Anytime you are a passenger in a vehicle, the responsibility for your safety rests with the driver. As adults, we can choose who we get into vehicles with. Children, however, have no such ability, and when we put our children on the school bus, we expect them to be safe. This is not always the…
Many people have been expressing concern over the lack of active warning devices such as safety arms for the light rail system in Norfolk, Virginia (VA). The current system employs a warning light and a train whistle when a Tide train approaches. A local news channel has shown, however, that someone in a vehicle with…
A head-on collision has killed three people in Clayton, North Carolina (NC). A husband and wife were heading home after dinner with friends when another vehicle crashed into their Jeep. They were headed east on McLemore Road when the car hit them head-on. This is truly a tragic accident. Our thoughts go out to the…
A 29-year-old drunk driver struck and killed a female pedestrian in Charlotte, North Carolina (NC) during July 2011. According to wbtv.com, the accident happened right before 11 pm as the victim crossed North Tryon Street near Guy E. Suddreth Avenue. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said the woman who lost her life was 55 and died from injuries…
The pilot of a post-World War II plane died on September 18, 2011, after crashing at an air show in West Virginia (VA). The pilot’s aircraft hit a runway and burst into flames, according to msnbc.com. Luckily, no spectators were injured. The Journal of Martinsburg reported that the plane went out of control while flying…