photo courtesy Shutterstock The bodies of six French climbers were found on Mont Blanc in the Alps Wednesday, just a day after the group ran into inclement weather and went missing on Europe’s highest peak. Five of the climbers were found when rescue teams swept in on Wednesday, while the group’s guide was [...]
A workplace injury is an illness or injury that arises as a result of or in direct relation to an employee’s job. Such injuries and illnesses can occur under a range of circumstances in various working environments from offices and factories to bars and restaurants. As an employer, regardless of the location of your workplace, [...]
A rogue gust of wind has blown away Blenheim cyclist Ray Dunstan's hopes of a world title - at least for the time being. Just over a month ago, the 54-year-old veteran was in superb shape, poised to ride for gold at the UCI World Cycling Tour finals in Slovenia after coming off victory in [...]
Cost of medical reports will be drastically cut in the UK in a bid to limit false whiplash insurance claims The price of medical assessments for people that claim to have suffered whiplash in car accidents will be cut in England and Wales in a bid to reduce false whiplash claims. An initial medical report [...]
The news occurs about workplace accidents with numbing regularity. Perhaps numbness is a way to cope with realities too awful to contemplate. All we want to know, usually, is that the victim was no one known to us. June 23 — The 22-year-old construction worker from Baghdad died when he toppled from the 28th floor [...]
Friends draped arms across one another’s shoulders and swayed as they listened to Forrest Allen sing. Some joined in softly, not wanting to drown him out. Some blinked back tears. They never expected him to survive the accident. They knew the effort it took that afternoon for Forrest to sing each note — just audible, [...]
Actress Billie Piper is believed to have been involved in a car accident with a 16-year-old cyclist. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: ’Police were called to Goods Way, King’s Cross, by the London Ambulance Service at 15.56hrs on Tuesday, July 29 to reports of a road traffic collision between a motor vehicle and a cyclist. [...]
A Christmas present from his mum and dad turned out to be the gift of a career for Sheffield-born actor Matt Thorpe, who is on stage in West End hit show Jersey Boys. Matt said he got into showbusiness “by total accident. I wanted to be a sports psychologist or a sports physio. I never [...]
A Virginia mother has filed a $1 million suit against Trimper's Rides and Amusements in Ocean City claiming a ride left her young son with a traumatic brain injury. Raffinee McNeill, of Accomack County, filed the personal injury claim in U.S. District Court on July 23. According to the court filing, her son and his [...]
A 64-year-old woman was struck by a car during a zombie walk Saturday evening near the site of Comic-Con International 2014, according to local California station Channel 5 KTLA news. Initial reports claimed that the driver and his family, who are all deaf, had lost their composure due to the walkers who, dressed up as zombies, starting [...]