A Colorado company has issued a voluntary recall on one of its cheese products in several states, including Virginia. It is believed that 14 people have been hospitalized and three people have died from eating the contaminated product. The product in question is Frescolina brand ricotta salata from the Forever Cheese Company. The contaminated lot…
What Happened: Illegal racing on the highway may have been a factor in a fatal two-car crash that also seriously injured a passenger on September 5, 2012. The crash occurred when the two cars touched on Garth Road near Midway Farm Road in Albemarle County, VA. One of the cars ran off the road, killing…
What Happened: Two people were hospitalized after a Virginia car crash on Wednesday morning, September 12, 2012. The accident occurred on US 58 near Ringgold, VA, when an SUV leaving a parking lot pulled out in front of a smaller car. The smaller car also hit a parked car during the wreck, and one occupant…
A technician suffered a serious electric shock injury while servicing a heat pump. He touched an exposed wire while doing maintenance work at a hospital. The moment he touched the wire, nearly 500 volts of electricity went coursing through his veins. He fell from a ladder he was on and suffered rib fractures, in addition…
What Happened: Police officers put their lives at risk to make our lives safer every time they go to work. Even something as seemingly routine as a traffic stop can be dangerous. In Madison County, NC, a state highway trooper was critically injured when he was hit by a car on Highway 19 near Crooked…