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Big rig truck driver hurt after crashing in Bell County, TX.
On Wednesday, July 28, a truck driver was hurt after his tractor trailer crashed in Bell County, TX. The driver was travelling west on Texas 36 at approximately 4:00 a.m. when the crash occurred. Early reports indicate that, for some reason, the driver of the tractor trailer lost control... read more
On Thursday, July 8, a big rig accident in Fairfax County, VA left one truck driver injured. The collision happened at approximately 12:00 p.m. on Interstate 495. Local news reports state that the big rig was hauling a prefabricated mobile home in the southbound lanes when the crash occurred... read more
On Friday, July 23, four vehicles were involved in a big rig accident in Houston, TX. The accident involved one big rig and three other cars travelling in the northbound lanes of Gulf Freeway, near Dixie Farm Road. Early reports indicate that, at approximately 1:20 p.m., the crash occurred... read more
A report filed by Consumer Product Safety Commission on July 26 indicates that an infant in Royal Oak, MI died in a Nap Nanny baby recliner. The report indicates that the infant was found hanging over the side of the recliner... read more
On Friday, July 23, a drunk driving accident in Dallas, TX left two police officers injured. The crash occurred at the St. Mary Avenue and Linsley Avenue intersection. Early reports indicate that a drunk driver was fleeing the scene of a previous accident... read more
On Saturday, July 24, one man was injured in a Galveston, TX rollover accident. The accident happened in the northbound lanes of Interstate 45 at approximately 11:00 a.m. According to local news reports, another vehicle cut the man off on the interstate. The man swerved to avoid a collision and crashed in a K-rail in the center of the interstate... read more
Boston Scientific Corporation has recently released a warning about its implantable defibrillators. Reports indicate that a magnetic switch in the defibrillators can get stuck, causing the defibrillators to not function when they are needed... read more
Smith and Noble has recently announced the recall of approximately 1.3 million of the Roman shades and roller shades. According to a report filed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a 5-year-old boy was nearly strangled in a roller shad cord in May 2009 in Tacoma, WA... read more
On Monday, July 19, a big rig accident near San Diego, CA hospitalized 52-year-old big rig driver Timothy Glass. The crash occurred as Glass was travelling south on Interstate 5, hauling thousands of pounds of gravel. Early news reports indicate that at approximately 9:00 a.m., one of the tires on Glass’s truck blew out... read more
Three people hurt in single vehicle crash when driver falls asleep near Fritch, TX.
Michael Grossman:
On Tuesday, July 20, three people were hurt in a single vehicle accident near Fritch, TX. The injured victims were 18-year-old Brenna Kirk, her 9-month-old son, and the driver of the car. The accident happened on Texas Highway 136, just south of Fritch. According to early news reports, the driver was travelling north... read more
On Wednesday, July 21, 50-year-old Randall Turnage, a constable deputy in Harris County, was injured in a collision. The accident occurred at approximately 4:30 a.m. on State Highway 249. According to early news stories, an allegedly intoxicated van driver lost control of his vehicle on Tomball Parkway and rolled over... read more
On Monday, July 19, five people were hurt in a hit and run accident near Gillespie, IL. The injured victims were identified as Janet Dunn, Fred Williams, Kathrine Williams, Josephine BeeBee, and Ashlynn BeeBee. According to local news reports, Dunn was travelling in a Grand Prix south on Henderson Road with the other four victims riding as passengers, when she came over a hill... read more
On Saturday, July 17, Sharon and Mark Westerholm were injured in a boating accident near Rockport, TX. The accident occurred on the Texas Intracoastal Waterway, close to Goose Island. According to local news reports, the two victims were riding on a boat driven by another person, when the drive allegedly let go of the steering wheel, which caused the boat to make a quick 180-degree spin... read more
On Tuesday, July 20, a woman was injured while on the job at a Bowie County, TX ammunition plant. The woman was employed at Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, where the incident happened. According to local news stories, the worker was holding a grenade on Tuesday afternoon, when the grenade allegedly exploded... read more
On Monday, July 19, one person was injured in a two-car accident in Dallas, TX. The accident happened on Woodall Rodgers Freeway, close to North Field Street. According to local news stories, traffic was slowed at the service road ramp... read more
One motorist was recently injured in a truck accident in Fort Worth, TX. The accident occurred in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 West, close to Northside Drive. According to local news reports, the accident involved a truck and its trailer... read more
On Saturday, July 17, 68-year-old Kenneth Carson was injured in a two-motorcycle accident near Goldsmith, TX. The accident happened at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Highway 158. Local news reports state that Carson was travelling west on the highway... read more
On Friday, July 16, a rookie police officer in Dallas, TX was shot in the chest by a veteran officer during a robbery investigation. Reports indicate that the two officers were looking for a robbery suspect in west Dallas, when the veteran officer allegedly discharged his gun and hit Ricardo Solis in the chest... read more
On Friday, July 2, two tractor trailers owned by Boyd Brothers were involved in separate accidents at the same spot in Charlotte, NC. The incidents happened at the ramp where southbound I-85 merges into I-77. Early news reports state that the first accident occurred at approximately 5:00 a.m. A truck driver carrying approximately 4,000 pounds of coiled steel lost control of his vehicle on the ramp and rolled over... read more
On Friday, July 16, 7-year-old Elizabeth Staley was injured in a car accident in Salina, KS. The accident occurred at the intersection between Fourth Street and Crawford Street at approximately 12:30 p.m. According to local news stories, Staley was riding in a car... read more
On Monday, June 28, a tanker truck accident near Catskill, NY caused a chemical spill and injured 55-year-old truck driver Robert Lawrence. The crash occurred at roughly 1:50 a.m. on the New York Thruway, as Lawrence was travelling north. Lawrence was driving a tanker owned by Slack Chemical Company, transporting approximately 5,000 gallons of hypochlorite solution... read more
On Tuesday, July 12, a pit bull attack 55-year-old letter carrier Benny Rhodes in Houma, LA. Rhodes was delivering mail on his route along Bourg Street when, according to local news stories, he was attacked by a two-year-old pit bull. The dog allegedly got off her chain in an unfenced yard on Division Avenue... read more
On Sunday, July 18, 21-year-old Victoria Salas was injured in a rollover accident in Gray County, TX. Salas was driving a Chevy Blazer SUV on U.S> Highway 60 shortly after noon when the accident occurred. According to local news reports, Salas lost control of her SUV and veered into a ditch... read more
On Tuesday, July 13, Bee County, TX police deputy Delilah Pier was hurt in a rollover accident in her patrol car. The crash occurred as Pier was travelling east on State Highway 202. Early news stories state that, at approximately 12:00 p.m., Pier’s right back tire blew... read more
On Wednesday, July 14, Andreana and Jason Bonton were injured after being hit by a semi truck in Athens, TX. The accident happened at approximately 11:17 a.m. on Northwest Loop 7, close to the U.S. Highway 175 intersection. According to local news reports, James Bonton was driving an SUV in the westbound lanes of the loop... read more
On Thursday, July 15, a tanker truck accident in Houston, TX closed several roads and had officials worried about a chemical spill. The crash occurred at the interchange between Eastex Freeway and 610 North Loop at approximately 1:30 p.m. Early news stories state that, as the tanker truck was driving on the ramp from Eastex to 610, the driver lost control... read more
On Friday, July 16, a tractor trailer overturned near Houston, TX, bringing traffic to a halt. The accident happened at approximately 3:50 a.m. on the ramp from West Loop to Katy Freeway. According to local news reports, the truck was hauling... read more
On Thursday, July 8, James and Melva Headrick were injured in a motorcycle accident in Oregon City, OR. The accident occurred on Interstate 205, close to the Park Place interchange. According to local news reports, traffic was slowed at approximately 4:00 p.m., when a motorcycle driven by James Headrick came upon the traffic... read more
On Wednesday, July 14, a pedestrian was injured in a two-vehicle accident in Dallas, TX. The accident happened close to the intersection between San Jacinto and Pearl Street. According to local news reports, a car was attempting to turn right onto San Jacinto, when another car crashed... read more
On Wednesday, July 14, twenty people were injured in an explosion at a coke works plant in Clairton, PA. The explosion occurred at approximately 9:30 a.m. at Battery D at a plant owned by U.S. Steel on State Street. Early news reports about the accident state that the massive explosion might have been caused by a reaction with the gas that is used to heat the large coke ovens... read more
On Monday, July 12, a 30-year-old woman and her 6-year-old daughter were injured in an ATV accident in Spring, TX. The accident happened just off of Fitzwater Drive, close to Banquo Drive. According to local news reports, the mother and daughter went riding on their ATV at approximately 8:00 p.m. After approximately 20 minutes, the father began to worry that he had not heard from them, so he went looking for them... read more
On Sunday, July 11, Richard Williams was injured when his tanker truck rolled over in Foxboro, MA. The accident happened at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Interstate 95. According to local news reports, Williams was hauling thousands of gallons of jet fuel to an airport in Rhode Island, when he allegedly lost control... read more
On Monday, July 12, a 47-year-old man with a prosthetic leg suffered severe burn injuries when his friends set his leg on fire after he lost a drinking bet. The accident happened near U.S. Route 70 in Dona Ana County, NM. According to local news reports, the man was drinking with some friends, when they made a bet that whoever drank the least would be set on fire... read more
On Thursday, July 8, a man was shot in the face at an apartment complex in Houston, TX. The shooting occurred at the Oxford apartments on Gulf Freeway service road at approximately 5:30 a.m. According to local news stories, officers arrived to find the man bleeding... read more
On Thursday, July 8, a 16-year-old teenager was injured in a hit and run accident in Longview, TX. The accident happened at approximately 3:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of South 14th Street. According to local news stories, a black four-door Lexus crashed into the teenager, who was standing near the edge of the street... read more
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission has recently announced the recall of approximately 1,300 QuadSport ATVs manufactured by Suzuki. These ATVs were sold at Suzuki dealers between September 2008 and June 2010 for roughly $6,650. According to the report, the flame arrester screen on the ATV can detach, which can prevent the throttle valve from returning to an idle position... read more
On Tuesday, July 6, a man fell at a Texas Rangers baseball game in Arlington, TX. The accident happened during the fifth inning, when the man stood up to try to catch a foul ball. Local news reports indicate that the man fell approximately 30 feet from the club seats into the other seats below. Four other people sustained minor injuries in the fall... read more
On Tuesday, July 6, Isidro Perez, a police officer in Houston, TX, was injured by a flying tire. The accident happened at approximately 1:15 p.m., as Perez was issuing a traffic citation in the northbound lane of Gulf Freeway, close to Monroe. Local news reports indicate that, as Perez was writing the ticket... read more
On Monday, June 7, a natural gas pipeline in North Texas exploded, killing three workers, injuring at least five, and leaving as many as ten unaccounted for. The blast occurred as eight workers from Brazos Electrical were digging utility pole holes near a pipeline owned by Enterprise Products Partners, roughly 15 miles south of Godley, TX. The exact cause of the blast has not yet been determined... read more
On Sunday, July 4, Kirk Harris was involved in a firework accident caused him serious injuries and most of his fingers. The accident occurred at an outdoor Independence Day celebration in Caddo Lake, LA. According to local news reports, a firework backfired on Harris, blowing off most of his fingers on both hands... read more
On Sunday, July 4, eleven people were injured in a firework accident in Palmyra, PA. The accident happened at an Independence Day festival in the central Pennsylvanian town. According to local news stories, a firework charge misfired and exploded, causing fireworks to fly into a nearby crowd... read more
On Friday, July 2, two people were hurt in an accident in Dallas, TX. The crash occurred on Friday afternoon on Woodall Rogers Freeway. According to local news reports, three cars were westbound on the freeway in a straight line. Allegedly, the middle car crashed into the one in the front. Those two cars were then struck by a third vehicle... read more
On Wednesday, June 30, tractor trailer driver D.T. King received critical injuries in a Ochiltree County, TX accident involving two big rig trucks. King was driving northbound on Texas Highway 70 at approximately 6:00 a.m. when the wreck happened. Early news reports state that another tractor trailer heading south on the highway allegedly swerved across the center line and crashed head-on into King... read more
Four people were injured when hydrogen gas caused an explosion at the University of Missouri Columbia Campus. The explosion occurred just after 2:00 p.m. in a biochemistry lab on the 3rd floor of Schweitzer Hall... read more
On Thursday, June 24, a bus accident in Atlantic City, NJ injured 24 people. The bus was carrying 50 people from a gambling resort in New York along Route 40. Early news reports to state that, at approximately 11:30 a.m., the bus allegedly rear-ended a car, slid across the road, and slid down a retaining wall on a bridge for approximately 80 feet before coming to a rest... read more
On Saturday, June 26, David Dunn and Michelle Cook were critically injured in a two-car accident in Stephens County, OK. The accident took place at the intersection between 8 Mile Road and Osage. According to initial news stories, the pickup truck in which Cook was a passenger allegedly failed to stop at a stop sign and crashed into Dunn’s Jeep... read more
On Saturday, June 26, a three-year-old girl was seriously injured when she fell from an apartment complex in Amarillo, TX. The accident happened at approximately 3:10 p.m. at Silver Oaks Apartment on Southeast 34th Street. News reports indicate that the toddler was playing with another child, when it is believed that she leaned against a window screen... read more
A pedestrian was injured Thursday, 06/25/2010, when he was struck by a Capital Metro Bus in downtown Austin, TX at the intersection of 8th and Colorado. Witnesses say that the man had just said that it was his birthday before... read more
On Friday, June 18, a gas well accident in Tioga County, PA sent two workers to the hospital. The workers were employed by Ultra Resources, a company out of Texas, working at a gas well on Lick Run Road. Initial news reports state that a pipe coupling came apart at approximately 10:30 a.m. and injured the two workers... read more
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