In his latest post to our law firm’s Virginia Trucking Accident/Injury Blog, attorney Kevin Duffan reports on a crash near Charlottesville, VA, in which a tire blowout on a dump truck sent that vehicle and a small car off Route 20 and into the woods. Drivers in both vehicles sustained serious injuries. Kevin stresses that…
Virginia State Police say that no charges will be filed after a fatal crash between a cement truck and private ambulance on Route 20 on Friday.
A medical center in Minneapolis, Minnesota (MN), has reduced medical errors by simply making sure that pharmacists participated in the patient discharge process. Officials decided to seriously look at pharmacy errors after they spot-checked perscriptions for 37 patients sent home from the hospital over a 3-months and found errors in 92 percent of the medication…
Underage drunken driving has claimed another life in Raleigh, North Carolina (NC), as a 17-year-old victim suffered fatal injuries at the hands of a 16-year-old drunk driver. The victim was an innocent passenger when the driver lost control of his Jeep and crashed into a tree. Speed was also a factor; the vehicle was estimated to…
A total of 10 elementary, middle and high school students went to hospitals on January 17, 2012, for treatment of injuries they sustained when the school bus carrying them crashed at the intersection of Highway 135 and East A Avenue in Easley, South Carolina (SC). The full details of the accident have not been reported,…