MARTINSDALE, Iowa (AP) — A stretch of Interstate 35 in central Iowa was closed for nearly nine hours after a truck hauling more than 150 hogs overturned. The crashed happened early Thursday near the Martinsdale exit. Officials said no injuries…
Spanish judge orders plane crash site cleanup
Date: 9/25/2008 12:36 PM By DANIEL WOOLLSAssociated Press Writer MADRID, Spain (AP) _ A Spanish judge on Thursday ordered a cleanup of the site of last month’s plane crash in Madrid in which 154 people died, after a newspaper ran…
Train crash probe renews focus on texting dangers
Date: 9/16/2008 4:38 PM By JOCELYN NOVECKAP National Writer One day last summer, Jim Messer, a Florida attorney, was nearly run off the road by another car. When he recovered, he says, he was able to see the other driver…
Rail collision altered lives in and outside train
Date: 9/20/2008 1:52 PM By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ It was shaping up as a perfect afternoon when Kipp Landis climbed aboard the doomed Metrolink 111 train at Union Station. Landis had managed to get away…
Rain and Skidding Cost Another Life
Our recurring theme about the relationship between tire safety and hydroplaning accidents got another fatal example early this morning, when an Oklahoma woman was killed after a pickup truck hydroplaned into the vehicle in which she was driving. For the…
Car collides with trailer rig in Texas, killing 5
Date: 8/8/2008 12:33 AM GEORGE WEST, Texas (AP) _ A car collided with a tractor-trailer rig hauling fuel oil on Interstate 37 in South Texas, killing five members of an extended family, authorities said. San Patricio County Sheriff Leroy Moody…
Crash of illegal charter bus in Texas kills 15
The below AP story is a perfect example of why federal transportation regulations and trial lawyers make a difference for a safe world. Not only was this accident a direct result of failure to comply with regulations, it is clear…
More News On Morgan Freeman Accident
Date: 8/6/2008 10:23 PM By HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ The woman who was injured along with Morgan Freeman in a weekend car accident apparently is a friend of the Oscar-winning actor who had offered him a…