One person was killed as the result of an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Geismar, La. on June 13 The Times-Picayune reported that 77 people were taken to the hospital with injuries. Louisiana State Police identified the …
Authorities say a central Ohio insurance lawyer was killed when he fell through the roof of a storm-damaged building he was inspecting. The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office said 44-year-old Michael Anthony Sway died on May 23 when the roof of …
Relatives of an 88-year-old Indiana woman who died after being attacked by another nursing home resident say the home’s owners lied about her injuries. Betty Riley’s family filed a complaint with the Indiana Department of Insurance against the Marion County …
The driver of an oil field truck has been charged with negligent homicide for the death of a 95-year-old woman who was killed when she drove into a length of pipe that protruded behind the rig. Authorities on Friday arrested …
A boiler that was being brought back online after maintenance exploded at an oil refinery in Wynnewood, Okla., killing one worker and injuring another, Garvin County’s sheriff said Sept. 29. Billy Smith, 34, of Pauls Valley, died in the blast …
An employee fatally stabbed a co-worker Thursday at a Chrysler factory in Detroit and then fled to a city park where he killed himself, police said. The stabbing was reported around 8 a.m. at a Chrysler plant that makes the …
A recently divorced executive accused of mishandling employees’ insurance funds fired on police at his home in a wealthy Detroit, Mich., suburb, killing one officer and precipitating a 20-hour armed standoff that ended with the suspect dead in a weapons-strewn …
A state appeal court has reversed itself, ruling that a Bossier City, La., taxi cab company owner can be held personally responsible for the death of a 12-year-old Stonewall boy allegedly killed by a cab driver. The 2nd Circuit Court …
A Chicago law firm is suing Megabus on behalf of the estate of a 76-year-old Chicago woman who was struck and killed by one of the company’s buses. Attorneys filed the lawsuit on Aug. 10 in Cook County Circuit Court …
A Milwaukee, Wis., plant supervisor was gunned down while meeting with a disgruntled employee who then killed himself, but police said they don’t yet know what specifically sparked the shooting. George Hites, 58, of Milwaukee, was shot multiple times about …
