The week of July 12th a 48-year-old pilot of a Bell Helicopter, model 212 died near Evansburg, Alberta while battling a wildfire according to Canadian media. Subsequently, the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an emergency directive requiring inspection of main rotor components on Bell models 212, 204, and 205 helicopters. The investigation conducted…
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A recent limousine accident claimed the lives of 20 people when the limousine’s brakes failed. A young man rented a limousine for his wife’s 30th birthday. The plan was to pick up their friends and drive them all to a nearby microbrewery. As they were driving down a hill, the limousine’s brakes failed, causing it…
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In June of 2018, Jesse Henson was sent to the Jeffrey Energy Center power plant to investigate a steam release at the plant. When Henson reached the floor that he was to be working on, he was immediately engulfed in boiling, superheated steam that burned his flesh and ultimately killed him. After his death, investigations…
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On July 31, 2021, Lewis “Andy” Taylor of the Austin Police Department passed away due to serious injuries he sustained a few days earlier in a motor vehicle accident. Officer Taylor was responding to a major motor vehicle accident in Austin, Texas, when an 18-wheeler failed to yield the right of way to Officer Taylor…
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It was the middle of the day on Saturday, August 7, 2021, and a Houston motorcyclist was enjoying a weekend cruise. Meanwhile, 35-year-old Christopher Lawrence Baulch had been drinking and was out driving in the Pasadena area. Around 3:55 p.m. at the intersection of South Shaver Street and Wald Street in Baulch and the rider…
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Last week, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) filed a lawsuit against an elevator manufacturer for issues involved in several childhood deaths and injuries. Subsequently and days after the suit was filed, a 7-year-old boy was killed in a home elevator after his neck was crushed after getting caught between the elevator’s moving inner accordion…
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On or about March 30, 2019, a Galveston County man was walking south on the improved shoulder of the 1800 block of Highway 3 in Dickinson, Texas when a woman driving a Ford F150 swerved off the road, into the shoulder, and struck Decedent. At the time of the collision, the female driver was under…
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In June of 2021, a 57-year-old man was operating an all-terrain vehicle (“ATV”) in his own neighborhood when it crashed into a curb, launching the man from his ATV and onto the road. Firefighters and paramedics arrived at the scene and took the man to the hospital; however, medical efforts failed and the man died…
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