And the oil field deaths keep coming. The latest took place in Reagan County, Texas, last Friday. The victim this time was Chase Dillon, a 21-year-old San Angelo, Texas, resident who was working for Robinson Drilling of Texas Ltd., according…
A pickup truck’s tire separation apparently caused an accident that killed 15 people in rural South Texas, according to the Associated Press. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/cause-of-texas-car-crash_n_1700089.html?1343172505&ncid=webmail1 The crash involving a 2000 Ford F-250 pickup truck took place Sunday night on U.S. Highway 59…
New Jersey last week enacted a tough distracted-driver law: A motorist who kills someone while using a handheld cellphone can face charges of vehicular homicide. New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno last Wednesday signed into a law legislation that permits…
Six people were killed in upstate New York Thursday when a tractor trailer slammed into a line of vehicles that had slowed down for a road-paving project, according to the Associated Press. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120720/us-roadwork-fatal-crash/ James Miller Jr., 45, of Myerstown, N.Y.,…
A 62-year-old worker was killed at a Texas oil field accident last Thursday morning, according to Big Country Home Page. http://bigcountryhomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=514082 Danny Howk was found at a well location where he had been sent to service a pump jack, the…
A freight train carrying ethanol derailed in Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday morning, exploding into huge flames that lit the night sky and leading to the evacuation of a mile-wide area around the accident site, according to The Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0711/Updated-Freight-train-derails-triggers-fiery-explosion-in-Ohio-video…
Two Madison, Wis., teenagers were killed Tuesday when their motorcycle was hit head-on by a semitrailer, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/teen-victims-identified-in-motorcycle-semi-crash-in-columbia-county/article_19551f30-cb9d-11e1-bcc8-001a4bcf887a.html The accident took place at roughly 5 p.m on U.S. Highway 51 in Leeds, Wis., south of…
Two construction workers were killed Saturday when a crane collapsed at the University of Texas (UT) at Dallas campus, according to the Associated Press. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/officials-2-workers-dead-in-crane-collapse-on-campus-of-university-of-texas-at-dallas/2012/07/07/gJQAjtFpUW_story.html# On Saturday the school reported on its website that there was an accident on campus…
One worker died and another one was hurt Thursday after a crane collapsed on a construction site on Butte des Morts bridge in Oshkosh, Wis., according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/crane-collapses-on-butte-des-morts-bridge-49616iu-161433035.html Joseph Bidler, 35, of Green Bay, Wis., was…
A Friday morning accident involving a SMART bus, a semi-trailer and a car led to the closing of part of 14 Mile in Warren, Mich., according to the Detroit News. Three people were hospitalized as a result of the accident.…