A Prescott, Wisconsin, woman died February 17 after she plowed her pickup truck into a private residence, breaking the home’s natural gas line and causing an explosion that destroyed the house. The home’s residents were not injured.
In a February 2007 trial, the Borough of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania was found negligent by a jury in the July 2001 injury of Joleen Sider. A 130-pound cross-bar fell on Sider as she was sitting in a swing set at a Waynesboro park.
The U.S. Secretary of Transportation urged motorcycle riders at an industry trade group meeting on Friday to wear helmets, and called on dealers to offer free or discounted helmets with the purchase of a motorcycle.
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