There is work to do in Greene County regarding the county’s fire and emergency communications departments, according to a report presented to the Board of Supervisors last week. Greene County is serviced by three volunteer fire companies: Stanardsville; Ruckersville; and Dyke. There is a county-operated rescue department which went into service in October 2020. The...Read More
Renee Grissom knew something was very wrong when she heard what sounded like an explosion on her home’s first floor around noon that day. Just out of the shower, the Leawood resident stepped downstairs, and then she saw it: broken trim, glass everywhere. Someone had kicked in her front door and, for all she knew,...Read More
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The driver of the fire truck that overturned near Powerline Road and Palmetto Park Road ran a red light and was broadsided by an oncoming pickup truck that didn’t yield, according to the crash report just obtained by BocaNewsNow.com. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office says Fire Rescue Driver Samuel...Read More
MORGANTOWN W.Va. — A Monongalia County emergency medical technician was stabbed Tuesday afternoon while transporting a patient to the hospital, according to a criminal complaint. David Lawrence Bandy, 30, of Jourdanton, Texas, was initially found unresponsive in a vehicle and was being transported by ambulance to Mon Health Medical Center for treatment. During transport, the medical personnel said Bandy unbuckled...Read More
Today, Friday around noon there was a crash involved a tractor trailer and a medical transport unit. It happened on I-95 in the Westwood (near Boston) area. Reports are there were ejections and entrapment. Multiple resources assisting including a medical helicopter. State police said multiple people were removed from the Brewster wheelchair transport vehicle and...Read More
In April, a Tesla Model S crashed in The Woodlands, Texas, after the speeding driver failed to negotiate a turn and jumped the curb. The car then hit a drainage culvert and a raised maintenance hole before being stopped by a tree, according to an investigation report by the National Transportation Safety Board. At that...Read More
