This month, we covered a Fairfax County garbage truck accident that highlighted some of the dangers of sharing the road with commercial vehicles – the heavy, slow trucks make wide turns and sudden stops. However, there are a number of steps that other drivers on the road can take to prevent garbage truck accidents and…
What Happened: A boat accident involving a 25-foot recreational fishing vessel occurred on Tangier Island. The fishing vessel reportedly hit a steel channel marker that was not lit. The collision caused serious damage and led to the death of a 37-year-old man. The individual navigating the vessel suffered a broken arm, according to delmarvanow.com. All channel…
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on July 12, 2012, announced the recall of nearly 500,000 Chicco Polly High Chairs sold in the United States and Canada since January 2005. Federal regulators have received more than 20 reports of young children suffering cuts and bruises when falling onto uncovered pegs designed to hold the feeding…
A voluntary recall by Stryker Corporation may affect many people throughout Virginia and the rest of the U.S. Stryker makes a variety of orthopedic products, including devices used in hip replacements. Metal-on metal devices have been under scrutiny by the FDA and other scientific research groups because it is believed the rubbing of metal pieces…
A woman waiting for help in her car on the shoulder of I-664 in Chesapeake, Virginia, was killed when a big-rig veered out of its lane and struck her vehicle.