Unhitched Trailer Causes Seven Deaths including 4 Children in N.Y. I have more details about the horrific tractor-trailer accident that killed seven people, including four children because the of an unhitched trailer, in Upstate New York Wednesday. The truck’s trailer…
Tractor Trailer Crash Kills 7 Seven people were killed Wednesday night in Upstate New York in an tractor trailer crash and a mini-van, according to the Associated Press. http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Police-Multiple-people-dead-in-upstate-NY-crash-4559386.php The multi-fatality crash took place on Route 13 not far from…
Drill Rig Caused Accident I blog about transportation news, including major accidents, and I don’t remember hearing about a case like this in recent memory. It was all over the media yesterday that a bridge in Washington State had collapsed into…
Two Commuter Trains Crash and Send 60 to the Hospital During the evening rush hour Friday, two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Fairfield, Conn., with 60 people sent to local hospitals, according to the Associated Press. Five…
Alcohol Threshold Lowered by the State – NTSB Request The National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday urged states to reduce their alcohol threshold for a driver to be considered legally drunk by nearly a half, to 0.05 percent blood alcohol from…
Fatal Crashes Misrepresented When it Comes to Cellphones The number of fatal crashes in regards to motor vehicles caused by cellphone use are vastly under-reported, according to a study released this week by the National Safety Council. http://www.nsc.org/Pages/Study-Car-Crash-Deaths-Involving-Cell-Phones-Vastly-Under-Reported.aspx That was…
Text Recipient Crashes Here’s a case that could have national impact: A New Jersey appellate court is being asked whether a texter can be held liable if the text recipient “crashes and causes harm to other while reading and driving,”…
Louisiana Oilfield Accident Workers Injured Louisiana Oilfield accident in DeSoto Parish, La., left four workers injured Friday morning, according to KTBS-TV. http://www.ktbs.com/news/Four-injured-in-oilfield-accident/-/144844/19823456/-/e7tmff/-/index.html The four workers fell from a workover rig, according to the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office. Three of the…
Subsidies offered in South Dakota Across the nation, law schools are downsizing their classes. Law school graduates are struggling to find work. There appears to be a glut of attorneys — everyplace but rural America. As in South Dakota they…