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Deadly Bayport Container Terminal Crane Accident Kills Worker A worker at the Bayport Container Terminal was killed in an incident involving a crane before dawn on Friday morning. Although the investigation into his death has only begun, the terminal worker appears to have been crushed or otherwise fatally injured in a vehicle he operated during the process of loading a container onto a ship. The victim has not been identified pending notification of his family members. The man was operating…

Accident at Pasadena (TX) Shipping Terminal Leaves Worker Dead KXXV-TV has reported that a worker at the Bayport Container Terminal in the Houston suburb of Pasadena. The details of the accident are not yet available, and the following reconstruction is based on news media coverage of the accident. On the morning of Friday, February 21st an unidentified worker at the Bayport Container Terminal was operating a truck known as a “mule” to deliver loaded shipping containers from a warehouse to…

Three Killed in 1-115 Bus Crash A bus operated by a Los Angles County-area Executive Lines, Inc. ran off a rain-slickened section of I-115 in northern San Diego County and overturned late Saturday morning. According to the California Highway Patrol, 3 people were killed and 18 more were injured in the accident whose cause is still under investigation. According to news media sources, the bus had departed the Los Angeles County area earlier Saturday morning and was enroute to Tijuana…

Former Fraternity President Found Guilty of Sexual Assault Ari Goldstein, the former president of the Temple University chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, has been convicted of felonious attempted sexual assault and two related misdemeanor charges following a jury trial in Philadelphia. Goldstein was acquitted of similar charges involving another woman. Both women were also students at Temple when the assaults allegedly occurred inside Goldstein’s room in the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house on the Temple campus in Philadelphia…

College Campus Parties, Drugs, and Death: “Prescription” Meds Laced with Fentanyl Hit Colleges Nationwide We see fairly frequent media reports about college students being seriously injured and even killed in hazing incidents. Unfortunately, college and university students are exposed to serious risks outside of the Greek system as well. For example, there are college sanctioned events as well as activities sponsored by school approved organizations in which mind-altering substances are available, including a potentially deadly combination of drugs. During the…