A truck-car crash occurred at the intersection of Bonney Road and South Budding Ave in Virginia Beach, VA. Reports indicate that a dump truck ran into a car and there were injuries, according to wvec.com. The cause of the truck wreck remains under investigation. Was the driver distracted in some? Was there a mechanical problem with…
A truck hauling logs overturned on the I-95 exit ramp to eastbound Route 460 in Petersburg, Virginia (VA). The logs spilled onto the highway, and the driver reportedly suffered injuries, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Police continue to investigate this wreck, so we do not know what exactly caused the tractor-trailer to suddenly flip and…
A man who ran into a CATS bus while riding his moped in Pineville, North Carolina (NC), suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries. No one abroad the bus as hurt, according to wbtv.com. The wreck occured on South Boulevard at the onramp to I-485 East in shortly after the bus driver had made a left-hand turn onto…
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released data regarding work-related deaths in West Virginia in 2010. The Upper Big Branch mine explosion in April that killed 29 people, almost one-third of the year’s fatalities, heavily affected the numbers. Altogether, 95 workers were killed during employment in 2010 in West Virginia. This is significantly more…
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration recently found that the number of motorcycle fatalities nearly doubled between 1997 and 2005. That shocking statistic gained credence on October 18, 2011 when Nay man Julian Austin Ford, 24, crashed his motorcycle into a guardrail on Terminal Boulevard near Ruthven Road in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), and suffered injuries that took his…