A 54-year-old individual living in Weems, Virginia (VA) was suffering from intense stomach pain and decided to get treatment at the Rappahannock General Hospital on a Saturday. Tests indicated they had a large bowel obstruction. Unfortunately, they didn’t receive the operation they desperately needed until Tuesday. By that time, the patient suffered a “perforated cecum.”…
A monster truck show at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia (VA) took a turn for the worse when one of the trucks ran over the announcer of the show. The announcer, Ken Dickenson, is being treated at the University of Virginia Medical Center but there’s no word as to how bad his injuries…
A varsity basketball player for Kempsville High School was tragically killed in a car accident on Avalon Avenue in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA). The teenager was a passenger in a 1999 Oldsmobile that was driven by another teen, according to the Daily Press. Police have charged the driver with a DUI and involuntary manslaughter. View…
The gym roof of Blacksburg High School collapsed on Saturday, Feb. 13, according to the Collegiate Times. Officials are investigating the case, but have not yet determined what caused the gym roof to cave-in. The collapse has raised safety concerns about building codes and questions of whether the school received proper inspection. Under Virginia’s building…
According to a recent poll by Sleep in America, 36 percent of drivers admit to nodding off or falling asleep while behind the wheel of a car. The odds of a licensed car driver over the age of 18 getting into a car accident or near-accident due to drowsiness this past year were 1 in…