A man with at least one prior conviction for driving while impaired is being blamed for causing a hit-and-run pedestrian crash in Carolina Beach, North Carolina (NC). The collision on Raleigh Avenue occurred shortly before 1 am on September 13, 2015. The victim was walking a bicycle down the street when he was struck from…
A hit-and-run accident in Hampton, Virginia (VA), on August 22, 2015, has led to multiple felony charges against the man suspected of being the driver who caused the five-vehicle crash near the intersection of W. Mercury Boulevard and Brookfield Drive. The collision happened when the people behind the wheels of the struck cars stopped suddenly…
An 18 year-old quarry worker died August 5 when a silo collapsed. While details of the accident are not entirely clear, the man’s body was found trapped inside a silo under large amounts of mineral filler and various metal equipment. The silo bucked at approximately 6:30 am on Monday, and crews searched at Luck Stone…
A Lincoln County, West Virginia woman is suing Michael Spindel, M.D., in Huntington for allegedly botching her breast augmentation surgery. The surgery was performed in May 2013, and the plaintiff states that Spindel was negligent and reckless in her surgery and follow up care. The lawsuit documents state that Spindel did not inform the woman…
Four Norfolk Southern employees suffered serious injuries when the freight trains they were crewing collided head-on and derailed outside of Sandersville, Georgia (GA), on the afternoon of August 7, 2015. The train crash occurred at a grade-level crossing across Highway 242, which is known locally as Sunhill Grange Road. Two of the railroad workers were injured so…