New York Governor Says Limo That Crashed Shouldn’t Have Been on the Road
The supersized limousine that crashed and killed 20 people outside a country store failed a safety inspection last month and shouldn’t have been on the road, and the driver wasn’t properly licensed,...
View ArticleGas Blasts Near Boston Linked to NiSource Unit’s Work Orders
A series of explosions that rocked several towns north of Boston, Mass., last month has been linked to work orders given to a crew replacing aging natural gas pipes, according to federal safety...
View ArticleCalls for New Regulation Mount as New York Limo Crash Victims Mourned
The day after a mourning community said last goodbyes to eight of 20 victims of a limousine crash – four sisters and four other relatives – the Senate’s top Democrat called on federal regulators to...
View ArticleNTSB: Texas Driver’s Drug Use Led to Deadly Church Bus Crash
A motorist’s use of marijuana and a sedative led to a collision with a church bus that killed 13 people on the bus, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released on Oct. 16....
View ArticleOfficials Say Plane Broke Apart Before Long Island Fatal Crash
Federal transportation officials say a plane that crashed off Long Island earlier this month, killing all three people aboard, had broken up before hitting the water. Newsday reports the National...
View ArticleUtility to Miss Deadline for Restoring Gas After Massachusetts Explosions
The utility involved in a series of natural gas explosions and fires in three Massachusetts communities last month acknowledged Friday it would not meet its original Nov. 19 deadline for restoring gas...
View ArticleLast Year’ Fiery Iowa Derailment Caused by Broken Rail, Poor Repairs
Federal investigators determined that a broken rail caused the fiery 2017 train derailment in northwest Iowa that released 322,000 gallons of ethanol. The National Transportation Safety Board has ruled...
View ArticleCriminal Investigation of NiSource Launched Over Massachusetts Gas Explosions
Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation of utility company NiSource Inc over gas explosions and fires in three Massachusetts communities that killed one person and injured at least...
View ArticleOne Man Killed, Another Injured in North Georgia Plane Crash
A plane crash in north Georgia left one man dead and another injured. Gainesville police say 68-year-old Robert Carlisle Alberhasky of Cumming, who was believed to have been the pilot of the small...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Committee Holding Hearing on Massachusetts Natural Gas Incident
U.S. senators are holding a hearing in Lawrence, Mass., to review the response to the September natural gas explosions that rocked Merrimack Valley communities. The Senate Committee on Commerce,...
View ArticleInvestigators: Driver Fatigue Contributed to Deadly 2016 Texas Bus Crash
A bus driver with “acute sleep deficit” failed to stay in his lane and caused his vehicle to careen out of control, resulting in a wreck that killed nine people and injured nearly 40 others in 2016,...
View ArticleMassachusetts Lawmakers Eye Action on Natural Gas Safety Bill
Top Statehouse Democrats say they’re hoping to pass legislation aimed at improving natural gas infrastructure safety before the end of the year. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker filed the bill. On Monday,...
View ArticleJudge Seeks to End Standoff Over NTSB Access to Crashed Limo in New York
Federal safety inspectors went to court to remove a roadblock in their investigation of a limousine crash that killed 20 people nearly four months ago. Schoharie County Judge George Bartlett heard...
View ArticleNational Transportation Safety Board Investigating Worker Death in Maryland
Federal officials are investigating after a railroad worker was killed at a Baltimore, Md., railyard. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Keith Holloway said by telephone that a Norfolk...
View ArticleNTSB: Ohio Medical Helicopter Made ‘Sharp Left Turn’ Before Fatal Crash
An Ohio medical helicopter on its way to pick up a hospital patient made “a sharp left turn” before a crash that killed three people including the pilot last month, according to a preliminary federal...
View ArticleDropped Thermos May Have Been Behind Deadly 2017 New York Bus Crash
A dropped thermos wedged between the brake and accelerator pedals of a charter bus may have been behind a 2017 crash in Flushing, New York, that killed three people, U.S. transportation investigators...
View ArticlePolice Say Two Killed in Plane Crash at Massachusetts Airport
Massachusetts State Police say two people have died after a small plane crashed and caught fire at Mansfield Municipal Airport. Saturday’s crash occurred at about 12:36 p.m., according to the state...
View ArticleSearch Continues for Remaining Body at Texas Plane Crash Site
Authorities have been searching a bay off southeast Texas for clues about what caused a Boeing 767 cargo plane carrying Amazon packages to nose-dive into the shallow water, killing all three men on...
View Article2 Fatal Tesla Crashes in Florida Trigger Federal Safety Investigations
U.S. authorities are investigating a fatal Tesla Inc. Model S crash in Florida last Sunday that killed the driver and caused a massive fire, the second fatal Tesla crash in the state this week being...
View ArticleNTSB: Second Black Box from Doomed U.S. Cargo Plane Found in Texas Bay
Searchers combing a shallow Texas bay have recovered the second of two flight recorders from a cargo plane hauling Amazon packages that crashed last week, the National Transportation Safety Board said...
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