A worker at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysberg, Pennsylvania was hurt when he was struck by a roller coaster during a testing for the new attraction.
Knoebels reported that the employee was part of the crew testing the new Impulse roller coaster, getting it ready for opening day next…Read More
At 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, rescue crew was called to a Butler County construction site to save a man who was trapped in a trench off Marburger Road in Forward Township, Pennsylvania. A worker was trapped up to his waist in dirt nearly 10 feet down, surrounded…Read More
A fatal propane explosion at Hickory Hills mobile home park in Moore Township, P.A., claimed the life of resident William Neith, 65, over a year ago. Recently, it has been uncovered that miscommunication between the agency that owns that mobile home park and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), the commission…Read More
The Principal at a Boone County high school in West Virginia was arrested on Friday after allegedly having sex with two students.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court, Garth Emil Mock, the principal at Van High School, is charged with sexual abuse by a…Read More
A fiery car crash in Antrim Township, Pennsylvania has claimed the lives of three people this past Easter Sunday. Holidays are often the busiest and most dangerous days to travel throughout the year. Tragically, this past holiday weekend was no different. At 11:15 a.m, Raymond E. Beck, age 49,…Read More
On Thursday, March 12, 2015, Emergency medical personnel in Lancaster County, P.A., were called to the Four Seasons Produce Inc., for reports of two people injured in a forklift accident. According to Lancaster County emergency dispatches, the responders were called at 9:35 a.m. to the Four Seasons produce, located…Read More
Danny S. Wellman, a father from Beckley, West Virginia, has sued Ford Motor Company and a local dealership, blaming them for the wrongful death of his son, Jarred Wellman in car accident in 2013.
On February 12, 2015, Danny, administrator for Jarred S. Wellman, filed a lawsuit in Wyoming Circuit Court…Read More
Monongalia County Mining Fatality Was An Accident—Federal Investigation Cites Roof Anomaly as Cause
On March 10, the Federal Mine Health and Safety Administration released its findings from its investigation into the Monongalia County mining accident that killed 49-year-old Raymond Savage.
The tragedy, which occurred at the Crawdad No. 1 Mine in Maidsville…Read More
Alex Spaulding and his wife, Judy Spaulding, are suing Rockspring Development Inc. for the development of a lung injury. Alpha Appalachia Services Inc. and Maxxim Shared Services are also defendants named in the lawsuit. The couple file the complaint in Wyoming Circuit Court on March 18, 2015.
The complaint filed states…Read More
At 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, a rescue crew was called to a Butler County construction site to save a man who was trapped in a trench off Marburger Road in Forward Township, Pennsylvania. A worker was trapped up to his waist in dirt nearly 10 feet…Read More
