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Houston music festival Astroworld has turned into a mass-casualty event with ten people dead and hundreds of others injured. The music festival, set to take place over the course of the weekend at NRG Park, was cancelled after a crowd surge occurred on Friday November 5th, injuring many festival attendees….
Despite the fact that distracted driving collisions are entirely preventable, they remain the fourth leading cause of nonfatal injuries, as well as the second leading cause of death for adolescents. According to accident statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 400,000 people were injured in distracted driving accidents in…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has enacted a new rule requiring that state licensing agencies revoke commercial drivers’ licenses within 60 days of a drug violation. The FMCSA crackdown was enacted to address a regulatory loophole for drug and alcohol violations. Per the previous legislation, truck drivers with substance…
Climate change has been a major issue for years, with experts and civilians alike working to fight it. But in recent years, a new aspect of our global environmental crisis has begun to unfold: abandoned oil sites. The Environmental Protection Agency reported that there are roughly 3.2 million abandoned oil…
A recall has been issued for the Chevy Bolt EV, particularly for the electric battery for several thousand 2017-2022 models. The batteries have been found to be a fire risk, with several vehicles having caught fire while parked. With more than 110,000 batteries affected by the recall and each battery…
Self-driving technology is a modern marvel. But Tesla, known for bringing self-driving vehicles to the public, is under fire for recent updates to their self-driving systems that has been known to make a myriad of mistakes. A recent report from Consumer Reports shows that people are concerned that Tesla’s full…
Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder that occurs when the neurons in the part of the brain that controls movement begin to die, impairing the person’s ability to move. It’s estimated that 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease each year, with the average age of onset being 60. In…
Being in a car accident can be overwhelming. The force of the impact and the stress of the incident can leave those involved in a state of shock, causing people to make major mistakes — especially if they’ve never been in a car accident before. If you are in a…
Trucking has long been an integral part of the American economy. The U.S. Census stated in 2019 that more than 3.5 million people were employed as truck drivers nationwide, making it one of the most popular professions in the country, and the American Trucking Association estimated that registered trucks traveled…
The coronavirus pandemic has created innumerable ripple effects that continue to affect the country, as well as the world. But as the pandemic comes to an end and Texans beginning to resume their commute, another epidemic is putting them at risk: car accidents. Preliminary data based on the first five…
