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...
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Virginia 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...
Read MoreReckless Boat Driver Causes Fatal Accident
A Virginia boat operator collided with another boat along the Potomac River earlier this summer. The collision took the life of a woman on the other boat and now the Virginia man faces criminal charges from the fatal boating accident. According to herald-mail.com, Virginia authorities charged the 72-year-old man with reckless operation of a...
Read MoreConstruction Worker Left Hanging 150 Feet from Crane after Accident
A construction worker had a harrowing experience late last month in Northwest D.C. A crane accident left him hanging 150 feet in the air, according to a report at wtop.com. Around 8:20 a.m., Washington D.C. fire crews received a call about a construction accident in the...
Read MoreCPSC Recalls Defective Air Pistols
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a voluntary recall of a popular air pistol due to a defective safety mechanism. According to the CPSC, the air pistol can fire even when the safety switch is in the “on” position. So far,...
Read MoreTractor Trailer and Dump Truck Collide on MD Highway
Earlier this month, wusa9.com reported a collision between a tractor-trailer and a dump truck on the Capital Beltway (I-495) in Maryland. The truck collision shut down the Beltway for most of the day as crews cleared the wreckage and investigators gathered evidence. According to police, around 7:15 a.m. the tractor-trailer struck the Forestville Road overpass...
Read MoreDC Think Tank Says California Doctors Escape Discipline
An alarming report released by Washington, D.C.’s Public Citizen says that California is not disciplining its doctors for poor and negligent medical care. According to the report, California’s medical board failed to discipline 710 doctors for various violations from September 1990 to December 2009. In addition, peer reviewers classified 102 of the doctors...
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