As reported by Hugh Patterson: Philadelphia – An amphibious duck boat loaded with 35 passengers and two crew members was struck by a barge Friday on the Delaware River outside of Philadelphia. Two passengers were killed as a result of the collision. The amphibious vehicle has been stopped because of possible engine trouble for five [...]
May 19, 2010 By JDJournal.com Residents have filed a class action lawsuit in New Jersey State Court, Hudson County against Honeywell International of New Jersey and PPG Industries of Pennsylvania for dumping and failing to clean up cancer-causing hexavalent chromium waste in their neighborhoods. According to today’s press release at PR Newswire, the [...]
By Nick Divito, Courthouse News Service LAS VEGAS (CN) – Clark County’s child welfare system shows “deliberate indifference to the health and safety of the children it is obligated to protect,” 13 foster kids say in a federal class action. The National Center for Youth Law’s 80-page complaint demands sweeping changes in the county’s [...]
By Donna Willis, www.nbc4i.com COLUMBUS, Ohio—Three people were injured Tuesday morning when a truck pumping concrete collapsed at the old City Center construction site. Medics were called to the area of East Town and South 3rd streets, where crews from Igel Construction were working, at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. A truck pumping concrete [...]
Posted March 30, 2010 By Indystar.com An indoor amusement park where a 5-year-old Indianapolis boy was critically injured has been closed for not having the correct permit. Xscape, 3919 Lafayette Road, did not have an amusement and entertainment permit, according to John Erickson, spokesman for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. That department includes [...]
March 15, 2010 By: Anthony Colarossi, Orlando Sentinel Four motorcyclists were killed Saturday night after a GMC truck that was passing another vehicle in Sumter County struck their bikes head on, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The wreck occurred shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday along County Road 476 near County Road 629, investigators [...]
March 10, 2010 By Russell Carter, Womack Publishing Service A Gretna woman filed a $15 million lawsuit Thursday in Pittsylvania County Circuit Court on behalf of her 12-year-son who drowned in 2008 at Smith Mountain Lake State Park. Dora Mae Henley is suing Sycamore Baptist Church and the Commonwealth of Virginia, along with [...]
Posted March 2, 2010 By wsfb.com STAMFORD, Conn. — A man was killed in a Tuesday morning collision with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in Stamford. Police said a Toyota Sienna driven by Xiaoyuan Huang, 28, was either stopped or traveling slowly in the right, northbound lane of Interstate 95 before 5 a.m. Police [...]
By suntimes.com BLUE ISLAND — A man died in an accident while at work Monday in south suburban Blue Island. Brian Fuller Sr., 48, of La Grange, was pronounced dead at 1:03 a.m. at MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. Fuller died at 2258 Vermont [...]
By Christopher Tuffley www.newssun.com SEBRING –Two fatalities have been confirmed by the Florida Highway Patrol in the charter bus crash that occurred at 2:15 p.m. Monday afternoon on U. S. 27 at the intersection with Lake Francis Road. The bus, chartered by South Florida Community College for its Exploritas program, was traveling north, [...]
