It was a freak truck accident, and a fatal one. And millions of bees were part of the scenario, hindering rescue efforts. The crash involved two semitrucks, one of them transporting the bees, and two cars on Interstate 35 Monday in Lakeville, Minn.…
A truck driver is paying the price for his reckless — and tragic — behavior. And there should be a takeaway for all drivers. The trucker, Thomas Wallace, Tuesday pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in Genesee County Court in New York in the…
The U.S. Supreme Court is taking on a case involving liability and seat belts. The nation’s highest court Monday agreed to rule on whether federal safety regulations essentially block product-liability lawsuits against automakers who put lap-only seat belts in their vehicles. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704113504575264301544575656.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_business# The case in…
A pilot and his three passengers survived a frightening crash last Thursday night in Wallkill, N.Y., according to the New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/god_was_co_pilot_muzKsCsFfzstgMcQuiC1NK The four people were in a Cessna 172N when the aircraft lost power after it took off.…
Authorities are blaming pilot error for a Boeing 737 crash Saturday that killed 158 people in India, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/world/asia/23crash.html?hp=&pagewanted=all Just eight of the 160 passengers and six flight crew members survived the crash at Mangalore’s airport, which…
Searchers Friday found the wreckage, but no survivors, of an Afghan commercial airplane that went missing shortly after takeoff earlier this week. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/05/21/Bodies-found-at-Afghan-plane-crash-site/UPI-66351274485878/ Reports varied as to whether there were 43 or 44 aboard the plane, but none of them lived.…
An Afghan plane with at least 43 passengers crashed in a snowstorm in the Hindu Kush mountains Monday, and Western military forces were among those trying to find the wreckage and rescue survivors. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-afghan-crash-20100518,0,1251031.story The plane, an older Russian Antonov-24…
The truck driver who caused a horrific accident in Kentucky March 26, killing himself and 10 passengers in a van on their way to a wedding, was talking on his cellphone up to the time of the crash and appeared to have…
In a miracle amidst tragedy, a 10-year-old boy was apparently the only survivor when a jet en route from South Africa Wednesday crashed while trying to land in Tripoli, killing more than 100 people. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/05/12/libya.planecrash/ The commercial jet, Afriqiyah Airways Airbus…