An accident on Wesleyan Drive in Norfolk, Virginia resulted in the death of a 33-year-old Chesapeake native. The victim wound up pinned between two vehicles and succumb to his serious injuries. The incident occurred on the 1500 block of Wesleyan Drive. A Dodge Stratus was…
Nissan, Honda, Toyota and Mazda have issued a worldwide recall for defective airbags that could rupture and spray passengers with shrapnel. The total number of cars affected could be over five million. US and Japanese regulators are investigating reports that malfunctioning Takata air bag inflaters…
The U.S. Department of Transportation determined that details about volatile oil train shipments are not sensitive security information and should be released to state officials. This decision was made after big railroads like CSX, BNSF Railways, and Union Pacific sought to keep the information secr
Four passengers suffered injuries of varying severity when the Amtrak train on which they were riding collided with a tree-trimming truck and its attached wood chipper near a private crossing in Berlin, Connecticut (CT). The driver of the truck also sustained serious injuries in the…
A car’s front-seat passenger sustained life-threatening injuries in a collision with a Town of Kill Devil Hills pickup truck on the afternoon of June 20, 2014. The crash appears to have occurred when the driver of the smaller vehicle attempted a left-hand turn off of…
A 24-year-old Williamsburg woman drove her Honda the wrong way through a traffic circle, up onto the median and sidewalk eventually crashing into a fence at nTelos Wireless Pavilion in Portsmouth, Virginia (VA). The Pavilion was hosting the 96X Fest, a popular concert event. The damage…
Wegman’s, a major grocery store chain in the Mid Atlantic, has issued a voluntary recall of its bagged ice products in both 7 and 18 pound bags, due to the possibility that the ice could contain metal pieces. These pieces could have been put there…
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is at the receiving end of some harsh criticism from family members of an industrial worker after the man was crushed to death while at work. Frank Johnson, 62, was crushed between two railroad cars back in February and…
[Source] An environmental impact report was recently issued, discussing the ramifications for the reconstruction of the Virginia Avenue Tunnel in Washington D.C. Owned and maintained by CSX, the railroad company aims to reconstruct the tunnel and add a second set of tracks to enable double-stack…
Several news outlets yesterday reported on a new study about cities with bike-share programs and the rate of head injuries. Unfortunately, reporters opted for sensationalism over accuracy. Headlines like “Study: Greater Risk of Head Injuries In Cities With Bike Share Programs” and “Bike-Share Progra
Older Americans deserve to live with dignity and to be safe. But too many suffer the indignity of being abused, neglected, or exploited. A new study indicates that one in 10 Americans age 60 or older experiences some form of abuse each year. Of those…
The state of Virginia was dismissed from a lawsuit this week that was filed by a student at University of Virginia, who was charged with assaulting two agents at an ABC store in Charlottesville. The agents attempted to stop her for possessing alcohol under the…