Despite New York City Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero program, which was implemented to prevent traffic fatalities, the streets recently claimed another victim only two blocks from the site where a 9-year-old boy lost his life in January. His death was the impetus for...
Month: July 2014
Tracy Morgan, 3 others file suit in deadly motor vehicle accident
New York native and comedian Tracy Morgan has filed a lawsuit in New Jersey's U.S. District Court along with three other plaintiffs against corporate behemoth Walmart over the June 7 wreck on the New Jersey Turnpike. That accident killed a member of Morgan's entourage...
Girl, 3, killed in accident with security gate
New York residents likely heard about the tragedy that occurred last month in Philadelphia when a 3-year-old girl was killed by a heavy security gate that fell on her. She and her mother were at Rita's Water Ice in north Philly when the metal gate detached from the...
Fatal construction site accident occurs at billion-dollar plant
A recent fatality at a manufacturing plant for computer chips in Malta temporarily halted construction while the death was investigated. The spokesman for GlobalFoundries issued a news release confirming a fatal accident had occurred at the $8.5 billion site, but the...