The driver of a tractor-trailer is facing charges after a chain-reaction wreck that occurred on the James River Bridge on I-95 through Richmond, Virginia (VA). The semi driver was apparently following traffic too closely and, as a result, rear-ended a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria. The car then crashed into theback of a passenger van, which…
A defect that puts adults and children for suffering serious burns has led to the recall of more than 1.7 million Tassimo single-cup coffee brewers in the United States and Canada. An incident that prompted the recall involved a 10-year-old girl from Minnesota (MN) who was helping her grandmother make a cup of coffee when…
After a Tarrant Elementary School bus rear-ended a car at the intersection of Aberdeen Road and 56th Street in Hampton, Virginia (VA), the car’s driver and 4 of the 34 students on board the bus went to the hospital complaining of pain. According to WAVY-TV 10, police are preparing a criminal complaint and will file charges against…
In his latest post to our firm’s Virginia Trucking Accident/Injury Blog, my colleague Randy Appleton reports on a chain-reaction accident on I-64 in York County, VA, that left several people injured. Randy notes that the trouble began when a tractor-trailer crashed and that ice and snow on the interstate may have played roles in causing…
After an SUV slammed into an HRT bus at the intersection of St. Pauls Boulevard and Main Street in downtown Norfolk, Virginia (VA), three people went to the hospital for treatment of crash-related injuries. Speaking with WAVY-TV 10 after the accident at around 2 pm on February 8, 2012, a Hampton Roads Transit spokesman said…