A window washer employed by a Virginia Beach company fell from the side of a building in Newport News, VA, on the afternoon of September 9, 2016. The workplace accident, which left the man hospitalized with critical injuries, occurred in an office park off 26th Street and Washington Avenue. According to WAVY TV-10, the…
A Virginia woman remained hospitalized two days after falling 40 feet to the ground when her seat broke free from the SuperShot ride at the Frederick County Fair on the evening of July 25, 2016. SuperShot is a free-fall ride that slowly raises riders before releasing them to plunge dozens of feet before chains arrest…
A woman from Pineville, West Virginia has filed a lawsuit against a grocery store, alleging that their negligence led to her fall that incapacitated her. The woman filed the lawsuit June 1 against Goodson’s Supermarket, Inc., related to the injuries she say she sustained in a 2013 fall in that store. The lawsuit states that…
A threat drivers never saw coming proved deadly in Hanover County, Virginia (VA), on July 11, 2015, when a tree fell across the roadway and crushed their vehicles. A woman behind the wheel of a Chevy Camaro lost her life, and the driver of an SUV sustained serious injuries. The deadly accident occurred near the…
An incident in which a North Carolina mail carrier lost her life that might strike some as a bizarre accident may actually have been a completely predictable and avoidable tragedy. The deadly situation unfolded during an afternoon thunderstorm in the lincoln County town of Denver, NC, on June 20, 2015, when a tree fell and crushed the…