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Remembering Four Killed in Bicycle Accidents
Cyclists in the Twin Cities plan to head out on their bicycles this Saturday to remember four bikers that were killed in four different terrible bicycle accidents. The route will start where Virginia Heuer-Bower, 51 was killed. The route will then go through the area that Jim Nisser, 65, was killed while [...]
Continue reading...Los Angeles Mayor Gets on Metrolink Train
17. September 2008
The train wreck last week included a commuter train that many workers rely on for transportation to and from their work. So, it isn’t surprising that just three days after the train accident that killed 25 and injured 135, commuters were back on board traveling through the San Fernando Valley on Metrolink trains. But it is not [...]
Continue reading...Los Angeles Train Accident - Comprehensive Information
15. September 2008
Los Angeles Metrolink Train Accident in Chatsworth on Friday September 12, 2008. Updated 9/15/08 Officials are still trying to figure out what went wrong and what caused this massive wreck. The engineer did miss the red signal but it is still not clear how that could have happened. He May have been using [...]
Continue reading...Truck Worker Loses Leg When hit by Car
8. September 2008
It was early Thursday morning around 7 am when 17-year-old Jon Tavares hit a worker standing behind his dump truck with his Honda Civic. The worker was loading trash into the truck. The driver of the truck was sitting in the truck at the time of the accident. The worker was transported [...]
Continue reading...911 Operator Fired Over Fatal Mistake
2. September 2008
It’s been a difficult reality to accept for the family who lost Darlene Dukes. Dukes lived north of Atlanta on Wales Street in Johns Creek. It was Saturday afternoon that Dukes called 911 for medical assistance. Alfred Moore, Fulton County’s 911 director, said Dukes called when she was “in respiratory distress.” The 911 [...]
Continue reading...Kid Rock gets Probation for Fight in Atlanta Waffle House
6. August 2008
Decatur, Georgia, Associated Press - How about some waffles and a little celebrity fighting. Well known rock singer Kid Rock was given a year’s probation and was issued a fine of $1,000 for his participation in a fight at a Waffle House in Atlanta last fall. Kid Rock was on tour with one stop being downtown [...]
Continue reading...Morgan Freeman serious condition after a car accident
4. August 2008
Morgan Freeman who is an Oscar-winning actor, was in serious condition following a vehicle accident in Mississippi, according to hospital officials and associates. Ashley Norris, the manager of a nightclub Freeman owns, said the 71-year-old actor was in an accident Sunday night. He was taken to a hospital in nearby Memphis, Tennessee.
Continue reading...Attacker Decapitates Boy on Canadian Greyhound
31. July 2008
It was a terrible scene that you cannot imagine witnessing. A Greyhound bus was traveling from Edmonton, Alberta to Winnipeg, Manitoba. The bus was 45 minutes away from Winnipeg when a deadly attack occurred. A man who was on the bus for nearly an hour, “like a robot” Garnet Caton said, attacked a young boy [...]
Continue reading...Teen Gives Nephews Marijuana
25. July 2008
Most people will tell you that when it comes to your kids, it’s best to have family watch them when you need the help. The family of Demetris McCoy relied on him to watch his 2 and 4-year-old nephews but he won’t be able to watch them for another eight years. McCoy was sentenced on [...]
Continue reading...Houston Crane Accident Kills Six
18. July 2008
Lately there have been a slew of crane-related deaths in New York, Miami, and Las Vegas. Because of this history there has been a crack down on safety precautions for sites that use this massive machinery. In Houston, Texas Friday there was a serious crane accident leaving six injured and four killed. Two [...]
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10. October 2008
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