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Ice Rink Roof Collapses Under Weight of Snow, Adults and Children Escape Injury
Snow caused a major roof collapse at an ice skating rink in Canton, Massachusetts. The rear third of the Metropolis Skating Rink collapsed without caused...
Subway Doors Opened on Wrong Side Amid Numerous MTA Service Problems
On Thursday, December 11, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) experienced a massive subway meltdown stranding thousands of commuters and even endangering some of them....
Construction Worker Killed by Tape Measure That Fell 50 Floors
A man died at a New Jersey construction site after a tape measure fell 50 stories and hit him on the head. Gary Anderson, 58,...
Pedestrian Construction Worker Dies After Truck Hits Him on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Construction worker Alex Shell died after being struck by an asphalt delivery truck on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, reported SILive (10.29.14). Shell, 61, was a contractor working on the bridge....
David Perecman Joins Lawmakers Pushing for Expanded Recall of Defective Airbags
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration put out a major recall notice on October 20 for defective airbags and urged people whose cars are equipped...
Viral Video “Exposing” Racial Profiling Of Muslims By NYPD Revealed To Be Hoax
A viral video allegedly exposing a New York Police Department racial profiling incident was put online on October 19 and received more than 200,000 views...
World’s Fastest Ambulance Is Introduced In Dubai
Dubai introduced the world’s fastest emergency response vehicle at Gitex Technology Week as part of a “smart government” program being developed by the United Arab...
Train Collision Injures Dozens on Fall Foliage Tour
Forty-four people were injured after a passenger train and a freight train collided in the Ozarks about 130 miles northwest of Little Rock, Arkansas. The...
Mercedes-Benz Self-Driving Truck Could Prevent Accident Injuries and Fatalities
Mercedes-Benz unveiled a semi-truck called the Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025. Incredibly, it drives itself on the highway. The self-driving truck’s technology could eventually help decrease...
Woman Killed After Crashing Car, Question Of Whether She Was Racing
A woman was killed in a crash in Everett, Washington. Jourdan Bradley, 24, was allegedly racing her Corvette in the northbound lanes of I-5 at...