A 9-year-old boy from Newton Grove, North Carolina (NC), died after a soccer goal fell on his head. Sources say the boy was playing on a soccer field after church on a Sunday morning with his relatives and friends. The goal was not secured to the ground.According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, goals like the one…
In his latest post to our Virginia law firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyer Blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro welcomes two safety recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board regarding the needs to lower speeds and increase distances between trains following each other on the same tracks. Rick notes that both railroad companies and rail workers have…
A significant factor in many Virginia commercial truck accidents is the driver of the truck itself. But what issues do these truckers face that make them dangerous on our roads, highways and interstates? Let’s take a closer look. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) worked together…
For the second time in two weeks, police are pointing to a driver’s medical emergency as the likely cause of a major traffic accident with injuries in Hampton Roads. The earlier incident occurred in Windsor, Virginia (VA), when a 72-year-old woman passed out and lost control of her car before hitting a tractor-trailer and several…
A new report from the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety has given Virginia a red rating. Because the commonwealth has less than 7 of the 15 laws that the safety group considers optimal for highway safety, our state has earned a low rating. AHAS ranked Virginia so low because the commonwealth lacks necessary safety laws, like…