A man, age 49, was killed in a truck crash on U.S. 13 in Northampton County, Virginia (VA) according to The Virginian-Pilot. According to VA State Police and the VA Department of Transportation, the truck crash happened around 1 am on a Thursday near Simpkins Drive. The tractor-trailer ran off the road, the driver overcorrected,…
A sailor who is accused of killing two passengers in a drunken-driving car crash in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), two years ago, now faces up to 40 years behind bars, if he’s convicted. This month a grand jury indicted the navy sailor on “two charges of aggravated involuntary manslaughter, which could bring a prison sentence between…
A pickup truck driver was killed on Military Highway in Chesapeake, Virginia (VA) when his truck and a car collided, the Daily Press reported. The driver was later identified as 21-year-old Kevin P. Sikonia, 21, of Chesapeake. According to police, the accident took place at the intersection of South Military Highway and Sparrow Road. Police…
Two independent contractors of Rick Ware Racing (RWR) NASCAR Nationwide and Truck teams were involved in a serious truck accident March 2011 in Thomasville, North Carolina (NC), according to the News & Observer. Reports indicate the driver of a Toyota Tundra truck lost control of his vehicle while driving on Ball Park Road in Thomasville,…
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline recently settled a lawsuit concerning the heart attack risks of Avandia (rosiglitazone), according to Bloomberg.com. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a North Carolina (NC) man was lost his life in 2006 after suffering a heart attack while taking the dangerous diabetes drug. The settlement avoided a jury verdict which may have…