A New York man is dead after acrash during a drag-race in Illinois. According to authorities, the 49-year-old man was driving a mud-racing drag car at the fairgrounds in Carlinville. His drag car went off the track and struck a tractor Thursday night around 9:25 p.m. The Macoupin County Sheriff’s Office along with the…
Several adults and children were injured in atraffic accident while riding in a shuttle in St. Louis City. According to authorities, several passengers were on board a City of St. Louis Recreation shuttle when a traffic crash occurred Friday afternoon. The crash took place at 2 p.m. near the 3400 block of Washington Street….
A Kansas construction worker fell 120 feet and has surprisingly survived during awork-related accident. According to the Pratt County Sheriff, two men were working on a wind turbine when they both fell off on Sunday morning near Pratt. The workers were repairing a blade on a wind generator when one worker fell over a…
The rules aboutrabies vaccinations may be changing in Nashville, Tennessee. A recent bill has been proposed in Nashville, only requiring pet owners to renew rabies shots every three years instead of annually. The newly written bill states that a yearly rabies shot is an unnecessary cost and an inconvenience for pet owners. Under a…
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 Kansas woman is dead after a fatalauto crash involving a state trooper this past Tuesday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a state trooper was responding to an accident and lost control of his patrol car, slamming into another vehicle near Spearville. The 24-year-old trooper was traveling eastbound on U.S. 50 at approximately…
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…
Three sanitation employees were injured in awork accident in Philadelphia last Wednesday. According to police, the three sanitation workers were injured when their trash truck overturned in East Hunting Park Avenue at L Street in Juniata Park around 9:30 a.m. The trash truck driver told investigators he swerved to avoid an oncoming compact car….
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…
An employee at a car wash facility was tragically killed in awork accident in Northeast Philadelphia. According to police, a fatal accident occurred at the Krewsin Klean Car Wash in the 9200 block of Krewstown Road in Bustleton at approximately 11:52 a.m. on Monday. A 22-year-old employee was struck by two different vehicles and…