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Norway Naval Officer Found Guilty of Negligence in Oil Tanker Collision

OSLO –– A Norwegian naval officer was found guilty on Monday and sentenced to a two-month suspended jail sentence for negligence leading up to the 2018 collision between a warship he commanded and an oil tanker in which the military …

Texas Freight Train Collision Injures 2, No Hazmat Onboard

CHICO, Texas (AP) — A train collision and subsequent derailment injured two rail employees in Texas, according to a company official. A Union Pacific freight train collided with an unoccupied train that was parked on a siding around 7 p.m. …

Oil Spills and Near Misses: More Ghost Tankers Ship Sanctioned Fuel

LONDON –– An oil tanker runs aground off eastern China, leaking fuel into the water. Another is caught in a collision near Cuba. A third is seized in Spain for drifting out of control. These vessels were part of a …

4 Killed when 2 Small Planes Collide over Florida Lake

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — A pilot and and a 19-year-old student pilot were among four people killed when two small planes collided in midair over a central Florida lake, sheriff’s officials said. A Piper J-3 Cub seaplane and a …

Why are Accident Reconstruction Experts Always Looking for Dash Camera Videos?

The use of dashcams in vehicle accident reconstruction for insurance claims has become increasingly popular in recent years. Dashcams, or in-car cameras, are devices that record video and audio from inside a vehicle and are typically mounted on the dashboard …

New 1994 Ferry Disaster Report: No Collision, No Explosion

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — There is no indication that either a collision or an explosion caused the 1994 sinking of a ferry in the Baltic Sea in one of Europe’s deadliest peacetime maritime disasters, the accident investigation boards of Estonia, …

Two Historic Aircraft Collide at Veterans Day Show in Dallas

DALLAS (AP) — Two historic military aircraft collided and crashed Saturday during an air show in Dallas, exploding into a ball of flames and sending black smoke billowing into the sky. It was not clear how many people were on …

Coast Guard: 13 Rescued from Sinking Vessel off Virginia

NORFOLK, Virginia (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard, a crew of scientists and others launched an air and sea mission to rescue 13 people, including a child, from a fishing vessel just moments before it sank in darkness early Friday …

Military Man Charged in Fiery Anchorage Crash that Killed 2

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A member of the military charged with manslaughter in a fiery crash in Alaska that killed two people told authorities he was so drunk, he didn’t remember driving, according to charging documents. Matthew Davis, 23, also …

Ariz. Supreme: Even Multiple Negligent Acts not Enough for Punitive Damages

The Arizona Supreme Court Tuesday reversed a ruling that allowed the family of the victim of a fatal crash to pursue punitive damages against a trucking company, reasserting its holding in a 1986 decision that negligent acts alone are not …