On November 11, 2014, an accident between a Minnesota State Trooper and Rogers police officer was caught on camera. Both officers were responding to a jackknifed semi-truck when yet another semi-truck hit both of the vehicles. The road was covered in ice at the time of the accident. Both officers were not seriously injured, thoughRead More
In Portland, Ore., John Brennan has come to be known as “Sir Godiva” and the “Naked American Hero,” a motto emblazoned on T-shirts, mugs and beach totes featuring Brennan clothed in a beard, a pair of glasses and pretty much nothing else.
An accident that took place on a highway exit ramp a few hours before the Redskins’ game against the Minnesota Vikings left one player injured and the coach, Jay Gruden injured with whiplash.
Take a look at the accident reports provided by the Minnesota State Patrol and you’ll start to see a pattern. A driver overcorrects and rolls into a ditch, another driver drifts out of his or her lane and loses control of the vehicle when he or she tries to correct the error.
On October 16, 2014, two vehicles collided while going westbound on Highway 10. Gene Schimmele of Baxter, Minnesota, who is 58 years old, suffered non-life threatening injuries as a result of the accident. The name of the person killed has not been released in order to give law enforcement time to contact the family. TheRead More
According to CBS Minnesota, a 55-year old Crosby man was recently killed when his vehicle rolled over in Aitkin, Minnesota. The accident took place on highway 169. The man was driving a Chevy Silverado and was carrying one passenger who sustained non-life-threatening injuries. While the Minnesota State Patrol investigates the crash to determine its causes,Read More
U.S. Highway 8 runs east-west, connecting Interstate 35 in Forest Lake, Minnesota to U.S. 2 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The highway extends as far down as Minneapolis and is touted as connecting the city to the countryside. Yet, Fox News 9 recently reported that the last 22 miles of the highway are particularlyRead More
On Sunday, September 14, a tragic crash in Minnesota left two people dead and four injured. Of the four people injured, two were children.
In the Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Labor, Hilda Solis writes that every year, 3.3 million people suffer injuries on the job. Some of these people may never recover from their injuries. Solis explains that these are “preventable tragedies that disable our workers, devastate our families, and damage our economy.”
According to the CDC, in 2009, over 2.3 million people went to the ER because they were involved in a motor vehicle crash. The CDC further reports that the economic impact of these kinds of accidents is immense. These accidents cost drivers and passengers over 70 billion dollars.