In Raleigh, NC a construction worker was killed by a wall collapse at his job site in the afternoon, according to police. Officers said workers had made an addition to a building at Precision Tune Auto Care, 4808 Atlantic Avenue, and were taking down a concrete wall separating the original structure from the addition when…
On Saturday afternoon in Cary, North Carolina a nine-year-old boy was hit and killed by a vehicle while skateboarding, according to police. The nine-year-old, Ravindra Kalipershad was leaving a driveway on his skateboard in the 100th block of Council Gap Court when he unavoidably rolled in front of a Toyota Highlander, Cary police Lt. Randall…
The latest statistics from the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry show that 154 workers died on the job during 2008. These deaths occurred because of falls, vehicle accidents, exposure to toxic fumes and unsecured equipment. Each was a tragedy, which my colleague Emily Mapp Brannon notes in her latest blog post to the Norfolk…
What Baltimore father Anthony Greene wants more than anything is for someone to take responsibility for the electrical wiring mistake that took the life of his teenage daughter, Deanna, at a Baltimore, Maryland (MD), city park in 2006. According to a report in the Sept. 10 Baltimore Sun, Deanna was 14 years old when she…
Officials with North Carolina Wildlife released the identities of two people killed in a parasailing accident at Ocean Isle Beach. Officer Long said the women killed in the accident were Cynthia Woodcock, 60, of Kernersville, and Lorrie Shoup, 55, of Granby, Colo. Investigators with the U.S. Coast Guard have initially reported that a rope connecting…