Late last month, a Metro train operator ran a red light at the Shady Grove rail yard at approximately 5:30 a.m. Although the train did not have any passengers aboard, it was the third red-light violation by a Metro driver in two weeks. Just the day before, Metro ordered safety meetings to address...
Read MoreMetro Escalators Shut Down after Injury to Four-Year-Old Boy
The Metro board decided to shut down the escalators at the Foggy Bottom and Dupont Circle stations for one year so workers can replace them. The decision comes after a Metro escalator accident injured a four-year-old boy earlier this month at the U Street station. The boy got his foot stuck in the...
Read MoreTexas Officials Blame Federal Agency for Starting Wildfire
“That bunch has a real corner on stupid,” is how a Texas county official described the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). Texas officials blamed the federal agency earlier this month for a fire that burned 150 acres of Texas land. The incident happened when ATF agents and Texas officials were destroying some...
Read MoreWoman Sentenced to Three Years for Deadly Adams Morgan Car Accident
Earlier this month, a DC Superior Court judge sentenced a young mother to three years and four months in prison in connection with the fatal Adams Morgan auto accident last fall that killed one person. She will also have to complete 500 hours of...
Read MoreNew Federal Rules for Long-Distance Buses after Fatal Car Crash Killed 15 People
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced new safety rules for long-distance buses earlier this month. The rules come in the wake of a fatal bus crash that killed 15 people in New York City. Federal regulators created the rules to increase regulation on drivers and new...
Read MoreGovernment Agency Issues Safety Warning about Popular Water Recreation Toy
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers about the dangers of a popular activity called water walking. The product has various brand names and the CPSC says there is a risk of suffocating and drowning while doing the activity. The participant climbs inside a large, transparent plastic ball, which the operator inflates...
Read MoreMetro Bus Driver Faces Homicide Charges for 2008 Accident
Last month, authorities arrested a Metro bus driver charged with negligent homicide in connection with a September 2008 bus accident in downtown Washington, D.C. The accident killed one man when the 40-year-old driver allegedly ran a red light and collided with a taxi, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of...
Read MoreOSHA Issues Warning about Dangerous Hair Products
Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a hazard warning about hair smoothing and straightening products in hair salons. The hazard warning tells hair salon owners and workers about potential exposure to formaldehyde from the dangerous product. The formaldehyde in hair products such as the Brazilian Blowout...
Read MoreFBI Employee Sued for Pedestrian Accident
In what witnesses described as a road rage accident is now the center of a lawsuit against a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employee. The vehicle-pedestrian accident occurred on the morning of March 23 near 14th and F Streets Northwest in DC. A man was unloading...
Read MoreGovernment Agency Closes Bus Company Involved in Fatal Crash
On the same day in March that the Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation investigated passenger bus safety, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) shut down the Super Luxury Tours bus company in connection with a fatal bus accident in New Jersey. In...
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