Advanced Search
Date:
Tuesday, March 4, 2014Area:
Hartford & New Haven, CTA car driven by a 37-year-old woman from New Britain crashed into a construction site Tuesday morning on Trout Brook Drive, north of Farmington Avenue, police said.
The driver, Ewa Pedzich, and two construction workers sustained minor injuries in the 10:54 a.m. crash, police said.
The construction crew was in the southbound lanes on Trout Brook Drive. They work for a company contracted by the Metropolitan District Commission.
Date:
Tuesday, February 25, 2014Area:
Charlotte, NCPolice in Hickory say a woman was killed when she wrecked her car after driving off from a traffic stop.
Police report that 39-year-old Crystal Annette Jones Port of Morganton was killed Wednesday night after her car crashed into a crane at a construction site in Long View.
According to police, an officer stopped Port near an intersection shortly after 11 p.m. When the officer asked the woman to turn off her engine and step out of the vehicle, she sped away.
Date:
Tuesday, February 25, 2014Area:
Indianapolis, INA crash involving three trucks shut down the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 in Hendricks County Wednesday morning and injured a construction worker.
The crash happened at the 66 mile marker, near State Road 267. Indiana State Police dispatchers said westbound lanes were shut down around 10:10 a.m. They reopened around 11:45 a.m.
ISP officials also said an Indiana Department of Transportation truck was involved in the wreck. The truck was in the area to fill potholes and a worker was hit by a vehicle, suffering minor injuries.
Date:
Sunday, February 23, 2014Area:
Houston, TXAn accident that left two men dead is being investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Maverick Drilling, the company the men worked for.
The two oil field workers were electrocuted Monday when they were struck by a fallen electrical line in far southwest Houston, authorities said.
A crane apparently hit the line about 2:30 p.m. in a field along the 16800 block of Blue Ridge near FM 2234, near Fort Bend County.
Paramedics gave the men CPR as an ambulance rushed them to Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, officials said, where they died.
Date:
Wednesday, February 5, 2014Area:
Hartford & New Haven, CTInterstate 95 South is closed near exit 93 in North Stonington because of a crash involving a Department of Transportation vehicle.
Crews were patching potholes on the highway when a minivan entered the work zone at a high rate of speed and crashed into one of the DOT trucks, according to a department spokesperson.
At least 3 people were seriously injured, according to state police.
Date:
Wednesday, February 5, 2014Area:
Boston, MAVermont State Police say that Interstate 91 southbound is open again in Brattleboro, Vt.
The interstate had been closed at Exit 3 southbound at about 10:15 a.m. Thursday due to a tractor trailer accident. The vehicle was off the roadway in a construction zone. Police say the tractor trailer has been removed.
The road was reopened at about 11:20 a.m. Traffic had been diverted at Exit 3.
The driver of the tractor trailer unit wasn’t hurt.
Date:
Monday, February 3, 2014Area:
Boston, MAA long-time Natick town employee was killed and a second town employee was injured Tuesday night while both were participating in the emergency repair of a water line, an incident that was witnessed by four co-workers and a Natick police officer on a paid detail, officials said.
Date:
Sunday, February 2, 2014Area:
Buffalo, NYA man who was driving the wrong way on the Niagara Thruway for several miles early Monday morning and then struck a roadside construction crane is facing charges of drunken driving, according to Lewiston Police.
Douglas P. Pytlik Jr., 32, of Linwood Avenue, North Tonawanda, was charged with felony driving while intoxicated and reckless driving.
Date:
Thursday, January 30, 2014Area:
Baltimore, MDA contracted highway worker was killed Friday afternoon in an accident on the inner loop of Interstate 695, just prior to Interstate 795 in Baltimore County, according to police and highway officials.
The worker, who has not been identified, was doing preliminary work for an upcoming State Highway Administration project in the Pikesville area when the collission occurred about 2 p.m., said a SHA spokeswoman.
The worker is an employee of a private contractor hired by the SHA to conduct the work, Burnette Edgar said.
Date:
Sunday, January 19, 2014A 55-year-old construction worker was killed Monday morning at a job in Windsor Township, York County.
Police identified the victim as Benedict Todt, of Gardeners, Adams County.
Todt was working at the Red Lion Water Authority pumping facility at 500 Gebhart Rd. when the accident happened around 11 a.m.