Mexican-American star singer Jenni Rivera was feared dead in the crash of a small Learjet Sunday in northern Mexico, according to the Associated Press. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-12-09/plane-of-singer-jenni-rivera-missing-in-mexico The wreckage of the plane was found, with no survivors. Mexican authorities said that the…
West Texas police have decided not to file any charges against the driver of a parade float, carrying veterans, that was struck by a train, killing four ex-servicemen, according to the Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-police-no-charges-against-driver-in-texas-train-crash-20121207,0,5043575.story What’s perplexing to me is…
A oilfield worker in Levelland, Texas, was hospitalized Thursday following an accident at the Oxy Lease on Wildcat Road, south of Farm to Market Road 1585, according to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-12-07/levelland-man-taken-hospital-after-oilfield-accident#.UMKg3ayXmiA Levelland EMTs were called to the scene around…
Four oilfield workers in West Texas sustained serious burns in a rig accident this week, according to Permianbasin360.com. http://permianbasin360.com/fulltext?nxd_id=236562 The mishap took place in Reeves County, at an Eagle Gas rig that was roughly three miles from Pecos on Farm…
A 22-yearold Minnesota man was killed in an accident Saturday evening when he missed a stop sign and crashed into a semi truck in Pierce County, Wis., according to the Pioneer Press. http://www.twincities.com/wisconsin/ci_22111742/prescott-wis-man-killed-crash-identified The victim was identified as Matthew Douglas…
An oilfield worker sustained serious injuries in a drilling accident on the job Friday in Winkler County, Texas, according to NewsWest9.com http://www.newswest9.com/story/20233261/winkler-county-oilfield-worker The unidentified worker was flown to Medical Center Hospital in Odessa after reportedly being hit in the chest…
The train crash that killed four veterans in Texas a week ago is a tragedy piled upon tragedy. It turns out that the man who was driving the flatbed truck, filled with vets, that was struck is a veteran himself.…
Two people died and more than 80 were injured Thanksgiving morning in a pileup that involved about 140 vehicles on a foggy highway in Beaumont, Texas, according to the Associated Press. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/22/texas-highway-pileup-crash_n_2175909.html?ncid=webmail1 The crash took place at 8:45 a.m. Thursday…
Black Elk Energy Tuesday night suspended the search for the body of a second oil rig worker who is missing and presumed dead following an explosion last week on a platform the company owns in the Gulf of Mexico. http://www.blackelkenergy.com/temp-docs/Statement-20-November-12.pdf…
One of the veterans injured when a freight train struck a parade float last week, an accident that killed four people, plans to file a lawsuit against Union Pacific, the man’s attorney’s said Monday. According to Reuters, U.S. Army Sgt.…