Motorized scooters are beingrecalled after some have overheated, burned riders and damaged property. To date, more than 500,000 hoverboards have been recalled. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, there have been 99 reports of hoverboard battery packs exploding or catching fire in the U.S. The CPSC also says more than 18 injuries have…
A man was tragicallykilled during a concealed carry class at an Ohio gun shop. According to the Clermont County Sheriff, the man was fatally shot during a concealed carry class at KayJay Gun Shop in Amelia on Saturday. The unidentified man was accidentally shot in the neck around 1 p.m. and died at the…
An Ohio boy wasinjured on the Fourth of July after a parade float ran over him. According to the Columbus Dispatch, the boy was attending a parade in the Columbus suburb of Upper Arlington. Witness say the boy was walking alongside a trailer carrying a parade float that was being pulled by a pickup…
The University of Iowa has recently settled two differentlawsuits in a combined settlement of $125,000. According to the Des Moines Register, the lawsuits against the University of Iowa were brought by two individuals that were injured on the University’s campus. The first plaintiff was a former student who was injured while using a rock…
A nearly fatalaccident involving multiple vehicles and a MetroLink train left many injured, but everyone survived. Yesterday afternoon, a gold car was struck by a truck at 6300 Etzel in University City. According to authorities, the initial accident caused the truck and the car to crash into a MetroLink train. The driver of the…
A Chicago woman was killed in abicycle accident while riding a Divvy bike this past Friday. The fatal crash occurred in the Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood around 9 a.m. The 25-year-old cyclist was crushed by a truck turning from Sacramento Avenue onto Belmont Avenue. The cyclist using a Divvy bike was attempting to go straight…
Two people wereinjured during a firework show in Bridgeview on Sunday afternoon. According to the Bridgeview Police Department, a fireworks display prematurely detonated in the southwest suburban of Chicago. The injury took place in the 8100 block of Beloit Ave at a Park District facility at approximately 12:30 p.m. According to the Bridgeview Fire…
Last night, two women were killed in an Amtraktrain accident in St. Louis. According to the St. Louis police, two women were struck by an Amtrak train at approximately 11:30 p.m. near South Kingshighway, just south of Manchester. Apparently, the women were walking over the tracks close to the Kingshighway overpass when they were…
An Indiana man is dead after a fatalmotorcyclist accident involving a State Trooper around 9:30 p.m. on Friday night. According to Authorities, a motorcyclist struck an Indiana State Police patrol vehicle as it was making a U-turn on the Indiana Toll Road on Interstate 90 in Portage. The Highland man struck the side the…
A Missouri teenager is dead after a mysteriousdrowning at a country club swimming pool in Kennett on Saturday morning. The Kennett Police Department received information concerning a possible drowning at approximately 7:19 a.m. The incident had occurred at the Kennett Country Club before the business was open. According to investigators, a 19-year-old, along with…