Residents of a street of homes in Windy Gap, Virginia (VA) in Roanoke County have been warned to not drink their well water more than two weeks after a tanker truck crashed carrying embalming fluid. The toxic chemical soaked into the soil on the mountain only yards from their homes. Samples have been taken from…
The driver of the Wal-Mart tractor-trailer who crashed into a limo bus carrying comedian Tracy Morgan took to Twitter to declare his innocence. No, he didn’t send his best wishes and deepest sympathies to Mr. Morgan, or to the families of two people who died in the accident. Instead, the driver complained about the media…
A Portsmouth, Virginia (VA), bicyclist wound up hospitalized with injuries after being clipped by the passenger-side mirror of a dump truck The accident occurred during the morning rush hour of June 10, 2014, near the intersection of High Street W and Carney Farm Lane. Police charged the commercial truck driver with making an illegal pass,…
A chain-reaction accident that started when a tractor-trailer hit the rear of a limo bus on I-95 near New Brunswick, New Jersey (NJ), critically injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed Morgan’s friend and joke writer Jim McNair, who also performed under the name “Jimmie Mack.” Morgan, a longtime television fixture on Saturday Night Live and…
A coalition that includes six states is starting this month a new project, the aim of which is to cut down on congestion and truck accidents on I-81. Public officials and contractors will analyze freight movement along 850 miles of the interstate. Meanwhile, the I-81 Corridor Coalition will come up with a system that connects…