A train engineer working alone to move a train in a Northeastern Ohio rail yard by remote control lost his life when the train ran over him. The fatal accident occurred in the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway yard in Brewster, OH, on the night of November 6, 222016. The engineer, identified as…
Each year, approximately 600,000 women in the United States, including those in Virginia, undergo a hysterectomy. This means that one-third of all women in this country will have had a hysterectomy before they reach the age of 60. Ninety percent of these surgeries are performed for non-cancerous conditions, such as fibroids or abnormal uterine bleeding. …
A crash between a boat and a personal watercraft on Virginia’s Smith Mountain Lake left a 17-year-old girl from North Carolina dead and the 19-year-old operating the PWC seriously injured. The deadly collision on the water in Pittsylvania County occurred shortly before 8 pm on July 3, 2016. The 21-foot speed boat and the PWC…
With prom and graduation season just around the corner, many Virginia high schools are trying to get the message to students about the dangers of drinking and driving. Recently, students at Virginia High School in Bristol got a first-hand look at what a drunk driving accident looks like, when the school staged a mock accident…
When a warehouse shelving unit collapsed at a Manassas, Virginia (VA), food distribution center, one worker lost his life and seven other employees of the business suffered serious injuries. The fatal March 29, 2016, on-the-job accident occurred at Reinhart Foodservice, which is located off Balls Ford Road. A news report described the collapsed shelving…