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Two separate Ohio motor vehicle accidents cause a casualty and injuries

Jul 14, 2015

A car accident in Johnson Township, Ohio involving two vehicles has killed one man. Also, a car and motorcycle accident in Jackson Township, Ohio has seriously injured four people. Trumbull County car accident In Johnson Township, a township in Trumbull County, an 86 year old man was traveling south on State Route 193 when he was hit by a 63 year old woman from Cortland, Ohio. The 63 year old woman stopped at a stop...

Central Pennsylvania truck and Amish buggy collision kills two

Jul 13, 2015

A Tylersville, Pennsylvania UPS truck accident has caused the death of an Amish woman and an 8 year old boy. Four other individuals were also seriously injured as a result of this truck accident. In Clinton County, Pennsylvania, a UPS truck was traveling east when it veered into the path of a horse and buggy carrying a group of Amish. The truck collided with the rail alongside the left side of the horse and speared...

Pittsburgh worker falls 15 feet in workplace accident

Jul 12, 2015

A workplace accident in Allegheny County caused one man to be injured and another to be stranded on a roof. When two men were working on the roof of a home on Pulawski Way in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a stairwell collapsed. The stairwell collapsing caused one of the two men to fall down about two stories. He sustained cuts and bruises as a result. The other worker was stranded on the roof. The stairwell was said...

Pennsylvania trucker facing charges in fatal big rig crash

Jul 10, 2015

Prosecutors say a Pennsylvania trucker “should never have been on the road” when he caused a crash that left a married father of four dead. The trucker’s driver’s license had been suspended and then he failed to properly connect a trailer to his big rig. As he was driving around a curve, the trailer detached from his 18-wheeler and slammed head-on into another tractor-trailer, killing the 40-year-old driver. The April 27 Montgomery County tragedy left...

Mercer County truck accident injures three people off of I-80

Jul 9, 2015

A truck accident involving one tractor trailer and two passenger vehicles in Shenango Township, Pennsylvania has injured three people. The truck collision occurred on the eastbound exit ramp of interstate 80 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Two men in their sixties from Sheffield, Ohio and a 32 year old man from Avon, Ohio were injured. They were taken to local hospitals. This truck accident happened when one of the passenger vehicles was attempting to exit interstate...

Extraordinary attempt to deny workers’ comp benefits rejected

Jul 7, 2015

A Pennsylvania construction worker was minding his own business, doing his job on a worksite at a sewage plant about 40 miles south of New Castle. Then he found out that a plant employee had fallen into the concrete pit on the jobsite. He rushed to try to rescue the fallen man. Unfortunately, he and two others who mounted the rescue effort were too late: the plant worker was dead. As the construction worker climbed...

Bill passes Pennsylvania Senate to increase automobile insurance limits

Jul 2, 2015

The Pennsylvania State Senate has recently passed a bill to amend Title 75 (vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes. This revision will change Pennsylvania automobile insurance limits from $15,000/$30,000/$5,000 to $25,000/$50,000/$15,000. This means that liability insurance for motor vehicle accidents must cover the minimum amount of $25,000 because of injury to one person in one accident, the minimum amount of $50,000 because of injury to two or greater victims of accidents, and $15,000 of coverage...

Uniontown Hospital employee drops newborn child

Jul 1, 2015

A hospital mistake at Uniontown Hospital in Fayette County, Pennsylvania has caused a newborn baby to be airlifted to Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. According to initial reports, a nurse with 30 years of experience was seated and providing care to an infant when the male child slipped from her hands and landed on his head. The incident happened at the Family Beginnings Birthing Center. Immediately after the hospital accident, the infant was put through...

Stay safe this 4th of July with these safety tips

Jul 1, 2015

The Fourth of July is a time full of family traditions, enjoying the summer weather, cookouts, fireworks and swimming. To help you and your loved ones stay safe this holiday weekend we've compiled a list of safety tips and statistics to help avoid accidents and keep everyone injury free. Firework Safety On average, nearly 10,000 fireworks related injuries are treated in United States' emergency rooms in the month surrounding the Fourth of July. Most of...

Coal mine accident kills a miner in Western Pennsylvania

Jun 29, 2015

A coal mine accident has caused the wrongful death of a 55 year old Albright, West Virginia man. The accident happened in a coal mine in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania. Mount Morris is located in Green County in southwestern Pennsylvania. The man was killed when an air shaft/mine door fell down onto him. He was transported to the emergency room of Southwest Regional Medical Center in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania where he was pronounced dead the next morning...