March 4, 2015
It’s an effort that even the bill’s sponsor acknowledges is poor timing. Just two days after a 75-vehicle pileup injured at least 17 people in the state, lawmakers in Maine are considering legislation that would allow adults to opt out …
June 13, 2013
Twenty-six vehicles slammed into each other during a sandstorm in rural Northern Nevada, killing one person, seriously injuring several others and sapping already-thin emergency resources, officials said. Humboldt County sheriff’s dispatchers called in virtually every medical, law enforcement and fire …
December 27, 2012
A trucking company involved in a deadly 35-vehicle pileup on the Long Island Expressway has a blemished safety record. Newsday reports that Jewell Transportation Inc. has been cited at least 23 times for unsafe driving since 2011. Federal transportation records …