A three-bus wreck took place in the mountains of western North Carolina near Greenville, SC, which sent fourteen people to four area hospitals last Friday afternoon. The three buses were carrying students of Blythewood Middle School who were coming from the YMCA Camp Cedar Creek, NC. According to the police, the three buses were heading…
Amy Overstreet was driving her ’95 Honda Civic early in the morning on Monday, December 14, 2009 when tragedy struck. She encountered a patch of black ice on Old Graves Mill Road in Lynchburg, Virginia (VA) and lost control of the Civic leading to a deadly collision with a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Mrs. Overstreet was just 30 years…
Many people say the private sector does things better than the government, but does the private sector actually do things safer? Well, studies indicate 5 out of every 100 employees in state and local government in Virginia (VA) suffer an injury compared to only 3 out of every 100 employees in the private sector, according to the…
South Carolina Highway Patrol Troopers reported that a 25-year-old man was killed in a one-vehicle accident just feet from his home in Townville, South Carolina on Monday night. Brandon Rhodes was on his commute from work at around 11 pm heading west on Highway 24 near Smithpoint Road when he left the roadway on the…
My colleague John C. lays out the range of safety concerns for all people celebrating year-end and New Year’s holidays in his latest post to the Norfolk Injuryboard. In addition to fires caused by candles and a seasonal spike in car accidents, John also notes the phenomenon of “wrap rage.” Doctors and nurses, it seems,…