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A construction worker's body has been recovered after the bulldozer operated by the West Tennessee man toppled backward off a cliff at a job site and plunged into 25 feet of murky water earlier this month. The fatal work accident took place on July 10, and resulted in the death of 64-year-old Joe D. Trevathan, an experienced bulldozer operator who...
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Summer is in full swing, and adults and children throughout Tennessee will be taking advantage of private and community swimming pools for a break from the heat and humidity. Unfortunately, not everyone who will get in a pool this summer will be an expert swimmer, and swimming pool users are being advised to use extra care around the water this...
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A technician at the Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, was killed last weekend, marking the second fatal accident to take place at the vehicle assembly plant in just two months. According to Nissan spokesperson Justin P. Saia, 43-year-old Michael Hooper, a maintenance technician who had worked for Nissan for 21 years, was killed at about 1:30 a.m. on June 16,...
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The Tennessee Claims Commission recently placed some of the fault on the state in the tragic car accident that resulted in the death of 18-year-old Shipley Buckner in 2010. The three commissioners assigned 37.5% of the comparative fault to the state, while the driver of the vehicle involved in the collision was assigned 47.5% comparative fault, and Buckner herself was...
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According to a recent analysis of state and federal data by the National Safety Council, car accident deaths involving drivers that were on the phone at the time of the crash are significantly underreported. As a result of inaccurate reporting, the problem of distracted driving appears less serious than it actually is and hinders efforts to win passage of tougher...
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The state of Tennessee saw more than 1,000 motor vehicle accident deaths in 2012, a significant increase from the rate of fatalities recorded the previous year. Despite efforts by local and state authorities to reduce the risk of fatalities caused by traffic accidents in Tennessee, there were 72 more deaths on roadways across the state in 2012 than in 2011,...
