It’s the kind of harrowing tragedy that no parent wants to think about. An accident in which a child died after falling off a fifth-floor balcony at an oceanfront hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) on Friday night, June 17, 2011, has highlighted how dangerous balconies can be for young children. The toddler fell from a…
Coal trucks typically haul between 26 and 27 short tons.That’s a lot of weight that requires a lot of distance to stop. That may be the reason why an 89-year-old woman was killed Thursday when she pulled out in front of a coal truck on Cabin Creek Road in Dry Branch, West Virginia (WV). Lena…
Two tow truck drivers have been killed in a tragic accident in Newport News after one of the drivers lost control of his truck. Both drivers died at the scene on the shoulder of I-64. View I-64 crash at Victory Blvd. in a larger map The accident that brought chaos and long delays to Interstate…
A Virginia resident, age 13, died suddenly in a car accident in Chesapeake, VA, according to WVEC.com and her obituary. The girl was crossing at the intersection of Cedar Road and Country Club Boulevard around 4 pm, when a vehicle traveling east struck her. The 13-year-old was taken to Sentara Norfolk General and died several…
Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) and the widows of two former Hendrick Motorsports employees, who died in an October 2004 plane crash, settled claims with the US government in early May 2011, according to SceneDaily.com. Hendrick Motorsports is located in Concord, N.C., about one mile from Charlotte Motor Speedway. The plane crash killed ten people – four…