Josephine Stone was outside of the Hilton Garden Inn at 5th and Broad streets in Richmond, Virginia (VA), when her life came to an abrupt, tragic end. She was hit by a car being driven by a hotel valet. She was only 23 years old and a few days away from celebrating her second wedding…
A 19-year-old from the Fork Ridge area in Moundsville lost his life in an accident that occurred on Route 250 in Marshall County, West Virginia (WV). He was a passenger in a 1999 Dodge Neon. The driver was operating the Neon erratically and crossed a double yellow line, according to wtov9.com. After leaving his own…
The United Transportation Union is reporting that its membership suffered its ninth fatal on-the-job accident during 2011. According to the UTU, a 6-year veteran CSX engineer was crushed and killed between a locomotive and a rail car in Botkins, Ohio (OH), on September 8. The locomotive had been pushing a stalled train, and the accident…
Yet another horrific 2011 balcony accident has occurred in Hampton Roads, Virginia (VA), this time injuring a boy who is just 2 years old. The Virginian-Pilot has reported that the toddler fell from a second floor balcony at a Ramada Inn on Military Highway in Norfolk. The boy was taken to Children’s Hospital of the King’s…
One Virginia teen is dead after a milk truck struck a car filled with student drivers as it changed lanes on I-81 outside of Harrisburg.