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Erie hit-and-run leaves one man dead and no suspect

Feb 21, 2014

Erie police are continuing to investigate a pedestrian accident that has left one man seriously dead and no one yet in custody. Police say an unidentified man who looked to be in his 50s was crossing the 1500 block of Liberty Street near the Executive Personal Fitness building and Tom Slayton's Auto Body in Erie. Police told reporters that the man looked to have suffered what they called life-threatening injuries and was immediately taken to...

Ohio man killed in train yard accident after complaints of unsafe work conditions

Feb 19, 2014

Ohio authorities have identified the steel plant worker who was killed in an accident at the plant's train yard last Friday. The accident happened at Republic Steel in Lorain, Ohio. The victim, a 62-year-old man from Brownhelm, Ohio, worked for Republic for forty-five years, according to his wife. The man was said to be hanging on to a moving rail car when he became stuck between it and a parked rail car. He was pronounced...

Should school bus drivers be trained in first-aid, CPR?

Feb 19, 2014

Every day during the school year, many of us entrust the lives of our children to the man or woman who is driving the bus to and from school. Under ideal conditions, school bus interaction can teach children the importance of keeping calm in a moving vehicle and gives our kids a chance to reflect on the day before and after school. And so we allow people, who we assume to be highly trained professionals,...

Greene County fire stops, safety still an issue

Feb 17, 2014

The explosion and fire that shocked rural Greene County last Tuesday has finally gone out after four days of nonstop burning. After injuring one man and taking another man's life, crews must now worry about deadly toxins that will likely leak from the two dysfunctional well heads. For inexplicable reasons, the gas that fueled the flames in one of the site's three wells decreased enough for the fire to extinguish itself late Saturday afternoon. The...

Man dies from injuries suffered at industrial plant in Clairton

Feb 17, 2014

A 64-year-old man from McKees Rocks who was injured working for United States Steel Corporation in Clairton two weeks ago has succumbed to his injuries and died Friday evening at UPMC Mercy. The man was badly burned in the quench tower at the Clairton coke plant. The quench tower is used to cool the coke after it has been made and heated up through chemical processes in the plant's batteries. The coke oven converts coal...

Pile-up on I-76 near Philadelphia sends at least twenty to the hospital

Feb 14, 2014

At least twenty people were hurt when several tractor trailers and dozens of personal motor vehicles piled up on a stretch of Pennsylvania Interstate 76 between Bensalem and Willow Grove. Local hospitals, such as Doylestown and Abington Memorial, have been inundated with injuries in their emergency rooms as a result of the accidents. A spokesperson from Abington Memorial told reporters that they initially received sixteen patients into their ER and more followed after the first...

Construction of soccer stadium claims another worker’s life

Feb 13, 2014

The construction of stadiums for sporting events is seemingly always going on. This is true not only in the United States but in other places throughout the world as well. As is the case with any construction site, it is possible that accidents could occur. A stadium, which is being built to host several games for the World Cup Soccer tournament, this spring, has been the site of multiple construction accidents. The most recent accident...

Greene County gas well explosion update

Feb 11, 2014

Chevron, the oil and gas conglomerate that runs the Greene County gas well that exploded today, is currently flying a disaster emergency team to Western PA to help pacify a fire that has been blazing for more than nine hours. The "wild-well response team" are specialists trained to control fires and other accident at drill sites. They are expected to reach Pennsylvania and assist in the efforts to extinguish the fire some time in the...

Chevron oil rig explosion in Greene County continues to burn

Feb 11, 2014

Greene County police and fire fighters are responding to a natural gas well explosion that took place at approximately 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. Emergency workers have been pouring into the blast area at Water Tank Road near Bald Hill Church Road and Rocky Run Road in Dunkard Township, about twenty miles southeast of Waynesburg, in Greene County, just north of Bobtown and the West Virginia border, since shortly after the explosion occurred. However, firefighters and...

DUI suspect kills pedestrian, goes home and continues drinking after he thought he “hit a deer”

Feb 10, 2014

Misfortune and heartbreak hit Pittsburgh early Sunday morning when a pedestrian was hit and killed by a drunk driver just after 2 a.m., police say. The 25-year-old University of Pittsburgh and Baldwin High School graduate was hit and killed in Brookline. Police say it didn't take them long to find the alleged responsible suspect. Police say another 25-year-old man was driving home from a bar with friends and was admittedly drunk when he claims he...