A study done for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) determined that tractor trailers that operate with electronic hours of service recorders, or EHSRs, had an almost 12% lower rate of crashes than trucks not equipped with them. The study also found that these trucks had a 5.1% lower rate of preventable crashes. The…
Late last week, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe spent a few hours in Lynchburg, including a tour by helicopter. He was there to get an aerial perspective of the site of the oil train derailment that occurred here April 30. While he was there, he announced the creation of Virginia’s Railroad Safety and Security Task Force….
A tourist from Canada has become the most recent victim of a fatal collision with a car along Shore Drive near the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. The deadly car accident occurred mid-morning on May 12, 2014. According to a report on WAVY-TV 10, the man who lost his life was struck from behind by a vehicle…
A woman fleeing pursuit by Charleston (SC) County sheriff’s deputies caused a head-on collision at the intersection of Maybank Highway and River Road in Johns Island, South Carolina, on the afternoon of May 11, 2014. The accident involved two cars, and several people sustained serious injuries requiring emergency transportation to a nearby hospital. The at-fault…
Three people may have burned to death or died from injuries suffered in a hot air balloon fire and crash near Richmond, Virginia (VA). The accident occurred on the evening of May 9, 2014, and the people were taking a flight as part of the first-ever Mid-Atlantic Balloon Festival being held at Meadow Event Park…