The family of a 91-year-old woman who died a week and a half after falling on a train station platform sued Amtrak on Wednesday, saying she was knocked to the ground by the force of a passing Acela Express train. …
Authorities say several vehicles have been damaged after glass fell from a broken 44th story window of a downtown Austin skyscraper. Police are trying to determine what led the glass to fall around 10 p.m. Tuesday from the Austonian residential …
Police say the death of a 47-year-old man who fell from his docked boat in the northwestern Lower Peninsula was an accidental drowning. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports toxicology tests found that David Boekeloo’s blood-alcohol level was nearly three times …
Police say a Connecticut worker has died after falling up to 60 feet at a Stamford construction site. Stamford police Capt. Richard Conklin said the man, who is in his 30s and from Danbury, was working on a roof at …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Grenada, Miss., company for 26 safety violations and has proposed penalties of $113,400. OSHA officials say in a news release that the penalties against Grenada Stamping and Assembly Inc., doing business …
Authorities say a 68-year-old handyman fell to his death from atop a four-story apartment building in Little Havana. Miami Fire-Rescue spokesman Lt. Ignatius Carroll says the man was near the ledge and appeared to be installing weather stripping when he …
Police say a teenager was hospitalized with internal chest injuries after falling from a fire escape at a fraternity house on the University of Idaho campus. Moscow Police Chief David Duke says the 19-year-old was climbing a fire escape ladder …
This could make the family Thanksgiving a bit uncomfortable. A Detroit-area man is suing his in-laws after falling through their garage attic while hunting for a Christmas wreath. The Michigan appeals court has reversed a decision by an Oakland County …
Authorities say they’re investigating the death of a man who apparently fell off the top floor of an Albany hospital’s parking garage. Police and fire crews responding to an emergency call from a hospital worker around 9:30 a.m. Monday found …
State workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a construction worker who fell from the roof of a home in unincorporated Tiburon and struck his head. Authorities identified the man on Wednesday as 53-year-old Gabriel Vasquez of San Rafael. …