Work zones can be extremely hazardous, especially when reckless drivers fail to take caution and slow down while in a work zone. In an effort to reduce serious accidents during the holiday season, VDOT suspended highway work zones over Christmas. Hopefully, this will reduce traffic congestion and reduce the likelihood of major accidents. VDOT says that…
Four Trantwood Elementary School students spent several hours in a Virginia Beach, VA hospital after the bus carrying them home at the end of the day on December 19, 2014, crashed with a car on London Bridge Road. The collision near the intersection with Potters Road happened when the driver of the smaller vehicle changed…
The transportation safety board in Canada issued a 200 page report in August that detailed the breakdown and enforcement of Canadian national rail safety regulations that led to the deaths of 47 people in the oil train derailment disaster in Lac Megantic, Quebec in July 2013. The report detailed 18 causes and contributing factors where…
Making the decision to drive under the influence is inexcusable. Making the decision to drive under the influence with minor children in the vehicle is reprehensible. This is exactly what happened on August 31, according to WAVY.com. A man made the life-altering decision to drive his truck on a North Carolina road while under the influence of…
U.S. surgeons perform approximately 600,000 hysterectomies a year, making it the second most common female surgery. Traditional hysterectomy surgery is very invasive; the surgeon makes a 4-inch incision into the abdomen that results in a prolonged hospital stay and a slow and somewhat painful recovery. Enter laparoscopic power morcellation, supposedly the perfect minimally invasive medical…