It seems like there have been several massive, multi-vehicle chain reactions crashes in the past few months, and you can add one in Ohio to the list now — after a freak snowstorm. On Monday morning at about 11:30 a.m.…
In its latest update on a fire in a Boeing 787 in Boston, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported that the jet’s lithium-ion battery hadn’t been overcharged. But safety officials said are still investigating if there is a problem…
A Minnesota man was struck in the head and killed in an oilfield accident Saturday at a Halliburton fracking site in western North Dakota, according to the Duluth News Tribune. http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/256260/publisher_ID/36 The Occupational Health and Safety Administration will be conducting…
Here’s an absurd case of distracted driving that resulted in someone being killed. A tractor-trailer driver Saturday morning crashed into a car on Interstate 74 in Indiana when a lens from his eyeglasses fell to the floor, and he reached…
Oilfield workers apparently face more dangers on the road that out on a rig, according to a new study published by Accident Analysis & Prevention. The research, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, found that oil…
An accident in South Salt Lake, Utah, Thursday left a car stuck beneath a semi-trailer rig, and two men ended up in critical condition, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/55648769-78/lake-salt-car-semi.html.csp Authorities said that the small Dodge car got wedged…
A car and semi collided Thursday afternoon in Superior, Wis., killing a male victim and sending a woman to the hospital, according to Northlands NewsCenter. http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/Fatal-Car-vs-Semi-Crash-in-Superior-186396591.html The identities of the man who died and the woman who was injured weren’t…
A woman was killed Wednesday when her car crashed into a semi tractor head-on in Ohio, according to CantonRep.com. http://www.cantonrep.com/news/x1441686038/Woman-dead-in-car-semi-crash-south-of-Navarre?photo=0 The fatal accident took place about 10:15 a.m. on Route 21 in Bethlehem Township, Ohio. The victim was driving a…
Roughly 60 people were injured Wednesday morning, including a man who suffered a traumatic brain injury when he fell down some stairs, when a commuter ferry crashed into a pier on the Hudson River in lower Manhattan, according to The…