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Driverless utopia? Not so fast

Posted on: August 1, 2015. Category: Drunk Driving Accidents

Computers don't smoke marijuana. They don't text their friends either. Nor do they get sleepy, experience road rage or go out drinking and causing car accidents. Those are some of the reasons why researchers from a variety of technology companies, carmakers, universities, governments and other entities are racing to develop driverless vehicles.The fierceness of the competition was felt here when erstwhile partner Uber reportedly hired 40 researchers from Carnegie...

Investigation: Trucker fatigue main cause of Tracy Morgan crash

Posted on: August 1, 2015. Category: Truck Accidents

Pittsburgh fans of comedian Tracy Morgan breathed a sigh of relief when the "30 Rock" star survived a truck crash a year ago. But the accident took a heavy toll: Tracy was critically injured and fellow comedian James McNair was killed. National Transportation Safety Board investigators said truck driver fatigue was the main cause of the accident. The Walmart trucker had been awake for more than 28 hours at the time of the wreck on the New Jersey Turnpike....

GM Recalls Hummer Models due to Potential Burn Injury

Posted on: July 1, 2015. Category: Product Liability

On Wednesday, July 8, General Motors (GM) announced that they are recalling Hummer SUV models due to an overheating fan. The defective fan has caused three people to be burned already. The recall affects nearly 200,000 Hummer models. This includes the 2006- 2010 Hummer H3 and 2009 and 2010 H3T models. The part that controls the heating and cooling fan's speed can overheat when used for long periods of time. The overheating has caused nearby plastic parts in...

IKEA Begins Nationwide Repair Program to Fix Tip-Over Hazard in Dressers after Two Children Died

Posted on: July 1, 2015. Category: Product Liability

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) along with IKEA North America, have begun a repair program that will fix the tip-over hazard in IKEA chests and dressers. Two children died after dressers tipped over on them. The models include their MALM three and four drawer chests and two styles of the MALM six drawer chests. The repair program also includes any IKEA adult dressers and chests that are taller than 29 ½ inches and children's dressers and...

Latrobe Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash in Washington Township

Posted on: July 1, 2015. Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents

On July 22, 2015, early in the morning, a motorcyclist was killed in a head-on collision on Route 366 in Washington Township. A Chevrolet pickup truck that was driving east on Route 366 veered into the opposite lane and hit the motorcycle head-on. After the impact, both the pickup truck and motorcycle ran off of the road and over an embankment. The motorcyclist died at the scene of the accident due to the severe impact of the crash. The driver of the pickup...

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