Super fog. The name alone conjures images from a science fiction movie. Unfortunately for residents of North Carolina (NC) and Virginia (VA), the weather phenomenon has been all too real in late August 2001. The U.S. Department of Agriculture describes super fog as a combination of smoke and water vapor that produces zero visibility over…
A motor bike rider hailing from Chester, West Virginia (WV), was enjoying a day out on his motorcycle when his life was turned upside down. He was waiting in the westbound lane of US 30 when a tractor-trailer came around a right-hand bend in the road and didn’t stop before hitting a vehicle which caused…
Litigation on the Sugarland concert stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair, which killed six people, began with a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of one of the victims. According to the Daily Press, an attorney in the lawsuit told the Los Angeles Times that flimsy stage construction and a failure to take simple precautionary measures…
Six people were seriously hurt in a major accident on I-64 in Norfolk, Virginia (VA). The accident occurred when the driver of a Volkswagen veered into a closed lane and slammed into a truck carrying highway workers that were contracted by the Virginia Department of Transportation. The driver of the Volkswagen is in serious condition…
Once again, an accident involving a bargain bus is in the headlines. The most recent major bus crash occurred on the New Jersey Turnpike on August 25, 2011, reportedly injuring more than a dozen passengers on a bus that was headed to Washington, DC, from New York. Just a few months ago, four people were…