The Rev. James Cowell of Walker ran over and killed a man with his truck three weeks ago. While police said the man dove in front of Cowell’s truck at the last second, making the accident unavoidable, Cowell, 46, says …
The number of fatalities on North Dakota roads this year has surpassed last year’s total, with 1 1/2 months still to go. Highway Patrol Lt. Jody Skogen tells The Bismarck Tribune that through Tuesday, 125 people had died on North …
There were fewer highway fatalities in September than there were during the same month last year. The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety reports there were 46 fatal accidents last month, a decrease of 11 from September 2010. Of the fatal …
Eighty-seven on-duty firefighters from 31 states lost their lives as the result of 83 fatal incidents that occurred in 2010. Fifty-six of those who died were volunteer, not career, firefighters. This is the second consecutive year the number has gone …
The number of workplace fatalities in Virginia last year fell to the lowest level since the state began reporting such data in 1992. The Virginian-Pilot reports the number of fatalities fell to 104 from 119 in 2009. The state Department …
Between 2007 and 2009, civilian fire casualties in residential buildings accounted for 81 percent of all fire fatalities, according to a report released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) examining characteristics of civilian fire fatalities …
Wisconsin has already matched the 18 watercraft-related deaths reported last year and the summer isn’t even over. Jeremy Cords, a safety expert with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, tells the Green Bay Press-Gazette that too few life jackets and …
The number of traffic fatalities on Alaska highways is up from last year. The Department of Public Safety said that as of Monday, there had been 40 fatalities, nearly a dozen more than at the same time each in 2009 …
Safety officials say the number of fatalities in Tennessee during the Fourth of July holiday continues to decline. The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security announced Monday that early estimates indicate seven people were killed in traffic crashes during …
The tornado that raked Joplin, Missouri, on Sunday was the deadliest single twister in the United States since 1953, putting 2011 on pace for a possible record year for tornado fatalities, U.S. weather experts said Monday. Here are facts and …