Accidents & safety articles
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Edinburgh pupil Thomas Wong's tragic death: Golf club takes safety measures following accident
One of Edinburgh’s top golf clubs is taking measures to increase safety after the tragic death of a primary school pupil on a road nearby. Thomas Wong, 11, died after he was struck by a bin lorry in Whitehouse Road in Barnton as he cycled to Cramond Primary School. The collision occurred on March 1 as the bin lorry exited from the car park of the world's oldest golf club, the Royal Burgess Golf Club (RBGC), on to the main road. RBGC has now removed a large hedge in a bid to increase visibility...
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GM-owned robot taxis will be on the roads again with human safety drivers following a pedestrian-dragging accident and a $1B budget cut
Cruise suspended operations in October when one of its Chevy Bolt autonomous electric vehicles dragged a San Francisco pedestrian roughly 20 feet after a hit-and-run.
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Huntsville Center emphases safety leading into June's National Safety Month
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – With June's National Safety Month quickly approaching, employees from U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (Huntsville Center) expanded their safety knowledge by taking the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10 training course to improve understanding of safety measures for a variety of scenarios.