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No one killed when Interstate 5 bridge collapses into river in Wash.
Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a “big puff of dust.” “I hit the brakes and we went off,” Sligh told reporters from a hospital,...
Tags: Jay Inslee, Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Industry, Hospitals and Clinics
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Pilot killed in crash at Westminster airport
Maryland State Police and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash of a small plane Friday morning that killed a pilot at the Carroll County Regional Airport in Westminster. Police said 64-year-old Henry Judkins of Rockville...Tags: Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Disasters and Accidents, Maryland State Police, Transportation Industry, Air and Space Accidents
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One person killed after plane strikes radio tower, crashes in W.Va. forest
One person was killed when a small plane struck a radio tower in Coopers Rock State Forest and crashed, authorities said Friday. Monongalia County Sheriff Al Kisner confirmed the fatality but couldn’t say whether anyone else was on board at the...Tags: Radio Industry, Entertainment, Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Industry, Forestry and Timber
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Authorities: One dead in W.Va. plane crash
One person was killed Friday when a plane apparently affiliated with a Montana oil and gas company struck two West Virginia Public Broadcasting towers near Coopers Rock State Forest and crashed. Monongalia County Sheriff Al Kisner and other officials...
Tags: Natural Resources, Disasters and Accidents, Federal Aviation Administration, Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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NTSB, law enforcement trying to put the brakes on distracted driving
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comIt's an image that can shoot fear through your nervous system. That oncoming car headed straight for you is manned by an absent-minded driver, head tilted slightly downward, intent on sending that next text message. Gone are the days of leisurely...Tags: Laws, Telecommunication Service, Disasters and Accidents, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Transportation Industry
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Martinsburg air show to fly again
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comThe 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard will host an air show and open house again next year at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport south of Martinsburg. The 2012 Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Air Show and Open House will be held...Tags: Entertainment, Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Industry, Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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I-5 bridge collapse survivor: 'You hold on'
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust." "I hit the brakes and we went off," Sligh told reporters from a...
Tags: Jay Inslee, Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Industry, Hospitals and Clinics
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Idea to cut BAC limit fuels talk
South Bend TribuneLowering the threshold for what is considered impaired driving is a good idea on principle, a host of local and state officials said. Whether any such lowering of the threshold becomes reality in Indiana, however, is far less certain, they said. The...Tags: Government, Politics, Mike Pence, Executive Branch, Transportation Industry
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Getting drunken drivers off road
From the St. Louis Post-DispatchWhen bundled with a host of other suggestions aimed at curbing drunken driving, the National Transportation Safety Board's proposal that state governments should reduce the allowable blood-alcohol concentration to 0.05 percent is reasonable. If the...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Transportation Industry, Bill Clinton, Highway Transportation
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A sober approach to drunk driving
In its new report on how to reduce drunken driving deaths, the National Transportation Safety Board states its goal in the title: "Reaching Zero." The agency thinks it is irreproachable to try to ensure that no one ever dies in an alcohol-related...
Tags: Drunk Driving, Transportation Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
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Commute Should Be Back To Normal This Morning As Wreck Site Is Cleared
The Hartford CourantMetro-North and Amtrak said their trains will run normal weekday schedules on Wednesday morning, for the first time since a Metro-North train derailed near the Fairfield border on Friday and crashed into a train on the adjacent track. Regular service...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Transportation Industry, Grand Central Terminal, Amtrak
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Damaged trains being removed from wreck site
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said. Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan...
Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Disasters and Accidents, Waterbury, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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