According to the Administration on Aging as of 2009 which is the latest year for which data is available there are 39.6 million elderly Americans age 65 years or older. That’s about one in every eight Americans. This number will only continue to grow. Because of the aging baby boomer population, there has been an increase…
An eighteen year-old man in Bridgewater, NJ died last week in a fiery wreck when his pickup truck was rear ended by a tractor trailer. New Jersey State Police stated that the pickup truck was stopped at a red light on Route 22 in Green Brook, NJ when a tractor trailed slammed into it in…
A tractor-trailer operator lost his life after being struck by an out of control box truck on the shoulder of I-95 outside of Emporia, Virginia (VA). The fatal accident occurred near the interchange with Route 58, shortly after 1 am on October 13, 2013. The deceased victim was identified as a professional trucker from North…
Our Virginia personal injury law firm has reported on many accidents where victims have been killed because of road debris. Many of these accidents were caused by commercial tractor trailers operators who fail to secure the loads they are transporting. But it’s not just commercial carriers that pose dangers to people who are driving on…
A conductor crewing a Burlington Northern and Santa Fe train got killed when she became trapped between two moving rail cars in a Colorado Springs, CO, rail yard. The fatal on-the-job accident occurred on October 9, 2014, off a side track servicing a construction supply company. According to a report in the local…