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- Driving too fast for conditions?
Aug 18, 2015
The thunder rolled from a memorial to benefit the daughters of a paramedic who lost her life in the line of duty earlier this year, according to a WJAC report. Two hundred motorcyclists rode in a show of support for the 38-year-old who earlier this year was struck by a coal truck as she helped at the scene of a car accident to the east of Pittsburgh. The Upper Yoder Township fatal accident was the...Read More - Route 65 truck accident claims two lives
Aug 11, 2015
A truck driver told a Pittsburgh TV station that an Audi driver made a fatal decision on Route 65 near the I-79 interchange. The trucker said the northbound Audi tried to pass him on the left. Just went straight into oncoming traffic while she was going around me," he told WTAE. The car slammed head-on into a southbound tractor-trailer. The big rig erupted in flames which set fire to a transit van. The Audi then...Read More - Pittsburgh building boom means more construction injuries
Aug 4, 2015
It's that time of the year: the summer sun is shining and the air is filled with the sounds of baseball games, family picnics, children playing and the bangs and booms of busy construction sites. The website BuildingPittsburgh.com says construction activity is "up significantly" this year in metropolitan Pittsburgh. Commercial construction projects are up 24.3 percent and residential construction is up 31 percent over last year. While that is good economic news, it also reminds...Read More - Will bigger rigs roll over Pennsylvania and Ohio?
Jul 29, 2015
The biggest vehicles rolling on Pennsylvania and Ohio highways are tractor-trailers. The behemoths could get significantly bigger if Congress has its way. The U.S. House of Representatives has already passed a measure and sent it on to the Senate that would enable trucking companies to roll 85-foot double tractor-trailers across America. The giant new trucks would be 17 feet longer than those currently allowed on Pennsylvania roads. Naturally, shipping companies are excited about the prospect,...Read More - Slippery Rock car accident critically injures 3
Jul 27, 2015
A car accident in Slippery Rock Township near the intersection of Route 8 and Branchton Road has injured six total people. Three of the six injured are said to be critical. The accident occurred when a 19 year old man from Cranberry Township crossed through an intersection and hit a pickup truck being operated by a 55 year old Marion Township man. The 19 year old had four passengers in his vehicle. Two victims from...Read More - Ikea dresser causes death of two children
Jul 23, 2015
An Ikea furniture store dresser, known as the MALM chest, has caused the death of two children in the United States this past year. Both children were killed in tip-over incidents. Tip-over incidents occur when a piece of furniture or an appliance is knocked over or falls over and lands on somebody. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, tip-over incidents frequently injure children and in fact, roughly every 14 days a child dies as...Read More - PennDOT employee killed, four others injured in crash
Jul 21, 2015
Tragedy struck the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, workers and workers' families late last week. A PennDOT worker was killed and four other workers injured in a single-vehicle crash in a rural, northern part of the state, about 250 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. According to news reports, investigators have yet to pinpoint the cause of the crash. The 53-year-old driver apparently lost control of the state vehicle as it rounded a curve. It then struck a...Read More - Laws that cannot be broken in truck accidents
Jul 17, 2015
When our legislators aren't reworking old laws that no longer function as intended, they are introducing new legislation to govern Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the United States. However, no one can change the laws of physics. When a large, heavy truck hits a much smaller, much lighter vehicle, the laws of physics are on the side of the truck. We saw that truth illustrated recently in a violent collision involving a concrete truck that can weigh...Read More - Worker injured in Youngstown working on YSU Stadium
Jul 17, 2015
A workplace accident on the campus of Youngstown State University has injured one construction worker. The worker was working at Stambaugh Stadium in Youngstown, Ohio when he fell. The impact of the collision caused the construction worker to sustain head injuries. The construction worker was working on the bleachers of the stadium for a company based out of Indianapolis, Indiana. The injured man was walking between the rows of the concrete bleachers near the top...Read More - Armstrong County gas line explosion causes a workplace injury
Jul 15, 2015
A workplace accident in Worthington, Pennsylvania has caused a workplace injury to one male worker. At an Armstrong County, Pennsylvania compression station, a worker was operating a backhoe. While operating the backhoe, the worker accidentally collided with a high pressure gas line near West Franklin Township. The collision caused an explosion. The Worthington-West Franklin fire fighters quickly turned the gas at the station off and extinguished the fire. The operator of the backhoe was taken...Read More