Two family members died Thursday when their plane crashed at the Wright Brothers Airport in Springboro, Ohio. http://www.examiner.com/x-19303-Dayton-Crime-Examiner~y2010m4d1-Small-plane-crashes-in-Springboro-two-dead Tom Hausfeld and his daughter, Kacie Hausfeld, were in their way from Ohio to Chicago to pick Ali Hausfeld, Kacie’s older sister,…
In a rather frightening turn of events, there has been a glut of fatal truck accidents in the past few weeks. Just this Wednesday, three Marine Corps recruits died in a multi-vehicle accident near Leavittsburg, Ohio. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/04/01/Ohio-pileup-kills-three-USMC-recruits/UPI-12991270137784/ The three victims…
The U.S. Transportation Department proposed to make permanent a ban on texting by interstate truck and bus drivers, with the agency trying to cut down the number of accidents by cutting down on driver distractions. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gFP1DYVH_F_STKnQ7PqSkRAK3RkQD9EPQER02 The proposal is essentially…
A single-engine Piper plane with two passengers Tuesday crashed into the side of a UPS freight facility near the Roanoke, Va., airport. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/30/AR2010033002331.html One person escaped from the plane in his own, and responders helped the other man out of…
A close-knit Mennonite community in Kentucky was in mourning this past weekend after 11 people, on their way to a wedding in Iowa, were killed in a horrific accident with a tractor-trailer. http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/kentucky-mennonites-labor-through-grief-to-bury-family/19416913?icid=main|main|dl1|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fnation%2Farticle%2Fkentucky-mennonites-labor-through-grief-to-bury-family%2F19416913 The Mennonites died after the truck crossed…
Three dock workers were killed in Norway Wednesday when 16 runaway train cars careened down a hill for three miles at a port on the outskirts of Oslo. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igERKDDvVX7IX54V2NwB9vuNn9FQD9ELL07G0 The empty cargo cars cut detached from a train, finally crashing…
Perhaps learning a lesson from the Toyota fiasco, the Federal Aviation Administration is trying to solve a potential problem before it causes an accident or kills anyone: It has ordered the installation of new software on Boeing 777s to make…
Highway speed limits continue to get higher, with Virginia last week becoming the most recent state to raise its limit to 70 mph. In fact, now 34 states have speed limits of 70 mph or more, prompting The Wall Street…
In a weird sort of way of reminding us of the sacrifice and importance of American Aviators in winning World War II, a second vintage aircraft has been in a deadly crashed this week. A World War II-era fighter plane…