A Maine crane operator was awarded almost $5 million in damages by a judge as a result of injuries suffered in an electrical accident in a boatyard. Bryan Smith was operating a crane and moving a sailboat when the mast of the boat contacted a power line that had high voltage running through it. The…
According to an article in the Virginian Pilot, a state trooper was taken to the hospital after her motorcycle collided with a car driven by a Hampton University student who said she was late for a test. “Trooper Becky Curl was riding a motorcycle on I-64 near Settlers Landing Road, and was on her way…
The Associated Press has reported that on December 21, 2008 a small airplane hit a flag pole and crashed on the front lawn of a vacant Ohio home, killing the pilot. The crash sparked a fire that damaged the garage of the house which was in foreclosure.
On New Year’s Eve of 2008, the Associated Press reported that the bodies of a Canadian couple killed in an airplane crash in the Colorado mountains won’t be recovered until spring because of treacherous weather and avalanche threats.
The Associated Press reports that both the West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety, and Training, and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration are investigating whether the recent fatal accident at a West Virginia Patriot Coal Mine is mining-related. On Jan. 28, 43-year-old Darrell Massey, a contract worker, was killed in a vehicle rollover….