Tragedy unfolded in Lancaster County, South Carolina last Sunday when 34-year-old Jeremy Peay was hit by a car and dragged underneath it. Police were alerted of the crash around 10 a.m. and rushed to the accident site near Rutledge and Sumter. Two bystanders were trying to free Mr. Peay when police arrived, but they could…
Following the death of a female passenger on a small boat he was driving down the Ogeechee River near Savannah, Georgia (GA), in August 2013, a grand jury on April 18, 2014, indicted the man on multiple felony charges. The Savannah Morning News reported that woman suffered fatal head injuries when the man sped under a…
Excess speed appears to have caused a fatal one-car accident in Orange County, Virginia (VA), on the night of April 16, 2014. The deadly wreck joins a depressingly growing trend in which speeding produces deadly consequences. The crash occurred along Dublin Lane (State Route 608) near the intersection with Catharpin Road (State Route 606). A…
Many freight trains roll through Barrington, Illinois (IL) each day. Many of them are hauling crude oil or fuel in old tank cars called DOT-111s. These are called by some people the ‘soda can’ of rail cars, because their shells are dangerously thin. Many of these tank cars are laden with heavy tar sands crude…
More than a month after a homeless man suffered serious injuries when hit by, trapped under and dragged by a pickup truck in Newport News, Virginia (VA), police have made an arrest. The suspect, who appears to have been behind the wheel of the vehicle captured in surveillance video shot during the nighttime crash at…