Last weekend saw another deadly accident involving a motorcycle hitting a car. This time, according to a Daily Press report, a 23-year-old Hampton man crashed into the passenger side door of a car that had just backed out of a driveway onto Settlers Landing Road. The as-yet unnamed motorcyclist was speeding and attempted to pass…
18 people suffered minor injuries after an operator misjudged the stopping distance and hit a metal bumper, according to Boston.com. A thorough investigation needs to be conducted on the mental state of the operator and if we he was distracted. There’s a history of rail operators being distracted while conducting a train so it wouldn’t…
Last year marked a 10-year low for accidents involving motor boats, Jet Skis, canoes and kayaks on the Chesapeake Bay and other Virginia waterways. That did not start a trend toward safer boating in Hampton Roads or elsewhere in the state, unfortunately. My colleague Emily Mapp Brannon noted that most boating accidents are avoidable or…
According to The Associated Press, 67-year-old Floyd Kenneth Wilt was killed when his scooter was struck by a freight train. The accident happened on September 8, 2009. Wilt’s scooter was stuck between the rails and the asphalt. The engineer tried to stop when he saw Wilt stuck on the tracks but was unable to halt…
According to Fox News, Leesburg police have arrested 25-year-old Justin Robert Schuback stemming from a deadly hit and run crash. Mr. Schuback has been charged with felony hit and run and DUI that happened in the 1300 block of East Market Street. A 26-year-old man was killed in the crash. It is all too often that…