In the aftermath of the railroad accident involving a Metrolink railroad worker was texting at the time the accident occurred, there has been a push for cell phone use, especially texting, to be restricted or even banned all together while operating a train. This push isn’t new. Many states have passed laws imposing fines for…
In his latest post to the Northeast North Carolina (NC) Injuryboard, my colleague and license pilot Jim Lewis reports that a crash involving a Beechcraft 60 “Duke” aircraft took the life of an Edenton man and injured a man from Suffolk, Virginia (VA). Jim notes that investigators had not identified the cause of the fatal…
The newswires buzzed this past Sunday and Monday with report of a supposedly happy ending to story that began with a deadly traffic accident in downtown Indianapolis on the afternoon of June 5, 2010. A chartered shuttle bus carrying a wedding party and guests collided with a Chevy Yukon, injuring more than a dozen people…
In 2008, approximately 82 people were killed in airplane accidents involving “kit-built airplanes.” These are planes that can be delivered to your home and you actually build the plane piece by piece. These types of airplanes accounted for 18 percent of all non-commercial airplane crashes in ’08. Unfortunately, the death toll continues to mount. The…
Metrolink is switching to a commuter rail system in Southern California that features rail cars designed to crumple around the passenger compartment to help absorb some of the impact during a train crash. These new trains include bumpers on the ends of the rail cars that collapse to reduce the brunt of any impact from…