Asemi truck accident resulted in the death of the driver during the early hours of Monday morning. The accident happened around 4 a.m. when a 24-year-old male driver was operating the truck that crashed. According to police, the truck was traveling on Interstate 435 southbound, and the driver attempted to exit onto Interstate 70….
As construction crews prepare to build a housing complex on Monday, a man was killed in aworkplace accident. Authorities reported that 64-year-old Peter Low, an explosives expert, was administering explosions to prepare the ground for pipe work. Investigators believe that there were two explosions heard and Low returned to the trench after the first…
An Indiana woman has filed alawsuit seeking $50 million for damages she sustained in an auto accident. The plaintiff, Ashlee K. Leeper, is filing suit against Abinet E. Kebede, A.J. Lines, and Baltic Freight Corp after she was injured in a rear-end accident. The complaint alleges that Leeper was a passenger in a 2015…
Apedestrian accident resulted in the death of a man on Sunday evening. According to the Madison County Sheriff’s Department, 24-year-old Benjamin George was attempting to cross Homer Adams Parkway in Alton, Illinois when he was struck by a vehicle around 6 p.m. George was transported by ambulance to St. Anthony’s Health Center where he…
A train accident in Jefferson County, Missouri claimed the life of a man on Sunday afternoon. Police responded to calls regarding a pedestrian being struck by a train at approximately 4:18 p.m. Officials with Burlington Northern Santa Fe stated that a coal train was traveling near Herculaneum when the pedestrian was walking along the…
A newly married bride was killed in amotorcycle accident while en route to her reception. The accident happened near Buckner, Illinois, approximately 50 miles southeast of St. Louis. William Burnett and Jana Miles-Burnett exchanged wedding vows Saturday evening and as they departed the ceremony they were involved in a motorcycle accident traveling to their…
Reggie Bush, a running back for the San Francisco 49ers, sustained a season-ending injury in a slip and fall that occurred in St. Louis. The accident happened on November 1st when the 49ers were in town to play the St. Louis Rams. Bush slipped and fell on the concrete that surrounds the field in…
A father and son were killed in anauto accident on Friday afternoon. Keith Joseph Jr., a defensive lineman for Mississippi State, and his father, Keith Joseph Sr., a former Mississippi State football player, were both killed in the accident. The accident happened near Leakesville, MS at approximately 2:50 p.m. According to authorities, Joseph Jr….
Engineers are coming forward to encourage proper planning to reducepedestrian accidents. Richard Retting, a U.S. transportation engineer, released a report indicating that city and transportation planning can prevent pedestrian accidents and that it is common sense. After a November 4th pedestrian accident in Vancouver, Retting stepped up claiming that engineers and city officials need…
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 842 non-fatal injuries were sustained by workers in third quarter workplace accidents. From July to September 2015, there was only one workplace fatality, but there were hundreds injured. The majority of these accidents have occurred in manufacturing and construction occupations. The statistics regarding workplace injuries are…