Orange County, Virginia (VA), sadly played host to one of eight deadly traffic crashes on commonwealth roads and highways over the weekend of September 22-24, 2017. Several were single-vehicle wrecks, but the one on U.S. 522/Zachary Taylor Highway involved a pickup truck crossing into the path of an oncoming SUV. A passenger in the SUV…
A Union Pacific railroad worker died after getting struck by a freight train in Arlington, Texas (TX). The fatal on-the-job accident happened around 11: 20 am on September 22, 2017, in the 800 block of Stadium Drive. The site of the deadly train crash is just south of Globe Life Park, where the Texas Rangers…
A concrete mixer overturned onto a minivan and sent all four people in the smaller vehicle to hospitals with injuries ranging from serious to life-threatening. The wreck happened in Concord, North Carolina (NC), at around 8:30 am on September 20, 2017. State Highway Patrol troopers responded to the scene in Cabarrus County and…
A group of teenagers sit in a school auditorium. The speaker standing in-front of them is a young professional woman. She looks out at the group and then asks, “What do you consider lethal?” Out of the many answers given, car crashes was not one of them. However, traffic crashes, are the number one killers…
The expectant mother arrived at the hospital with time to spare. Her contractions were still far apart and she felt a wave of relief. The nurses smiled and ushered her into her room and her husband arrived shortly thereafter with a vase of beautiful flowers. But hours later, during her delivery, she had a minor…