Federal prosecutors have agreed to settle a criminal probe into General Motors for concealing an ignition switch defect linked to at least 124 deaths. Under … Crimes without criminalsRead more
Accident
Posted inAccident / Bicycle / Media / ToMl / Transportation
Car drivers without helmet
Oscar-award winning actor Gene Hackman was hit by a pickup truck on his bicycle in the Florida Keys. The incident was covered widely by the … Car drivers without helmetRead more
Posted inAccident / Transportation
Road Accidents
369,629 people died on America’s roads between 2001 and 2009. Transport data mapping experts ITO World have taken the official data from the National Highway … Road AccidentsRead more
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Explosion at Marcoule
The first and most important thing to remember about Monday’s explosion at the Marcoule nuclear facility in southern France is that one man was tragically … Explosion at MarcouleRead more
Posted inAccident / Fukushima / Multimedia
Entering the radiation zone
Ian Thomas Ash, originally from New York, is a freelance documentary filmmaker who has lived in Japan for 10 years. When the magnitude-9.0 earthquake hit … Entering the radiation zoneRead more
Posted inAccident / Chernobyl / ToMl
25th Anniversary of Chernobyl Catastrophe
It was 25 years ago when a deadly explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the former Soviet state of Ukraine led to what … 25th Anniversary of Chernobyl CatastropheRead more
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Alabama Nuclear plant on Backup Power
A nuclear power plant in Alabama went without power on Wednesday when massive storms hit the South but officials say that it will be weeks … Alabama Nuclear plant on Backup PowerRead more
Posted inAccident / Oil / Spill / ToMl
Nightengale Island oil spill
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Ujb-_qIeA] Until March 17 when the freighter Oliva ran aground and spilled approximately 1,500 tons of fuel oil onto the shores of Nightingale Island, the … Nightengale Island oil spillRead more