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Basement Fire Kills 5 in Braymer, Missouri

Posted on January 03, 2010
Several news sources including The Kansas City Star, NBC news affiliate, KSHB, and Fox news affiliate Fox 4 Kansas City, have reported that five people were killed from smoke inhalation after a sofa caught fire in the basement of a Braymer, Missouri home...

Douglas County, Georgia Paramedic Killed In Ambulance Crash

Posted on December 30, 2009
The Times-Georgian has reported that Paul Holmes died from injuries sustained in an ambulance crash. Paul Holmes, 37, of Dallas, was airlifted to Grady shortly after the 11:30 p.m. accident on Anneewakee Road, according to Wes Tallon, county communications and community relations director...

Toyota Has More Recalls Than Any Other Auto Maker

Posted on December 30, 2009
The Detroit Free Press has reported that Toyota led the United States auto industry in recalled vehicles following its massive recall because of electronic and accelerator problems that led to several sudden acceleration crashes and deaths. The Japanese automaker has struggled with the fallout from the recall of 4...

UPDATE: Good Samaritans Aid Family In Deadly Semi Truck Crash

Posted on December 29, 2009
I am heartened by the comments to a recent post about the tragic semi truck crash in Georgia that killed three-year-old Sean Thornton. Following that terrible crash, several passing motorists stopped and quickly rushed to the families aid, staying by their sides until emergency personnel arrived 15-30 minutes later...

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UPDATE: Semi Truck Driver Never Hit Brakes Before Crash Killing 3 Year Old Boy

Posted on December 29, 2009
I reported yesterday about a tragic semi truck crash in Georgia that killed a three-year-old boy from Ross Township, Pennsylvania. Sean Thornton died and the remaining members of his family were severely injured when a tractor trailer hit their minivan from behind on I-95 in McIntosh County, Georgia...

Is There A Pilot On Board? Training Found Lacking At Many Regional Airlines

Posted on December 28, 2009
A Buffalo News investigation found that many pilots at smaller regional airlines are dangerously undertrained... and in some cases, untrained completely. The Buffalo News found that many regional airline pilots may not have experienced or even practiced critical items, such as mid-air icing on the wings, an emergency water landing, regaining aircraft control after an unexpected roll or spin...

UPDATE: Father Talks About Losing Wife, Son In NC Train Crash

Posted on December 28, 2009
CBS News affiliate, WRAL, has reported that Michael Lindsay-Calkins, who lost his wife and child in a tragic train collision, has spoken publicly about the train crash. Erin Brett Lindsay-Calkins, 26, and her five-year-old son, Nicholas, died when their vehicle struck by an Amtrak train after witnesses said the crossing signals had malfunctioned...

Tractor Trailer Crash Kills 3-Year-Old Boy In McIntosh County, Georgia

Posted on December 28, 2009
NBC news affiliate, WSAV, has reported that a semi truck crash rear-ended a minivan on I-95 in McIntosh County, Georgia killing three-year-old Sean Thornton and injuring five others. A toddler is dead, 5 other people injured after an accident along Interstate 95...

Toyota Accelerator Recall: Toyota Responds To LA Times Article

Posted on December 28, 2009
Autoblog.com has reported that Toyota has attempted to respond to a critical LA Times article that I reported on last week. The LA Times found that Toyota's recent sudden acceleration problem was on the most recent and most public of several critical safety problems and attempted cover ups over the last decade...

Missouri Highway Patrol Trooper Killed On Christmas Day

Posted on December 26, 2009
Fox affiliate KTVI and NBC affiliate KY3 have reported that Cpl. Dennis Engelhard of the Missouri Highway Patrol was killed while assisting with an accident on I-44 in Eureka, Missouri. From Fox affiliate KTVI: From NBC affiliate KY3: Our thoughts and prayers go out to Cpl...

Follow Up: Proper Seat Belt Design Is Essential For Safety

Posted on December 24, 2009
I recently re-posted an earlier blog about wearing seat belts for winter driving safety: Buckle Up For Winter Driving Safety. This post reminded me of some of our seat belt defect cases and how important seat belt design is to overall safety. One of cases was featured on NBC news in Chicago during a feature discussing the auto industry's knowledge that lap-belt only seat belts were not effective in many crashes...

Buckle Up For Winter Driving Safety

Posted on December 24, 2009
Following the winter blast that recently blanketed most of the East Coast and the winter storm moving through the entire Midwest, I thought I would repost a blog from a few months ago reminding everyone to buckle up every time... but particularly during harsh winter weather...

UPDATE: Railroad Warned Before Deadly North Carolina Train Crash

Posted on December 24, 2009
Newsobserver.com has reported that Norfolk Souther railroad company had received 11 calls reporting problems with the railroad crossing where a young mother and her 5-year-old son were killed by an Amtrak train on Tuesday. EFLAND -- In the past year, Norfolk Southern received 11 calls reporting problems with the railroad crossing where a young mother and her 5-year-old son were struck and killed by a train Tuesday...

UPDATE: North Carolina To Review Railroad Crossing Safety After Deadly Train Crashes

Posted on December 24, 2009
NBC affiliate WNCN has reported that North Carolina officials will re-examine railroad crossing safety across the state after two deadly railroad crossing accidents -- one in Durham, NC and another in Efland, NC. Tuesday's fatal car/train accident in Efland is focusing renewed attention on grade crossing safety...

Sudden Acceleration: Toyota's History Of Covering Up Potential Safety Problems

Posted on December 23, 2009
The Los Angeles Times has reported that Toyota has a history of delaying recalls and attempting to blame its own drivers rather than fix known safety problems in Toyota vehicles. During a routine test on its Sienna minivan in April 2003, Toyota Motor Corp...

Malfunctioning Railroad Crossing Signals Cause Deadly North Carolina Train Crash

Posted on December 23, 2009
Several sources -- including the Associated Press, The Herald-Sun, and Fox News -- have reported that there has been another deadly Amtrak train crash in North Carolina. EFLAND -- Safety equipment intended to protect motorists from oncoming trains has been malfunctioning for years, residents and workers of this small town said following Tuesday morning's double fatality at the railroad crossing where Forrest and Mount Willing roads intersect...

Rapper Injured In Tractor Trailer Crash

Posted on December 23, 2009
A hip hop web site has reported that rapper Beanie Sigel was injured in a Baltimore, Maryland semi truck crash last weekend. Hip-Hop artist and Philly rapper Beanie Sigel who has been speaking on his side of the story with former friend and rival Jay-Z over the past few months, is stated to have been injured in a car accident in Baltimore over the weekend (Saturday, December 19) following a session at a recording studio...

Land Rover Announces 2010 Range Rover Recall

Posted on December 22, 2009
Sources have reported that Jaguar Land Rover North America will recall multiple models of the 2010 Range Rover for failing to comply with the minimum safety requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208. Jaguar Land Rover North America has announced that it is recalling certain models of the 2010 Range Rover vehicles for failing to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No...

UPDATE: Police Investigate Levasy, MO Train Crash That Injured Pregnant Woman

Posted on December 22, 2009
The Examiner has reported that police are attempting to reconstruct a Levasy, Missouri train crash that severely injured a pregnant woman and her husband. Eastern Jackson County, MO — Police are reconstructing the crash that sent two Sibley residents to the hospital Saturday afternoon, one of whom was nine months pregnant...

Truck Driver Helps Rescue Virginia Family

Posted on December 22, 2009
CBS affiliate WTVR has reported that Virginia State Police are crediting a tractor trailer driver for helping save father and two children involved in a car accident. Tractor-Trailer Driver Witnesses Crash and Saves Father and Two Children Thanks to an alert tractor-trailer driver, a father and his two children were rescued from a single-vehicle traffic crash Sunday night (Dec...

Safety Recalls - Including The Sudden Acceleration Problem -- Scars Toyota's Image

Posted on December 21, 2009
USA Today has reported that the Toyota sudden acceleration defect has tarnished the brand's image. LOS ANGELES — As carefully crafted brand images go, it's hard to beat Toyota's. Over a generation or so, Toyota (TM) built its reputation — and U...

Railroad Crossing Lights Keep Flashing, But There's No Train

Posted on December 20, 2009
The Detroit Free Press has reported of a railroad safety malfunction in Wayne County near the intersection of East Jefferson and Conner. These vehicles keep crossing this railroad-highway intersection as the malfunctioning crossing lights keep blinking...

Train Kills Ohio Student; Injures Second

Posted on December 20, 2009
The Associated Press and ABC television affiliate WTVG have reported that 15 year-old Cody Hill was killed and 16 year-old Briana Mullinger was critically injured when they were struck by an Amtrak train as they walked across tracks on their way to school...

Multiple Semi Truck Crashes Snarl The Paseo Bridge In Kansas City, Missouri

Posted on December 20, 2009
CBS News affiliate KCTV has reported that two tractor trailers have crashed along the same stretch of highway within two weeks on the Paseo Bridge. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Not just one but two semi crashes have happened in the past two weeks along a stretch of highway on the Paseo Bridge...

UPDATE: Pregnant Woman Hit In Train Crash Gives Birth

Posted on December 20, 2009
UPDATE: NBC News affiliate KSHB has reported that the pregnant woman critically injured in a Levasy, Missouri train crash has given birth. You can read my initial report of this story here. LEVASY, Mo. – A then-pregnant woman and her newborn were recovering Sunday night after the woman was seriously injured Saturday afternoon in a railroad crossing accident...

Father of Four Killed in Nebraska Semi Truck Crash

Posted on December 20, 2009
ABC news affiliate KETV has reported that Mark Wagner, a father of four, was killed when his vehicle was crushed by a tractor trailer that jackknifed on highway 92. Saunders County, Neb. -- A man who died Monday night in a Saunders County crash had just watched the birth of his fourth child six days before...

Two People -- Including Pregnant Woman -- Injured In Levasy, Missouri Train Crash

Posted on December 19, 2009
Several sources, including the Kansas City Star, Fox affiliate WDAF and NBC affiliate KSHB have reported that two people, including a pregnant woman were injured in a railroad crossing accident when a train crashed into their vehicle. LEVASY, Mo. -- A pregnant woman was life flighted to an area hospital Saturday afternoon after her car was struck by a train northeast of Kansas City...

Railroad Says Human Life Not Worth $6 million

Posted on December 12, 2009
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune is reporting that Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad now claims that human life is not worth $6 million. Did an Anoka County court overestimate the value of four young people's lives lost in a 2003 car-train crash when a jury awarded the surviving families $6 million apiece? Two months after a Washington County judge chastised Burlington Northern Santa Fe for a "staggering" pattern of misconduct aimed at covering up its role in the deaths of the four people in the collision at an Anoka crossing, the railroad filed four notices of appeal -- one for each victim's family...

More Details In Tragic Durham, NC Train Crash

Posted on December 11, 2009
CBS affiliate, WRAL, has reported additional details in the tragic railroad crossing accident that killed two young children. Durham, N.C. — Durham police on Thursday identified two brothers who were killed and their mother, who was injured, when an Amtrak passenger train hit their SUV near the intersection of Ellis Road and Angier Avenue early Wednesday evening...

Two Children Killed in Durham, N.C. Train Crash

Posted on December 10, 2009
Fox News and CBS affiliate WRAL have reported that two children were killed when an Amtrak train slammed into their vehicle. Two children were killed and their mother injured when a train and SUV collided Wednesday evening near the intersection of Ellis Road and Angier Avenue, according to Durham Police Department spokeswoman Kammie Michael...

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