A child has died during a tragicaccident at a Kansas City waterpark over the weekend. The 12-year-old boy and son of the Kansas State Representative died while riding a waterslide, the Schlitterbahn water park’s main attraction. The 168-foot water slide called the Verruckt is known as the world’s tallest water slide. According to the…
Investigators have uncovered more details leading up to what officials are calling the deadliest hot air balloonaccident in U.S. history. Sixteen people were killed last Saturday in Texas after the hot air balloon crashed into power lines. The balloon ride was owned and operated by Heart of Texas Hot Air Balloon Rides in San…
Investigators have determined thehot air balloon that crashed in Texas on Saturday did come into contact with high-tension power lines. The hot air balloon made contact with the power lines, burst into flames and crashed into a pasture in Central Texas. All sixteen passengers on board were killed, according to federal authorities. This hot…
A fatalwork accident has left a man dead in St. Louis on Friday morning. According to authorities, a person was pinned under a forklift and died from their injuries. The fatal accident happened just south of the McKinley Bridge in the 100 block of Buchanan Street at approximately 9 a.m. The victim was said…
An Illinois-based recycling center has been fined by OSHA and ordered to pay $350,000 after aworker was killed on the job. Behr Iron and Steel Inc. is ordered to pay restitution of $350,000 to the victim’s estate as well as serve a five-year probation. The fatal accident occurred back in March 2014 when a…
A contractor working for the Metropolitan Sewer District was finally rescued after a dangerous work zone accident today. The constructionworker became trapped in a hole at the 4100 block of Finney in North St. Louis on Friday morning. The MSD contractor was working with a crew to fill in a trench with dirt when…
Awrongful death claim has been recently filed against the popular food company, Dole. The plaintiff is the family of an Ohio woman who died from listeria, allegedly after eating a salad from the food manufacturer. According to the Springfield News, the 79-year-old woman from Franklin County died this past February. The wrongful death claim…
An Illinois construction worker has died from injuries suffered from a gas explosion in aworkplace accident. The 44-year-old southwest Illinois construction worker suffered severe burns on a job site when a 10-inch gas line was hit and caused an explosion on April 6. The man was burned on over 70% of his body. Medical…
An Illinois man was killed in while working when a garbage truck overturned and crushed him. Thework-related accident happened at a landfill in Rockford, Illinois on Thursday afternoon. According to authorities, the truck was full of 8 tons of concrete, wood, and steel. The police chief indicated that the 54-year-old man was attempting to…
A South Dakota constructionworker was killed after falling 35 feet at a job site this week. The 24-year-old construction worker was working on the roof of the Watertown Recreation Center when witnesses say he fell. The Watertown Police Department report the man was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries….