Manufacturers and operators of the US fleet of DOT-111 tank cars argue that these cars are perfectly safe to ship crude oil from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota. A consensus has been emerging in recent months that these cars are at least partially…
The Powtahan County community remembered retired county deputy Howard E. Clark last Monday. Clark was a longtime resident who died as a result of a car accident on May 28. He was driving a Ford Festiva near the intersection of Buckingham Road and Old Plantation…
An accident with a tractor-trailer on I-81 in Washington County resulted in three deaths and one serious injury. The crash occurred Tuesday evening near the 34-mile marker of southbound I-81. According to Virginia State police, a 19-year-old driving a Toyota Avalon veered off the road…
A tragic reminder that driving while intoxicated is not a problem limited to adults who abuse alcohol came with the sad news that a 20-year-old lost his life when the car being driven by his 18-year-old friend ran off I-40 in Raleigh, North Carolina (NC),…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is taking charge of the investigation of an oil train on April 30 that was hauling crude oil through Lynchburg, Virginia (VA). However, it will be many months before any conclusions are reached and recommendations issued. According to Investigator…
Greenville, North Carolina (NC) police and fire officials continue to investigate a train derailment that occurred April 30. The accident occurred between Charles Blvd. and Evans St. in Greenville. The train was carrying ammonium polyphosphate, which is an agricultural ingredient used in fertilizers
A tractor trailer hit a maintenance vehicle and a light pole on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel last Thursday at 10 am, plunging off the bridge into the bay below. The driver of the truck was killed. The VA Beach Fire Department reported that Navy…
A recent study by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute showed that up to 25,000 crashes annually could be prevented and 800 lives saved, if all heavy trucks and buses had on board video monitoring and safety compliance technology. The study was done by the Center for Truck and…
“Almost 500 hit-and-run incidents have been reported to North Carolina Highway Patrol this year. Some are fender benders, but others involve injury or death.” That quote from a WGHP Fox-8 news report on May 7, 2014, jumped out at me. As a personal injury attorney…
The 20-year-old driver of a car decided to operate the vehicle recklessly resulting in a horrific crash in Wendell, North Carolina (NC). The driver was reportedly traveling at over 100 MPH just before the wreck, according to the NC State Police. Unfortunately, the driver’s reckless…
The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued a press release on April 2, 2014, stating that testosterone replacement drugs such as AndroGel, Androderm, Axiron, and Testim can cause brain damage in Caucasian men, but not in Mexican-American men. The University released its findings…
A wheel reportedly came loose from a pickup truck and crashed into an SUV on Interstate 64 (I-64) near Montrose Street entrance ramp in South Charleston. The driver of the SUV had to be cut out of the vehicle after the wheel crashed into his…
