A varsity basketball player for Kempsville High School was tragically killed in a car accident on Avalon Avenue in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA). The teenager was a passenger in a 1999 Oldsmobile that was driven by another teen, according to the Daily Press. Police have charged the driver with a DUI and involuntary manslaughter. View…
A Temple University student, who was also the co-captain of the university’s Bhangra dance team, lost her life in a car accident over the weekend when she was ejected from the backseat of a van. Kammini Rajoopath, 21, and her dance team were headed to a competition in Durham, N.C. Fellow dancer Bilal Badruddin, 20, was driving….
The gym roof of Blacksburg High School collapsed on Saturday, Feb. 13, according to the Collegiate Times. Officials are investigating the case, but have not yet determined what caused the gym roof to cave-in. The collapse has raised safety concerns about building codes and questions of whether the school received proper inspection. Under Virginia’s building…
According to a recent poll by Sleep in America, 36 percent of drivers admit to nodding off or falling asleep while behind the wheel of a car. The odds of a licensed car driver over the age of 18 getting into a car accident or near-accident due to drowsiness this past year were 1 in…
A school bus carrying 30 children was hit by a pickup truck at an intersection on U.S. 17 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina (NC). The Virginian-Pilot is reporting one of the vehicles ran a traffic light at the intersection leading to the truck-bus wreck. View Larger Map The crash was so severe that the bus…