According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) the auto manufacturer Mazda, is recalling 58,000 2015-2016 Mazda 6 models due to a defective circuit that could cause the airbags to deactivate and power assisted steering to fail.
The recall comes 21 months after Mazda was informed of the problem.
On December 1, 2015, Mazda received a report notifying them of the issue. Eight days later they fixed the issue on their assembly lines....
One man has died in an accident that occurred at an Amazon warehouse in Pennsylvania. The young man was accidently ran over by a truck as he was assisting the driver with the truck’s trailer. The county coroner said the young man suffered multiple traumatic injuries...
A multi-vehicle accident on the Parkway East has left several injured. The accident involved a tanker truck and three vehicles and occurred near Bates Street in Oakland on the Parkway East. One of the vehicles became trapped under the tanker truck and the driver had to be extracted from the vehicle. Pennsylvania State Police and Pittsburgh paramedics responded to the accident scene and shut down the Parkway East for over an hour to clean up and investigate...
Two men have died and four others are injured after a pipe ruptured in a Beaver County power plant. Pennsylvania State Police report that the two workers who died were inside a pit while the others who were injured were standing above the pit. While underground, a pipe ruptured causing sludge to enter the pit. The pit is roughly 20-50 feet deep. The workers who were above the pit were then struck with toxic gas. All the workers involved were then flown to...
The German auto manufacturer, Volkswagen, has issued a recall on 281,000 of their CC and Passat sedans and wagons due to a stalling risk. The recall involves the 2009-2016 CC and the 2006-2010 Passat all with four-cylinder engines.
The manufacturer says the stalling risk is due to a failing fuel pump. The fuel pump’s control computer can lose power which would then stop gas from flowing to the engine causing it to stall. It can also cause...