Two Train Collision in Chicago More than 30 people were injured Monday when an out-of-service Chicago Transit Authority train mysteriously collided with another train, according to NBC in Chicago. http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2-Trains-Collide-on-CTAs-Blue-Line-225791591.html The collision took place around 8 a.m. in Forest Park,…
Texting A Driver Brings Liability
Texting In New Jersey, if you are texting a person who you know is driving, you can be held liable if that motorist then crashes and causes injury. In what was apparently the first ruling of its kind, an appellate…
Good Samaritans Killed In Truck Crash
Good Samaritans Die Two Good Samaritans were killed Tuesday while trying to help victims in a highway crash in Kentucky, according to WAVE.com. http://www.wave3.com/story/23381779/2-killed-in-shelby-county-accident-i-64-west-to-be-closed-for-hours http://www.wave3.com/story/23396763/good-samaritan-hit-killed-just-welcomed-new-baby The first accident took place on Interstate 64 in Shelby County at roughly 11:30 a.m.…
Oilfield Worker Killed In Accident
New Mexico Oilfield Worker Killed Tragic events lead to an oilfield worker in New Mexico when he was killed Thursday in an accident involving a truck, according to KOB-TV. http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3124900.shtml?cat=500 Brian Scruggs, 19, apparently became trapped between a semi-tractor and…
Refinery Fire $2 Million Settlement
Refinery Fire Costs Chevron $2 million Chevron Corp. will pay $2 million in fines and restitution stemming from a refinery fire last summer in the city of Richmond in the San Francisco Bay area, according to the Associated Press. Thousands…
Semi-Tractor/Van Crash Injures 11 In WI
Semi-tractor Injures 11 in Wisconsin Eleven people was hospitalized Wednesday when a van and a semi-tractor crashed in Springville, Wis., apparently because of dense fog and the rising sun, according to WEAU-TV. http://www.weau.com/news/headlines/Eleven-taken-to-hospital-after-crash-involving-van-semi-216807431.html?ref=431 A Dodge van carrying 15 passengers was…
Youth Texting Gets 5 Yrs For FatalCrash
Youth Texting If this isn’t a cautionary tale about youth texting, drinking and driving, then I don’t know what is. And it was enough to infuriate a judge. On Friday an 18-year-old youth from Montgomery Township, N.J., Samuel Oltmans, was…
Oilfield Worker Killed In Fall
Oilfield Worker Killed in Fall at a Texan Oilfield A Texas oilfield worker was killed Thursday when he fell from a tank battery, according to the Odessa American. http://www.oaoa.com/news/business/article_414f8dee-efe2-11e2-8b37-001a4bcf6878.html Levis Aubrey, 47, of Kermit, Texas, was the oilfield worker killed…
Asiana Passengers Sue Boeing
Asiana Passengers Sue Airline Lawsuits have already been filed over the crash landing by the Asiana passengers of an Aisana Airlines flight in San Francisco, an accident that killed three people and injured dozens of others. In U.S. District Court…
Kansas Oilfield Accident – 2 Men Die
Kansas Oilfield Accident A man and his son-in-law were killed last week in a Kansas oilfield accident, according to The Kansas City Star. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/07/09/4336243/man-son-in-law-killed-in-oilfield.html The victims were Curtis Hoffman, 50, and Kebby Myers, 30, who were killed July 8 after…