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The family of a former West Virginia University student has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit after their son’s fraternity “brothers” waited two hours before calling 911 after he fell at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house. Read this post to learn why Bloomberg.com called Sigma Alpha Epsilon “The Deadliest Fraternity in America.”

Commercial Truck Driver Kills Seven Motorcyclists, Injures Three More A 23-year old man has been taken into custody and has been charged with seven counts of negligent homicide following a horrific accident involving this young man and 10 motorcyclists on a New Hampshire highway. The now-incarcerated man was driving a truck, with a trailer in tow, over the weekend of June 22 and 23, 2019. According to preliminary reports from investigators, the man diving the truck who is now facing…

Seven Dead Following New Hampshire Motorcycle, Truck Crash Police: Truck driver’s license should have been suspended weeks before A recent multi-fatality accident in New Hampshire is yet another reminder of what state and federal safety agencies have stated time and time again: when a highway accident involves a motorcycle and any other vehicle, the motorcyclist is at a far greater risk of serious injury, or even death, than is the other driver. Thus, we have a duty to be particularly…

Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Fire, Injures Four The largest oil refinery and gasoline production facility on the east coast was on fire this morning after being rocked by a series of explosions in the early morning hours of the first day of summer. Early reports in the local news media say that four employees suffered minor injuries that did not require transport to area medical facilities. Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that air samples taken in the immediate…

Pre-Dawn Philadelphia Refinery Explosion Rocks Surrounding Neighborhood Explosions and a substantial fire at the largest refinery on the Eastern Seaboard roused area residents from their sleep at about 4:00 in the morning. According to officials with Philadelphia Energy Solutions, the operator of the refinery, the fire started in a vat of butane. A series of explosions followed the start of the blaze, resulting in flames shooting skyward and a thick plume of potentially toxic smoke arching above the massive refinery…