An August 2014 CNBC series called Collision Course drew a tough response from the American Trucking Association, which termed it an ‘outrageously inaccurate’ image of the American trucking industry. The four-part series ran on the channels Business Day programming in August and featured headlines such as Death on the Highway and Truck Accidents Surge: Why…
Three members of an extended family lost their lives in a head-on collision in the town of Keller, Virginia (VA), that is being blamed on another driver who was impaired by alcohol. The deadly crash occurred at the intersection of U.S. 13 and First Street on the Eastern Shore, and three other people suffered serious…
A 14-year-old boy suffered nearly fatal traumatic brain injuries when he was struck by a van in Newport News, Virginia (VA), on the night of August 29, 2014. The teen had been riding his bicycle alongside a friend near the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Bellwood Road. According to police, the driver stopped, got out…
Given the choice to arrive somewhere safely but a few minutes late or on time and injured, most people would choose to be a few minutes late. A panel convened by New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority says Metro-North Railroad has sacrificed safety for on-time performance. The railroad has had a number of recent accidents including…
School has only been in session a short while and already there have been school bus accidents with injuries. Most recently in Point Pleasant, West Virginia (WV) a tractor-trailer caused a chain reaction crash. The driver of the tractor trailer was behind another tractor trailer who was behind a school bus near the U.S. Route…