November 8, 2011
A motorcycle stunt rider has died from injuries suffered during practice for an exhibition at Texas Motor Speedway. Jim McNeil was taken by helicopter to Fort Worth hospital, where he was pronounced dead, track spokesman Mike Zizzo said. The 32-year-old …
November 4, 2011
One worker is dead and another is missing after they were apparently overcome by fumes while working on a sewer line in North Texas, emergency officials said Thursday. Fairview fire Chief Dick Price said the dead man’s body was found …
November 1, 2011
A federal report says the thriving curbside bus industry, which is based on cheap fares, has a fatal accident rate seven times higher than other types of interstate bus operators. The report released Monday by the National Transportation Safety Board …
October 31, 2011
A woman is in hospital in critical condition and another was seriously injured after a seat broke off an octopus ride at a Bremen carnival and skidded into a safety railing. Police said Friday that the exact cause of the …
October 24, 2011
A high-speed catamaran ferry has slammed into a mooring pillar outside Hong Kong, injuring more than 70 people, including a 70-year-old woman who is in critical condition. The ferry was carrying 140 passengers Friday when it struck the pillar on …
October 21, 2011
Officials at Fort Bragg say there were no serious injuries in a parachute accident earlier this week. The Fayetteville Observer reported a special operations soldier hurt Tuesday appears to have escaped serious injury. A second soldier was taken to Womack …
October 21, 2011
Portland, Maine’s two-year-old fireboat has sustained damage after striking an underwater object. Fire Chief Fred LaMontagne tells The Portland Press Herald that the accident happened last weekend while “The City of Portland IV” was on a navigational training run on …
October 20, 2011
A 68-year-old Coffeyville man has died after losing control of an all-terrain vehicle and crashing into an area of dense trees. KOAM reports Howard Sylvester Homer was an inexperienced rider who is believed to have been riding at a high …
October 19, 2011
Six people have been hospitalized following an early morning accident between a tour bus and a tractor-trailer in a suburb north of New York City. State police say the driver of the Trailways bus and five passengers were taken to …
October 18, 2011
The death of seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt led to sweeping safety improvements in NASCAR, which has not suffered a fatality since. Now, 10 years after Earnhardt’s death shook all motorsports series to its core, IndyCar has been devastated by …