Last month, a video showing a daytime assault in the Washington, D.C. subway system showed up on YouTube. The video, titled “Two DC Youth Fight on Metro after School,” depicted two people assaulting each other while a group of youths watched and recorded the incident. Due to YouTube’s content restrictions, the video is no...
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Truck Accident on Virginia Interstate Seriously Injures Driver
Last week on Interstate 81, the driver of a 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix suffered serious injuries when a tractor-trailer slammed into the back of his vehicle in the northbound lane at approximately 4:20 pm. An eyewitness estimated the truck’s speed at 70 mph. A Dodge Caravan and a second 18-wheeler were also involved in...
Read MoreMaryland Family Gets $2.4 Million Mesothelioma Award
A Baltimore, Maryland, jury awarded $2.4 million to the family of a man who died of mesothelioma in 2008. A Maryland law that caps legal damages reduces the award to $2.2 million. His family claimed he contracted the deadly form of cancer while spending six years moving bags of asbestos with a forklift...
Read MoreTraumatic Brain Injury Conference Set for DC
Treatment of acute and chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the topic of Arrowhead’s Annual Traumatic Brain Injury Conference on March 7 in Washington, D.C. Representatives from the government, military, biopharmaceutical industry and academia will be on-hand to discuss TBI research and development. The overall goal is to realize pharmaceutical management of TBI, even...
Read MoreRedskins Player Assaulted Outside DC Nightclub
Last week, Washington Redskins kick-punt returner Brandon Banks suffered superficial knife wounds in an assault outside a Washington, D.C. nightclub. His agent said he continues to progress in his recovery. The hospital has since released the football player. Banks was with a friend who also suffered injuries in the assault. Banks and his friend got...
Read MoreDC Metro Escalator Collapses
Last week, at least two people fell into a hole when several steps of a Metro escalator collapsed at the Foggy Bottom station. One commuter said the victims were able to pull themselves out, and there were no reported injuries. A witness said the hole was approximately three feet deep and surrounded with steel...
Read MoreNFL Player Charged with Assault in Virginia
Last week, Washington Redskins defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth, allegedly assaulted another driver on the Fairfax County Parkway. As a result of the road rage incident, Fairfax police expect Haynesworth to turn himself into authorities. At approximately 9:15 a.m. last Wednesday, the other driver involved in the incident made a hand gesture at Haynesworth, who was...
Read MoreTransportation Safety Experts Convene in DC
Last month, the Transportation Research Board held its 90th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The chairperson of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Deborah Hersman, spoke to the board about the importance of proactive spending on safety. Hersman called for a “culture of safety” that must learn from the past. She warned that history repeats...
Read MoreSlip and Fall Injuries
Seeing someone slip and fall on an icy sidewalk may make for a funny home video, but slip and fall injuries are no laughing matter. While some people do pick themselves up after a fall and walk away unharmed, some experience injuries that are long-term and costly. When the fall occurs on someone...
Read MoreMaryland Man Struck and Killed by Off-Duty Trooper
Last month in Hollywood, Maryland, an off-duty state trooper and his sport-utility vehicle struck and killed an 88-year-old man alongside a Maryland road. The pedestrian was walking in the southbound land of Mervell Dean Road while pushing a lawnmower. He died at the scene. The Maryland...
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