Toddler Mauled to Death by Pit Bulls
A Connecticut toddler died on Friday after being attacked by pit bulls in an apartment in West Haven, police said. The 18-month-old child was laying on the floor in a bedroom of the third-floor apartment, when three pit bulls locked in another room escaped and attached the child. The toddler was pronounced dead by doctors […]
Train-Truck Crash Injures 40
A collision involving an Amtrak train and a semi-truck in Northern California injured 40 people on Friday, California Highway Patrol officials said. The accident occurred in Contra Costa County at around 7:15 p.m. on Friday after the driver of a semi-truck truck attempted to cross the tracks near Discovery Bay and was struck by a […]
Police Officer’s Death Blamed on Cleaning Products
A Chicago police officer’s death has been blamed on cleaning chemicals sprayed by the janitor at the Morgan Park District police station during morning roll call, according to the medical examiner’s report. The report concluded that 42-year-old Kevin Robinson inhaled fumes from an unidentified cleaning spray on March 7, and was hospitalized with breathing problems […]
Mother Sues Police Over Teen’s Breathalyzer Test
A Michigan woman whose teenage son was forced to submit to a breathalyzer test without a warrant in Livonia, Michigan, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the police department. The suit was filed on Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Tina Barbee and her son, identified only as A.B. […]
Scaffolding Collapses onto City Bus
A scaffolding fell from a two-story building onto a New York City bus in West Harlem Tuesday morning, injuring over a dozen people, police said. The facade of the building collapsed, causing the attached scaffolding, pipes and debris to fall onto the street below. Two of the injured were New York City police officers who […]
NTSB: Ban Cell Phone Use in Large Trucks
National Transportation Safety Board officials called for a ban on cell phone use by large truck operators in a statement released on Tuesday. The statement was made after an NTSB safety investigation determined that a March 2010 truck accident that left 11 people dead in Kentucky was likely caused by the truck driver using a […]
Air Traffic Control Errors on the Rise
A report released by the Federal Aviation Administration this week reveals an 81 percent increase in air traffic controller errors between 2007 and 2010. The data, released on Monday, involved errors that caused planes to fly too close to each other. The FAA attributes the increase to changes in the way errors are reported and […]
Two Injured in L.A. Jet Bridge Collapse
All of American Airlines’ jet bridges at the Los Angeles International Airport require inspection after a jet bridge collapsed on Wednesday, injuring two people. Airline officials are investigating the cause of the bridge collapse, which injured the pilot and a passenger of Flight 557 as they were disembarking a Boeing 737 arriving from Boston. According […]
Driver Dead, 4 Injured in Fuel Truck Explosion
The driver of a fuel tanker truck was killed on Saturday after he crashed into the median on Route 1 just outside Saugus, Mass., causing the fully-loaded tanker to explode, police said. Police do not know why the driver, 59-year-old Neal Michaud, lost control of the tanker at 2 a.m. Saturday morning. Six vehicles collided […]
Truck Driver Dead, 30 Injured in Truck-Bus Collision
The driver of a semi is dead after his truck rear ended a tour bus that was carrying 52 passengers from Welland, Ontario, Canada to New York, police said. Rescue crews say the bus and truck caught fire after the crash. A passing motorist, a soldier from Fort Drum, helped the passengers get off the […]