A nineteen-year-old girl has died, and several are injured after they were crashed into by a vehicle that left the roadway in West Mifflin.
The accident occurred early Sunday morning around 3:46 a.m. at the intersection of Lebanon Church Road, Buttermilk Hollow and MacArthur roads.
The at-fault driver drove off the road and crashed into the side of the victims’ car while it was stopped at an intersection.
Police report that three women were in the...Fatal Crash in West Mifflin Leaves One Dead and Several Injured
A nineteen-year-old girl has died, and several are injured after they were crashed into by a vehicle that left the roadway in West Mifflin.
The accident occurred early Sunday morning around 3:46 a.m. at the intersection of Lebanon Church Road, Buttermilk Hollow and MacArthur roads.
The at-fault driver drove off the road and crashed into the side of the victims’ car while it was stopped at an intersection.
Police report that three women were in the...
Six children and one adult were injured after they were thrown from a “spooked” camel at the Shrine Circus in Pittsburgh.
The accident occurred during intermission when children can ride the camels and ponies.
It is not certain as to what scared the camel and made him buck and throw the individuals off.
Five children were transported to Children’s Hospital with minor injuries. One child was taken to UPMC Mercy with a fractured...
Doctors are seeking to ban infant walkers after a 14-year-study showed more than 230,000 children were taken to emergency rooms for injuries due to walkers.
Most injuries occurred in children between seven and ten months old.
74 percent of injuries occurred due to falling down stairs with the walker. Over 90 percent of those injuries were to the head and neck.
In 2010, the Consumer Product Safety Commission placed a federal mandatory safety standard...
With cold weather on the way, slip and fall accidents will be on the rise. When the outside conditions become icy and wet, trying to avoid a fall can be quite difficult. Each year, accidental slip and falls cause thirty thousand serious injuries and twenty thousand deaths.
Poor or careless maintenance of sidewalks, parking lots and roads can quickly become dangerous for pedestrians.
Below are a few steps you should take after being involved in a...
Nine people are killed each day in the U.S due to distracted driving. It is now one of the leading causes of death in an accident. Talking on your cell phone, texting or surfing the internet are all examples of distracted driving.
Fortunately, something is being done to help avoid these accidents from happening. Applications (Apps) for smartphones have been created to prevent texts, calls, emails and more from distracting the driver.
Below are four...