A car and school bus crashed into one another at the intersection of London Bridge Road and Weybridge Road in Virgina Beach, VA recently, according to a news clip posted by WVEC. According to eyewitnesses, the school bus did not stop for a red light and hit the passenger side of the car. Five Salem…
Over the past five years, the number of railroad crossing deaths at private crossings has surpassed the deadly rail crashes at public crossings in Virginia (VA). This is a disturbing trend since railroad crossing accidents at public crossings (i.e. rail crossings at high traffic public roads) is historically higher than at private crossings (i.e. rail…
The agency that operates the DC Metro systems has been cited for lax workplace safety by Maryland (MD) regulators. The citations stem from a January 2010 incident in which two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Agency employees died when a maintenance truck backed over them while they were repairing light rail tracks near Metro’s Rockville Red…
When a car and train collide in a rail crossing crash, the results can be devastating for the driver and/or passengers in the vehicle. This was illustrated recently when a Ford Focus at Hunts crossing in Norge, Virginia (VA) near Williamsburg was hit by an Amtrak train. The impact of the wreck was so severe…
Roughly 11 people per month have suffered injuries in D.C. Metro escalator accidents this year, according to the Washington Examiner. This is a jump from the roughly 8 injuries per month last year and 10 injuries per month in 2008. A recent escalator accident was especially heart wrenching since it featured a four-year-old girl who fell and…