When a pedestrian gets hit by a train it is almost always fatal. The size and speed of the train means that even if a conductor is able to see the pedestrian and apply the brakes in time, it takes the train a long while to completely stop. This was the case yesterday when a…
An ironworker suffered serious injuries when a piece of construction material fell and hit his self-retracting lifeline. The ironworker fell one story and suffered a burst fracture of his thoracic spine becoming paralyzed. It turns out the manufacturer of the lifeline used by the ironworker while on the job was susceptible to failure if hit…
A tractor-trailer driver from Pennsylvania (PA) was injured Monday, January 17th, when his vehicle was struck by a freight train that afternoon. The driver, who has not yet been identified, was hit at the Cedar Avenue crossing just south of Lincoln Boulevard in Middlesex Township. Traveling south on Cedar, he collided with a 107 year-old…
The City of Virginia Beach has been dismissed from a $25 million lawsuit filed by the family of a homeless man killed on the beach by a city garbage truck, WAVY.com has reported. On June 28, Michael Knockett, 52, was run over by a city owned truck while sleeping on a beach chair. Knockett’s family…
A lawsuit brought by the family of a homeless man run over by a garbage truck raises the question of the city’s responsibility for the actions of its driver. The family said the driver was distracted by texting on a cell phone. A judge disagreed the city was liable. To see more check out this article.