Earlier this summer, we told you about Napa Home and Garden’s firepots and gel fuels exploding and severely injuring consumers across the country. The dangerous product is responsible for two deaths, in addition to 37 reports of burn injuries. Earlier this month, the Consumer Product Safety Commission...
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Virginia Car Crash Kills Mother and Child
Despite wearing seatbelts, a mother and her child perished in a Virginia auto accident earlier this month in Fauquier County. The head-on car crash happened on Route 215 Vint Hill Road, according to a report at nbcwashington.com. At approximately 8:20 a.m., a 54-year-old woman in a pickup truck...
Read MoreDC Drivers are Most Accident Prone in the Country
On the heels of a May report that found Washington, D.C. drivers were the least knowledgeable about traffic rules, another study finds that DC drivers are the most accident-prone drivers in the United States. In a story at sfgate.com, it is the fourth year in a row that DC drivers hold that dubious honor. The...
Read MoreNTSB says Poorly Built Pipe Caused Explosion
On September 9, 2010, a pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California, killed eight people. The blast was so powerful that residents thought it was an earthquake or an airplane crash. Now, an investigation and subsequent report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says poor pipe...
Read MoreOne Killed and One Injured in Rollover Crash
A single-vehicle accident killed a young woman and doctors say her 16-year-old passenger is in stable condition. In a report at gazette.net, speed and driver error caused the fatal auto accident late last month on a road between Keymar and Woodsboro. The victim’s 1998 Honda Civic was traveling...
Read MoreAnother Bus Crash Injures Dozens of Passengers
A bus bound for Washington, D.C. crashed into two tractor-trailers on the New Jersey Turnpike late last month, as reported at washingtonpost.com. The bus accident sent two people to the hospital with critical injuries and injured dozens of others. More than 50 passengers were aboard the Washington Deluxe coach bus. According to investigators, the...
Read MoreVirginia Crash Statistics Now Available Online
On August 31, 2011, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced the first phase of a new online interactive database of state crash information that is free and open to the public. It is the Traffic Records Electronic Data System (TREDS). TREDS allows people to access information on auto...
Read MoreFederal Regulators Want Anti-Rollover Brakes on Tankers
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) thinks tanker trucks are prone to rollover accidents. As a result, the federal agency wants the trucks to come with anti-rollover brakes, in addition to other improvements to improve stability and reduce truck accidents. According to todaystrucking.com, the NTSB’s recommendations come...
Read MoreSomeone Places Firecracker in Girl’s Birthday Cake
A 13-year-old Maryland girl suffered burn injuries to her eyes and arms after someone placed a firecracker in her birthday cake earlier this month. As reported by imperfectparent.com, the girl’s mom and dad also suffered burn injuries in the apparent practical joke gone wrong. Someone “inadvertently” placed the firecracker in the cake, according to...
Read MorePedestrian Struck and Killed at DC Intersection
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a collision between a car and pedestrian late last month at a D.C. intersection. The car-pedestrian collision killed the 65-year-old man walking in the intersection of 8th Street and Virginia Avenue S.E., according to scnow.com. At approximately 7:30 p.m., a 2003 Dodge pickup truck was traveling in the...
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