What Happened A fatal crash occurred on January 29, 2013 in Augusta County near Lyndhurst. Police have launched an investigation after a 47-year-old man was hit by a car and killed while he drove a moped. The accident occurred on Mt. Torrey Road near the Shenandoah Valley Animal Shelter. Even with a witness to the…
What happened: A West Virginia construction company recently settled a wrongful death case two months after losing its motion for summary judgment. Century Steel Erectors has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of Kelly Nestor, who died in April, 2009 from injuries he received from a work accident occurring five weeks earlier. According…
What happened: In a follow up to a story we reported in November, the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled that the blood alcohol certificate of a Newport News man charged in the deaths of two Christopher Newport University students cannot be used as evidence at trial. However, prosecutors will be allowed to present the…
A 19-year-old woman is facing reckless driving charges in the wake of a deadly three-vehicle accident on I-64 in Newport News, Virginia (VA). The wreck involved the woman’s Nissan, a tractor-trailer and a Buick, the driver of which lost his life either in the collision or the ensuing fire. The identity of the deceased victim could…
What happened: The Luray Page Free Press is reporting that there were ten deaths from work-related farm accidents in Virginia in 2012, an increase of three from 2011. The Virginia Farm Bureau’s unofficial statistics breaks the causes of death down as follows: Four deaths from tractor runovers. Three deaths were from unspecified tractor or equipment…