Valley Center, California Man Killed at Work after Getting Caught in Machinery

Manuel Moreno, of Valley Center, California had worked at the Evergreen Nursery in Oceanside, California for more than twenty years, most of those on the same piece of equipment. His primary responsibility was to run a machine that sorts soil. Despite his years of experience, however, Moreno was somehow pulled into and killed by the…

Santa Cruz County, California Employee Killed at Work by Wood Chipper

Henry Silva, Sr. was clearing brush outside Watsonville, California with a Public Works Crew when he was somehow pulled into the wood chipper he was using and killed on the job. Silva, 61 years old, had worked for the department since 1969. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Co-workers learned quickly about the incident…

Riverside, California Woman Killed by Metrolink Train

A Metrolink commuter train struck and killed Debbie Ann Schwartz as she walked along the tracks near the Casa Blanca section of Riverside, California. Ms. Schwartz died at the scene. No one on board the train was injured. However, this was not the first fatal train accident to take place in Riverside. In April of…

Australian Woman Decapitated by Flying Debris from Commercial Lawnmower

A half a world away from Orange County, California, an Australian woman was killed in what can only be called a freak lawn mowing accident.  The forty two year old Queensland native was walking past an empty lot that was being mowed by a private contractor on a commercial lawnmower. It appears that the mower…

California Fair Worker Loses Leg in Roller Coaster Accident

A worker at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California lost his leg to a carnival ride on the fair’s opening day. Officials say the man, who was not the ride operator, opened a safety gate and stepped in front of the “Wacky Worm” roller coaster. He was struck by the ride and his leg was…

Greyhound Bus Crash in Fresno, California Leaves Six Los Angeles Bound Passengers Dead

Witnesses are saying it’s amazing that more people weren’t injured or killed in a Greyhound bus accident that occurred just outside of Downtown Fresno, California. As of this writing, six people were dead and another nine were seriously injured. The bus was carrying 35 passengers from Sacramento to Los Angeles along Route 99 when it…

Three Killed and One Injured by Steel Coil Falling off Truck on Orange County, IN Highway

Driving down the highway is a safe experience for the majority of people on the road. But carelessness on the part of commercial trucking companies can all too often put other drivers at risk of injury or death. That was the case in Orange County, Indiana recently, where police are saying that the steel coil…

Road Debris Kills Driver, Injures Two Passengers in North Carolina

William “Alex” Williamson, a 59 year old Virginia Department of Forestry employee, was driving his SUV with three passengers when an unidentified metal object glanced off the highway and crashed through the windshield of his car, striking him in the head. Alex was struck unconscious, and the front-seat passenger struggled for the next five miles…