If you have ever been to any county fair, it may have crossed your mind about how safe the carnival rides really are. They are not permanent structures like in major amusement parks. Instead, workers repeatedly assemble and disassemble them as the rides tour around the country making millions of people smile and maybe...
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Neither Rider Wearing a Helmet in Fatal Motorcycle Crash
According to Virginia law, all motorcycle riders must wear helmets. Two motorcyclists, unfortunately, did not obey that law when one died and the other suffered serious injuries last month in Middletown. According to the Winchester Star, the motorcycle accident happened when the driver and her passenger crashed their motorcycle into a utility pole around...
Read MorePassing Motorist Sees Burning Yachts near Local Yacht Club
Pieces of charred wood are all that remains of four yachts destroyed in a fire at an area yacht club. Fifty area firefighters and a fireboat battled an early morning fire last week at the Washington Yacht Club. According to the Washington Post, a motorist...
Read MoreThree Maryland Residents Killed on New Jersey Freeway
Passing motorists were able to save a 9-year-old boy from a fiery wreckage earlier this month in New Jersey, but the other three adult passengers in the vehicle perished. According to nj.com, the auto accident happened on Interstate 295 shortly after 6 p.m. in the southbound lanes....
Read MoreAuthorities Arrest Arsonist that Injured Five DC Firefighters
Washington, D.C. fire investigators are resting a little easier now that a suspected serial arsonist is in police custody. Police arrested a 26-year-old man suspected of intentionally starting three fires in Northeast DC, according to the washingtonexaminer.com. One of the fires severely burned five DC...
Read MoreWorker Performing Duties Not in Job Description Gets Work Comp Benefits
A Virginia grocery store employee was helping a delivery driver move some cases of beer that the store did not accept. The employee felt pain in her left shoulder after helping the driver for some time. She then tried to move a chair and felt more shoulder pain. She went to a doctor who...
Read MoreU.S. House of Representatives Passes TBI Amendment
There will be increased federal funding for research and treatment of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) thanks to a U.S. congressional representative from Texas. Earlier this month, Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX) secured the money as an amendment to the Department of Defense...
Read MoreMaryland Motorcyclist Hit Head-On by Mercedes in Virginia
According to Fairfax police, a Hyattsville man lost his life late last month when his motorcycle collided head-on with a vehicle on Georgetown Pike. In a report at mcleanpatch.com, the 58-year-old victim was driving his 1999 Triumph motorcycle east on Georgetown Pike around 11 p.m. A 2001 Mercedes was traveling in the opposite direction...
Read MoreParaplegic Man Rides Motorized Wheelchair from California to Washington DC
In 2000, Chet Dyreson suffered a spinal cord injury in a motor cross accident. As a result, Dyreson is paraplegic – he does not have the use of either of his legs, and he is confined to a wheelchair. However, Dyreson has created a gas-powered, motorized...
Read MoreAmtrak Sues Trucking Company for Negligence in Deadly Crash
Amtrak’s owner filed a negligence lawsuit last month against a trucking company in connection with the fatal train collision that killed six people in Nevada. The National Railroad Passenger Corp. named John Davis Trucking Co. as the defendant in U.S. District Court. According to the complaint, Amtrak alleges that the defendant should have known...
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