A 31-year-old Henrico woman was killed when the she was struck by a plow truck while riding her bicycle. The fatal accident occurred on near Virginia Center Commons in Glen Allen, at approximately 5:30 am Wednesday morning. According to law enforcement reports, the woman was on her way to an early morning work shift at…
A new study conducted at West Virginia University and published by BMJ Group has concluded that male pedestrians are more likely to die as a result of pedestrian accidents than women. Pedestrians account for a third of the 1.2 million traffic fatalities annually worldwide. The study looked at pedestrian fatality rates in the U.S. in…
Companies that make inherently harmful products have a duty to inform users of the risks those products pose. This bedrock principle of corporate responsibility received one of its most-recent affirmations when the top appeals court in Erie County, New York (NY), determined that Fisher Controls bore 100 percent of the liability for causing the mesothelioma…
A motorcycle rider died in Rockingham County, Virginia (VA), on July 4, 2017, when a driver crossed the center line of a rural state highway and struck the motorcyclist. The fatal crash happened on Route 601 outside of the town of Shenandoah, where the highway is also known as Rinaca’s Corner Road. Virginia…
A crash at a downtown intersection left a Richmond, Virginia (VA), jogger dead on the morning of June 9, 2017. The driver of the Nissan pickup involved in the fatal pedestrian collision remained on the scene, but it is unclear if charges will be filed. Police responded at 6:01 am to a report…