A Sampson County, North Carolina (NC), man, age 47, was charged in early July 2011 with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving after his pickup truck hit an oncoming car on NC 242, killing the driver, of Red Road in White Oak, NC, according to fayobserver.com. The crash occurred about a mile south of Roseboro,…
In his latest post to our firm’s Virginia Trucking Accident/Injury Blog, my personal injury attorney colleague John C. welcomes the news that new federal rules will shorten the number of hours semi, tractor-trailer and interstate big rig drivers can spend behind the wheel each day. John notes that driver fatigue plays a role in many…
It may seem like an obvious precaution to take, but in a summer dominated by the loss of life on Virginia’s waterways, a fisherman had drowned because he went in a boat without wearing a life vest. The drowning accident occurred on the Diascund Reservoir near Lanexa, the Virginia Gazette reported. Four men were fishing…
Just published Virginia Department of Motor Vehicle data show that the number and severity of all types of accidents involving cars, trucks, SUVs, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicycles decreased between 2005 and 2009. Even as fewer drivers, passengers and other people who share VA roads and highways declined, though, individuals who did become involved in wrecks…
A panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended halting the use of Avastin (bevacizumab from Genentech) for treating breast cancer, pointing to studies showing the medication was not effective for that purpose, the Bellingham Herald reported. The recommendation followed two days of sometimes emotional testimony from doctors, patients and advocacy…