People just don’t seem to be getting the message that driving and talking on a cellphone is dangerous. And innocent bystanders suffer the consequences. Just look at Franchesca Motta. She was crossing a street at a crosswalk in urban Paterson,…
A train crashed into a van in Delafield, Wis., on Saturday but miraculously no one was injured in the accident, according to WISN.com. http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/waukesha/Rescue-crews-respond-to-train-vs-van-crash/-/10150328/16616876/-/amcigiz/-/index.html?absolute=true Rescue crews responded to the scene, which was on Highway KE at the Glacier Road intersection,…
Two people were killed and two others seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 45 in Auburn, Wis., Thursday night, according to Fox6now.com. http://fox6now.com/2012/09/13/two-killed-two-seriously-injured-in-fond-du-lac-county-crash/ A vehicle being driven by a Campbellsport man, 24, apparently crossed over a center…
This is why drivers shouldn’t be chatting on their cellphones when they are behind the wheel. A Bridgewater, N.J., man Saturday was talking on his cellphone when he lost control of his car and drove it into the Raritan River,…
A three-vehicle crash, which involved a Dodge truck, in Wisconsin left one woman dead and three others hurt Saturday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/vilas-county-woman-killed-3-injured-in-greenfield-crash-ut6pv4b-169099366.html The crash victim was from Vilas County and was driving Toyota Corolla on South…
A New Jersey couple has reached a $500,000 settlement of a suit they filed when their motorcycle was hit by a motorist who was texting on his cellphone, according to press reports. The man and woman each lost a leg…
Friday was death day in Oklahoma City, where six people were killed in two separate truck accidents, according to NewsOK.com. http://newsok.com/2-separate-automobiles-accidents-claim-6-lives/article/3699729 Five people died in a crash involving a car and a tractor trailer on Interstate 35, south of Interstate…
A semi tractor trailer Tuesday struck a Madison County transit bus in Granite City, Ill., injuring many passengers, according to Fox2Now.com. http://fox2now.com/2012/08/07/semi-crashes-into-bus-multiple-injuries/ The accident took place on Route 3 and Chain of Rocks Road at 7 p.m. The bus was…
For a microcosm of the dangers of working in a U.S. oil field, look to Oklahoma. Since October 2011 nine workers have died in oil and gas field accidents, according to a recent report by StateImpact. Those deaths coincide with…
Chance Bothe waited a little too long to take his own advice. The 21-year-old Texas native on Jan. 24 sent a prescient message to a friend. “I need to quit texting, because I could die in a car accident,” he…