A two-vehicle accident in Milton, WV left one woman dead and at least two others injured. The incident occurred north of an intersection and the woman’s vehicle caught fire as a result. The woman was not burned but did suffer several injuries to her body. Authorities said she died after arriving to the hospital where she was transported.
Continue Reading...An Ohio man was killed in an automobile accident after the tractor-trailer he was driving collided with a semi truck and then a guardrail. The tractor-trailer then went up in flames, killing the driver. The driver of the vehicle he collided with was uninjured in the accident. According to authorities, the driver collided with another tractor-trailer that was stopped due to slow-moving traffic. Authorities investigating the incident found no mechanical failures for either of the tractor-trailers involved in the accident.
Continue Reading...In Tampa, Florida staged automobile accidents have caused automobile insurance rates to rise to very high prices. A 43-year-old woman stated she pays nearly $1,000 in insurance premiums which she is finding increasingly difficult to pay. The staged auto accidents are created in several ways, however, one way involves perpetrators coercing innocent drivers into these accidents. The scams work as the perpetrators involved in these accidents make false medical claims to their insurance.
Continue Reading...A New Jersey woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a car in which she was a passenger collided with a tree. The 40-year-old man driving the vehicle was arrested and charged with assault and drunk driving and faces arraignment this week. The 36-year-old female passenger suffered a fractured ankle and a non-life-threatening head injury in the accident. The incident occurred when the driver failed to negotiate a turn and lost control of his 1999 Volvo sedan.
Continue Reading...A self-driving vehicle manufactured by internet giant Google was involved in an automobile accident near the company’s headquarters. The company stated that the incident was not a result of the vehicle’s self-driving capability but because of human error from the driver behind the wheel. The company stated the vehicle was being manually driven at the time the accident took place. No injuries were reported but several witnesses stated there were at least five cars involved in the accident when it occurred.
Continue Reading...A 19-year-old woman had her right ear bitten off by the family dog as she was having a seizure. The incident occurred in the woman’s home in west Philadelphia and the woman was transported to a medical facility following the attack.
A 60-year-old woman was killed and 3 other people were injured including 2 children when a backhoe that was being towed by a construction vehicle rolled onto the victims’ vehicle. The vehicle towing the backhoe was traveling on a southbound road in Southborough, MA when it jackknifed and caused the backhoe to roll off. The backhoe landed on top of the vehicle behind it. The vehicle that was struck rolled into an embankment and the backhoe landed on top of it, trapping the victims inside.
Continue Reading...Procter & Gamble has issued a recall for its Iams brand dog food. The recalled bags contain high levels of aflatoxin, a chemical that can be harmful to dogs if swallowed.
Continue Reading...The relatives of two Maine women who were killed in a September 1 car accident are suing the driver who caused the accident for wrongful death. The driver allegedly fell asleep at the wheel and crashed head-on into the other car.
Continue Reading...Two Florida families are suing a cheerleading school over injuries suffered by their teenage daughters during gymnastics practice. The families claim the school's coaches ignored complaints and forced the girls to practice until they were injured.
Continue Reading...A group of twelve retired players are suing the National Football League over the widespread use of a painkiller that can put someone with head injuries at increased risk. The players contend that the widespread use of the drug put the victims of head injuries at increased risk of concussion-related symptoms.
Continue Reading...National Public Radio's Planet Money is airing a story this week warning of the burn dangers of instant soups such as Cup of Noodles. The story, which aired on the December 5 edition of Morning Edition, features interviews with burn unit doctors from across the country, who report often seeing three or more burn cases per week involving instant soups. Most of the cases involve children.
Continue Reading...The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced it is launching an investigation into the battery for Chevrolet Volt plug-in car. The investigation comes after two batteries caught fire in crash simulations.
Continue Reading...Three teenage students from Ole Miss traveling to Oxford to attend church were killed in an automobile accident. The three victims, one 18 years old and the other two 19 years old, were killed when the 18-year-old’s Infiniti vehicle went off the road in I-55 near the town of Vaiden. According to a Highway Patrol Trooper, the vehicle went off an embankment and flipped several times before coming to a stop on its roof. All three of the victims were wearing their seatbelts and neither alcohol nor drugs were thought to be a factor in the accident. The three were all killed instantly upon impact.
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