Two men were killed in a dispute over a load of firewood they had just delivered on February 10, 2021, in Parkville, Missouri. On the night of the shooting, investigators say the shooting suspect, who was not identified, went home and then contacted police. Charges had not been filed in the ongoing investigation. Kalob Lawson, […]
Two people were injured in a crash involving an overturned aerial-lift truck on February 4, 2021, in Santa Rosa, California. Firefighters with the Sonoma Valley Fire District had to extricate at least the driver from the truck. One patient was flown to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with moderate to major injuries, while the other was […]
A driver was seriously injured when an aerial-lift truck owned by a tree care company crashed and overturned on January 29, 2021, in Warrick County, Indiana. The wreckage had to be cut away to get the driver out of the truck. The driver had minor injuries. A tow truck was called in to get the […]
An aerial-lift operator performing line clearance along a roadway escaped injury when his lift truck fell on its side on January 22, 2021, in Montgomery County, Texas, on the north side of Houston. The tip-over was caused by muddy conditions, coupled with the load-side outriggers being set on the edge of a drainage ditch. The […]
Two drivers suffered minor injuries after a tree-service aerial-lift truck flipped over on Interstate 95 in Warwick, Rhode Island, on October 3, 2020. The truck took out the center guardrail just north of Route 117, and also hit a Jeep. Both drivers were taken to Rhode Island Hospital with non-serious injuries. Traffic was backed up […]
