The U.S. risks more fiery train and pipeline accidents in the future if it does not quickly pass new regulations governing the transportation of oil and gas, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). A new report by the GAO stated that without timely action to deal with safety risks that are presented by higher…
A female patient being transported in an ambulance by members of the Marion County Rescue Squad in West Virginia (WV) lost her life after the emergency vehicle collided with a Jeep on the afternoon of September 22, 2014. The accident occurred on Route 250 near the town of Barrackville. The four EMTs in the ambulance…
Virginia authorities suspect that a woman who killed a pedestrian when she drove her car into him last weekend may have done it intentionally. According to PilotOnline.com, Virginia Beach police responded to a report that a woman driving a car hit a man in the Plaza Middle School parking lot around 5:30 a.m. on September…
Few details are available about a near-fatal hit-and-run pedestrian accident that occurred on S. Lynnhaven Road in Virginia Beach sometime before sunrise on September 20, 2014. Police alerted news outlets that they found the victim lying in the parking lot behind Plaza Middle School and suffering life-threatening injuries. Officials, however, had no information about what…
Few people who saw the July 6, 2013 train wreck in Lac-Megantic in Quebec will ever forget it. That day, 72 cars of crude oil derailed and exploded, killing 47 people and devastating the small town. Since then, there have been many new regulations both in Canada and the US that are designed to boost…