Eleven people went to hospitals with injuries after a city work truck rear-ended a public transit bus near downtown Norfolk, Virginia (VA), on the morning of April 18, 2018. Injured victims were taken from both vehicles, potentially creating insurance liability for the city government, the regional transit agency, and the state workers’ compensation system. …
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are almost 3 million emergency room visits each year for traumatic brain injury incidents. Almost 50,000 people die each year from head injuries. Even in cases where a mild injury has been sustained, it is important to make the diagnosis right away because mild…
Hundreds of thousands of closed head injuries occur each year in the United States. Two of the most-common causes are traffic accidents and falls. Very simply, and as explained on the U.S. Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus website, “A closed head injury means you received a hard blow to the head from striking an object, but…
A Gloucester County, Virginia (VA), crash between a pickup truck and a bicycle left the bike rider dead. The fatal collision happened in the 8600 block of Guinea Road, between Rowes View Lane and Sarahs Cove Drive. State Police troopers received the call about the wreck near the town of Hayes just before…
A crash between a passenger vehicle and a motorcycle in Westmoreland County, Virginia (VA), drew new focus to two of the most-dangerous errors drivers can make. On the night of November 10, 2017, a woman behind the wheel of an SUV was driving under the influence and going the wrong way down a one-way street when…