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• Another tragic teen accident claims lives

  Staff Writer | March 31, 2007 4:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Family and friends are mourning after the deaths of three teenagers in a head-on collision last night in Chilton County, Alabama. The tragic motor vehicle accident occurred on County Road 49 near the County Road 376 intersection at about 8 p.m. A white Oldsmobile car and blue Ford Explorer SUV crashed head-on, killing three teens and injuring at least 4 others, according to a report from the...

• Head-on crash kills one and injures many

  Staff Writer | March 31, 2007 3:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Early this morning in Montgomery, Alabama, a Greyhound bus carrying 49 passengers and 2 drivers crashed into a car driving in the wrong direction on a divided highway. The Associate Press reports that the woman driving the car died in the motor vehicle crash, and at least 20 passengers on the bus were injured. There was panic among those on the bus as they frantically tried to exit the smoking...

• Fatal crash involving parked semi truck

  Staff Writer | March 30, 2007 4:08 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  A man driving a 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix crashed into a parked semi tractor-trailer on Thursday just after 3 a.m. at a rest park ramp off I-65 in Jasper County.Investigators say that the man driving the car drove off the ramp and crashed directly into the parked truck from behind, causing the blunt force trauma that killed him.The truck was reportedly parked illegally and its driver, who was...

• Construction accident causes worksite injuries

  Staff Writer | March 29, 2007 4:38 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Today in San Francisco on Nob Hill, four construction workers at a residential remodel site were injured when a cave-in occurred in the basement of the building. The men reportedly worked for Dore Construction, and were using jackhammers and other tools when the earth came loose, crumbled and trapped them for a time in the rubble. A report on the construction accident from SFGate.com offers...

• Contaminated pet foods cause more than 14 pet deaths

  Staff Writer | March 20, 2007 10:02 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A report from USA Today says that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed at least 14 animal fatalities resulting from contaminated pet foods. The FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine is still investigating the cause for the contamination of pet foods manufactured by Menu Foods of Ontario, Canada. A pet food recall of at least 91 brands is concerning pet owners across the country....

• Train accident kills farm worker

  Staff Writer | March 19, 2007 12:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  An unusual train accident occurred Friday afternoon in Limestone County, where a farm worker operating a fertilizer spreader collided with a freight train in Belle Mina at Greenbrier Road.The victim was a Limestone Farmer's Cooperative employee and Clements firefighter, and he died immediately. An article in the Decatur Daily includes quotes from many of the victim's friends, as he was...

• Man dies in one-car accident

  Staff Writer | March 18, 2007 5:06 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  The Press-Register reported Saturday on a late-night possible drunk driving accident that killed the driver and amazingly did not injure the passenger last Thursday. The Chevrolet Silverado truck was heading west on Lott Road and ran off the road near Whigham Road when the driver lost control going around a curve. The truck reportedly rolled, and both men were ejected from the cab. The driver...

• Editorial argues for bus seat belts

  Staff Writer | March 12, 2007 11:08 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An interesting editorial from McClatchy Newspapers in Indiana argues for the addition of seat belts on school buses, pointing to the recent Bluffton University baseball team bus crash tragedy in Atlanta. The article's author quotes Dr. Jeffrey Salmone from Grady Memorial Hospital, where the victims of the bus accident were treated. "These kids were like flying missiles," Salomone said. He said...

• Bluffton University bus crash kills six in Atlanta

  Staff Writer | March 05, 2007 9:42 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Another tragic bus accident involving the bus going over the side of an overpass occurred on Friday in Atlanta at the I-75 ramp at Northside Drive.The accident reportedly resulted from the driver's mistaking an exit ramp for a regular lane. As a result, the bus crashed into a barrier and went off the side of an overpass onto a pickup truck. The bus was full of Bluffton University student...

• Governor's group wants $1.4 million bus seat belt study

  Staff Writer | March 01, 2007 11:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The seven-person group appointed by Alabama Gov. Riley to evaluate school bus safety made a recommendation to the Governor yesterday, says a report from the Montgomery Advertiser. http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070301/NEWS02/703010358/1009The group wants the state to fund a $1.4 million pilot study of seat belts on school buses over a three-year period to...