When a pedestrian is hit by a vehicle while crossing the street, the ramifications and bodily harm are often quite severe. In fact, many crosswalk accidents involving a pedestrian hit by a car or truck result in the pedestrian losing their life or being left permanently damaged. When it comes to crosswalk accidents in Virginia,…
Generations of Navy sailors, marines, members of other military branches and shipyard workers breathed in asbestos fibers while serving in and working on naval vessels. Those individuals’ family members were also exposed to toxic and cancer-causing asbestos when fibers were carried home on uniforms and overalls. Once asbestos enters a person’s body, it never leaves….
There have been extensive national discussions over the past several years about the need for Congress to pass an infrastructure bill that will address the crumbling systems and facilities that are supposed to support the running of the country. After much political wrangling, there are currently two bills making their way through the United States…
The National Transportation Safety Board has sent a team of 14 investigators to the site of an Amtrak derailment in north-central Montana that occurred on Sunday. Three people were killed and seven more hospitalized with what officials called serious injuries. Two of those victims are in the intensive care unit. The train was traveling from…
A 9-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries when a pickup truck driver struck him and fled the scene. The hit-and-run pedestrian crash happened on the afternoon of September 23, 2021, at a school bus stop near the border of Henry and Pittsylvania counties in southwestern Virginia. State Police received calls about the collision at 3:39 pm….