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Death. On September 13, 1899, at West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York City, Henry Hale Bliss, a 69-year-old local real estate dealer, was alighting from a south bound 8th Avenue trolley car when he was struck by the driver of an electric-powered taxicab (Automobile No. 43). Bliss hit the pavement, crushing his head and chest.
The cause of the accident was determined to be improper maintenance. [7] Investigation reports and discovery by the victim's attorney confirmed the fatal injuries occurred when the first passenger car collided with the underside of the locomotive. The derailment was the result of a mechanical failure that occurred because of omissions during a ...
The first time Vonciel Gray got behind the wheel of a car, Dwight Eisenhower was president. But despite a clean record with no accidents over the decades that followed, the 85-year-old knew three ...
In vehicle accidents, drivers and front seat passengers are at highest risk for facial trauma. [ 10 ] Facial fractures are distributed in a fairly normal curve by age, with a peak incidence occurring between ages 20 and 40, and children under 12 have only 5–10% of all facial fractures. [ 31 ]
Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to a 911 call about the major accident at the interchange of North Stemmons Freeway and the Dallas North Tollway about 2:30 p.m., the fire department said in a news ...
A woman was rescued from a tractor trailer Friday afternoon after an accident left it hanging from the side of the Second ... Truck hanging off Second Street Bridge in Louisville on Friday, March ...
Died in a car crash while on his way home from a band rehearsal. He lost control of his vehicle and hit a light post causing it to fall on him, crushing and killing him. Bella Bellow: 1945 1973 28 years Togolese pop singer car Togo: Vasile Belous: 1988 2021 33 years Moldovan boxer car Călărășeuca, Moldova: Jesse Belvin: 1932 1960 27 years ...
From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 14.97% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35.46%. The 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 62 years, since 1949. [5] For 2016, the NHTSA reported 37,461 people killed in 34,436 fatal motor vehicle crashes, an average of 102 per day. [6]