A train engineer working alone to move a train in a Northeastern Ohio rail yard by remote control lost his life when the train ran over him. The fatal accident occurred in the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway yard in Brewster, OH, on the night of November 6, 222016. The engineer, identified as…
Each year, approximately 600,000 women in the United States, including those in Virginia, undergo a hysterectomy. This means that one-third of all women in this country will have had a hysterectomy before they reach the age of 60. Ninety percent of these surgeries are performed for non-cancerous conditions, such as fibroids or abnormal uterine bleeding. …
A jury in Fauquier, Virginia awarded a $6 million judgment to the family of a 24 year-old woman from Goldvein who was killed by a drunk driver in 2013. It is thought that this is the largest jury award in the history of Fauquier. The jury of seven deliberated for less than 90 minutes on June…
A crash between a boat and a personal watercraft on Virginia’s Smith Mountain Lake left a 17-year-old girl from North Carolina dead and the 19-year-old operating the PWC seriously injured. The deadly collision on the water in Pittsylvania County occurred shortly before 8 pm on July 3, 2016. The 21-foot speed boat and the PWC…
According to initial reports, failure of the landing gear was the cause of a small plane crash that killed the 62-year-old pilot. The fatal crash occurred at Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport in Sevierville, Tennessee. The victim was the only occupant in the plane at the time of the crash. Authorities say he was practicing his flying…