A rail car derailment early in the morning of February 24, 2015, sent a Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Co. employee to the hospital with serious leg injuries. The train accident occurred around 2:30 am at a grade crossing through the intersection of Republic Road and Freeman Avenue in the northeastern section of Chesapeake,…
A program put together by students at a Virginia school will go a long way in comforting small children who are involved in auto accidents. Students at the Cornerstone Christian Academy in Appomattox have been working assembling what they call comfort-filled totes to hand out to law enforcement. The students, who are part of the…
One of the most dangerous situations on the roads today is encountering road debris left behind by truck drivers who fail to secure the load they are transporting. In 2012, the United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) submitted a report to Congress which revealed in 2010, there were 51,000 car accidents caused debris from other…
Another school bus crash has happened in North Carolina – this time in Bladen County. The accident occurred in on Lisbon Road at Mercer Mill Brown Marsh Road near Clarkton at around 3:30 p.m. on Friday. According to a statement by a Bladen County School spokesperson, the school bus was transporting children from Clarkton School…
In 1983, the first mini-vans rolled off of Detroit automakers assembly lines and were an immediate hit with American families. Thirty years later, the mini-van still remains one of the favorite vehicle choices for parent, with its removable seats and sliding back doors, enabling the transportation of kids or cargo. But a recent series of…