A blind man is suing his close friends after he fell out of a window at their home while trying to find the bathroom.Mark Pollock, 39, from Dublin, has been left in a wheelchair after suffering a ‘catastrophic spinal injury’ as a result of the 25ft fall onto a patio.Mr Pollock, who is the first blind [...]
Most road accidents involving tractors in seven European countries involved vehicles older than 12 years, according to statistical analysis by the EU-wide machinery association CEMA Some 56% of all road accidents with tractors resulting in injury (and 69% of all road accidents with fatal injuries) happen with tractors which have been in use for more [...]
Google says one of its self-driving car prototypes has been involved in an injury-causing accident for the first time. In the collision, a Lexus SUV that the tech giant had outfitted with sensors and cameras was rear-ended in Google’s home city of Mountain View, California, where more than 20 prototypes have been self-manoeuvring through traffic. [...]
Damien Duff signs for Shamrock Rovers Damien Duff wants to make his Shamrock Rovers debut on August 7 – against the club he rejected.The Republic of Ireland legend is targeting the Dublin derby with St Pat’s Athletic at Tallaght Stadium.And Mirror Sport can reveal how Duff set his heart on Rovers as far back as [...]
Alanna Casement ripped an artery when she landed on top of the bike and the handlebar gouged into her leg.The 12-year-old suffered massive blood loss in the aftermath of the crash on a wooded trail in Castlewellan Forest Park in Co Down, Northern Ireland, last July. Without the response of her friend’s dad Raymond Rice, [...]
Last August, this lovely couple got married in Hungry Mother State Park, Virginia. They paid for it all, took pictures, and went on their honeymoon. Then a traumatic car accident erased the bride's memory of the whole event, even the fact that she was married in the first place. Almost one year later, her husband [...]
Officials said nine people suffered minor burns during an accident at an Independence Day holiday fireworks show in Colorado on Friday night. Virginia Egger, the town manager in Avon, said a malfunction caused a fireworks shell to explode in its tube rather than firing into the sky. She said the misfired shell caused a rack [...]
This is the moment a fraud investigator confronts three pioneers of one of Britain's newest 'crash for ready cash' scams. The confident fraudsters can be seen trying to hide their faces as the camera approaches. Neil Thomas, director of investigative services for Accident Exchange and APU, uploaded this footage to his Twitter account. The video [...]
Airline crew members from several different British airlines have launched personal injury claims against their employers claiming they have been poisoned by contaminated cabin air. At least 17 former and current cabin crew staff who believe they are suffering from Aerotoxic Syndrome have today launched civil cases against their airlines, according to Unite the union.Aerotoxic Syndrome is [...]
Kristy Preece had just cleared the Ferry Boat Pub in Runcorn in Cheshire. The shift on May 24th, 2010, had been difficult – mainly because of two abusive customers called Brian and Sandra. Ms Preece, a shift manager, had been threatened with a cane. Not unreasonably, she asked the elderlies to leave the pub. Under protest, they [...]