in the wake of the oil train derailment and fire in Lynchburg, Virginia (VA), do not apply to trains that carry less than one million gallons of crude oil. A federal order issued last week on rail safety stated that oil carriers must tell state emergency…
A 17-year-old boy was killed this month in Reston, Virginia, when a car hit his minibike. He was on Reston Parkway when he tried to make a left turn onto Wiehle Avenue. An Acura MDX SUV had the right of way and struck his bike and another car. The accident happened on May 9, and…
One man lost his life, and two other people in the SUV in which the deceased man had been a passenger sustained serious injuries, when their vehicle was struck from behind by a car driven by a person police later charged with driving while intoxicated and speeding recklessly. This particular fatal DWI rear-ender occurred at the…