Three construction supervisors and a subcontractor were indicted Monday on manslaughter charges in the 2007 deaths of two firefighters at a skyscraper that once housed Deutsche Bank at ground zero. The charges cap a 16-month investigation that exposed numerous failures by … [Read more...]
The daughter of a Waterbury (CT) woman who died in a 2007 fire is suing the city's fire department and the man charged with starting the fire. The daughter of 45-year-old Gaytrie Seegolam also is suing the Bradley Gardens condominium complex, where Seegolam was killed in a … [Read more...]
This morning, in Anne Arundel County (Maryland) an engine company was blocking a crash scene in I-295 near I-195. The road conditions were really bad with black ice being a problem as well. Several civilian vehicles, losing control, struck fire apparatus as well as a … [Read more...]
Around 2130 hours last night, (Saturday) Fire-EMS personnel from Delaware City (DE) were operating at a motorcycle crash on Delaware's busy highway, Route 13. While treating the initial patient, a FD EMT was suddenly struck by a passing car-and then the driver of that … [Read more...]
One of Santa’s helpers was injured yesterday afternoon when a New Jersey car crashed head-on into the ambulance he was driving. Glenn Vitrone, 51, was traveling in a detail escorting a Santa handing out candy and talking to children in town when his ambulance was … [Read more...]
Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy exits a Smart car that the city police department bought at a deep discount. As a test, it will be used to patrol the Hudson Mall. As longas he keeps the FIRE DEPARTMENT out of his sites. Good for routine duty? Sure. Good for fire/emergency … [Read more...]
In a plea agreement, an ambulance driver pleaded guilty this past Thursday to killing two men in a Sept. 23, 2007 crash. Shanea Climo, 22, allegedly was driving under the influence when she crashed her ambulance into another vehicle on Route 19 in Marshall Township. Douglass … [Read more...]