The coal mining industry’s tarnished reputation has taken a further hit after a truck driver died in a rollover accident in Virginia (VA), the Associated Press reported. According to a Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman the accident occurred Monday at Humphreys Enterprises’ No. 5 Strip surface mine in Wise County, VA. Mike Abbot…
A dump truck overturned in Hampton, Virginia (VA), on June 14, 2011, hitting numerous vehicles and leaving three people injured.Two people were transported to a local hospital by ambulance and a third person was evacuated by medical helicopter after the dump truck overturned, the Daily Press reported. Police said the dump truck driver was heading…
Niki Bell and Bethany Wallenberg were out enjoying a ride on a luxury boat when their lives were changed forever. A design flaw in the Mastercraft X45 24-foot boat caused the vessel to take on water and, consequently, an accident occurred. The two young women suffered serious injuries ranging from deep cuts to brain damage,…
A woman, 37, was a teenager leaving her job at JC Penney when a driver ran a red light, forcing her head into the steering wheel. A man, age 23, was shaken as a baby. Another man, age 36, collided his Chevette head-on into a Chevy Impala, two weeks after getting his driver’s license, putting…
My colleague Emily Mapp Brannon has posted a new blog on the Virginia Brain/Head Injuries Lawyers site on a new study of troops who suffered brain injuries from bomb blasts in Afghanistan and Iraq. It’s possible that these findings in the New England Journal of Medicine will help to identify people wjo are at higher risk for…