The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has linked at least two deaths back to beef packaged by Fairbank Farms of Ashville, New York (NY). In addition to the two deaths, the beef has also caused at least 26 other illnesses and likely dozens more that have gone unreported. The beef was packaged and sold…
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, from 1993 to 2004 Jeep Cherokees have been involved in 172 car accidents that resulted in 254 deaths nationwide. In every one of these car accident cases the vehicle that was struck caught fire. The Center for Auto Safety feels a faulty gas tank may to be…
Be extra vigilant when crossing the street in Raleigh, North Carolina (NC). This is the sentiment expressed by a recent report from Transportation for America which listed Raleigh as one the 10 most dangerous cities for pedestrians. Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 people are 1.95 in North Carolina while the national average is 1.26. The report…
Two teens were involved in a bicycle accident that tragically claimed the life of a young man in Dunn, North Carolina (NC). The teenager was traveling south on his bicycle on Bud Hawkins Road shortly after nightfall when another teen driving a truck struck him from behind. The bicyclist was taken to Betsy Johnson Regional…
31 students from Beverly Manner Middle School and Buffalo Gap High School were on a bus ready for another day of learning and social activity in Augusta County, Virginia (VA). Suddenly, the trip took a terrible turn when a Mazda MVP slammed into a Kia Spectra which collided with the bus on Va. 42 (Little…