Trucking and Transportation—Recent News Stories

Plane Crash in New Jersey Kills Two

Legal news for New Jersey Aviation Accident lawyers –The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board probe a fatal plane crash in New Jersey.

Cape May, NJ (NewYorkInjuryNews.com) –- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) www.faa.gov and state police investigate a traumatic plane crash that killed a father and his son Saturday, November 14, 2009, announced the Star-Ledger.

Investigators reported that the aircraft had just taken off from...

Plane Crash Kills Two in Louisiana

Pineville, LA (AHN) - Two people are dead after two small planes collided in midair over the woods in Pineville, La. Saturday.

Two other people were taken to a local hospital, according to local media reports. Witnesses said the planes lost control when they flew too close to each other.

The planes were single-engine Cessna 150s. The accident happened at about 2:30 p.m.

The accident is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration and the...

Vehicle Crashes Increase in Fall Due to Wildlife

Collisions between deer and vehicles are on the rise. According to State Farm Insurance, wildlife accidents have risen 19 percent in the past five years in Colorado.

The State Farm study shows human and deer population growth have led to more confrontations between vehicles and wildlife. Its data shows 2.4 million collisions between deer and vehicles occurred in the U.S. during the two-year period between July 1,2007 and June 30, 2009. To put it another way, an accident happens on...

New Safety Recommendations Underway From Helicopter Crash

As federal investigators continue their search for the cause of a medical helicopter crash in South Carolina last week, there is renewed concern about an industry that has grown rapidly in recent years, and the safety of the emergency flights.

The crash near Georgetown on Friday killed all three people on board and occurred three weeks after federal safety officials called for more steps to minimize the risk of such accidents.

Last year was the deadliest on record for...

Defects on Train Lead to Deadly Crash

Although Metrolink safety lapses drew national attention last year when 25 people were killed in a head-on collision with a freight train, many more have died from commuter trains hitting automobiles and pedestrians.

Over the 15 years leading up to the deadly crash in Chatsworth, accidents involving trains running on Metrolink's system killed 218 other people, according to a detailed examination of accident records by The Times. Through September 2008, the number killed on the...

Place Crash in Florida Leaves Four Dead

Legal news for Florida aviation accident attorneys. A plane crash killed three family members and a family friend.

Federal Aviation Administration alerts Florida aviation accident attorneys- A plane crashed in the Florida Everglades while coming home from a UF Gator football game.

West Palm Beach, FL—A twin-engine plane, carrying four people, crashed in the Florida Everglades while coming home from a University of Florida (UF) football game. The fatal plane crash...

Halting Texting While Driving for Driver Safety

Fowlerville High School sophomore Jessica Lloyd has learned the inherent dangers of texting while driving the hard way, but not by her own doing.


Lloyd, 14, was on a stopped school bus in late January when a driver — later found to be texting at the time — rear-ended the bus with a truck.

Since January, Lloyd has had a bulging disc in her back and endured four weeks of physical therapy. The lower-back pain recently resurfaced, this time worse than before.

Train Crash In Boston Leaves Several Hurt

DEVELOPING: Several people were injured Tuesday in a slow-speed commuter train collision at Boston's South Station.

The accident happened about 9:15 a.m. when a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority train struck a barrier as it was coming into the station.

The train was entering at a "very slow rate of speed" when it hit the rubber bumper, MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said. He said some people were waiting to exit the rail car and fell after the collision.

Pilot Walks Away From Plane Crash

Small plane crashed last month at Teterboro Airport

National Transportation Safety Board investigators said a Spring Township pilot overshot a runway and crashed into a sign during an attempted landing at Teterboro Airport in northern New Jersey last month.

The NTSB has released a preliminary report of the Aug. 21 accident. Witnesses said the plane, piloted by George Maddox, flew over the runway at low altitude before overshooting it and striking a sign and tree before...

Plane Crash in Georgia Kills 2 Executives

Two long-time executives with the Seminole Tribe of Florida and Seminole Gaming were killed in a small plane crash on their way back home from a business meeting this week.

Killed were Robert F. Moreland of Miramar, the vice president of information technology operations, and passenger Michael Villanueva of Boca Raton, director of facility coordination.

The two had been attending a meeting with a business vendor in Montgomery, Ala. and were on their way...