MEC&F Expert Engineers : 06/13/15

Saturday, June 13, 2015

12-YEAR-OLD CHILD KILLED IN A ZIPLINE ACCIDENT AT YMCA CAMP CHEERIO IN GLADE VALLEY, NC







JUNE 11, 2015

GLADE VALLEY, NC

A 12-year-old child from Wilmington died Thursday in a zipline accident at YMCA Camp Cheerio in Glade Valley, according to camp officials.

The name of the female victim has not been released, Camp CEO David Ozmore said. She was on a one-week stay at the camp and he said camp pickup was Saturday at 10 a.m.

The Wilmington camper had come to the camp before, and Ozmore said it was her third or fourth summer going to Camp Cheerio.

"We are reviewing all protocols," Ozmore said. "We are going through our crisis plan and working with our staff and campers to make sure they are OK."
The zipline, which goes over a trail, has been in operation for two years and operates on dual lines.

"We think those lines got tangled," Ozmore said.

The camp has never had a problem with the zipline before, he said, adding it has gone through several summer, spring and fall programs without fail.

He said that in the 60 years YMCA Camp Cheerio has been in operation, no tragedy of this nature has occurred.

"It's just shocking," Ozmore said. "Camp is a magical place and you never think anything like this would happen. It would happen somewhere else, but not here."

He said the day had been emotional and tears were shed at the staff and camp meetings. The parents of the child flew in from Wilmington shortly after the incident, he said. Then as part of protocol, parents of campers who shared a cabin with the victim were notified and a general email was sent to all camp parents.

By Friday, camp was back to normal for hundreds of children, though the zip line remained closed as officials investigate exactly what happened.

Alleghany County Sheriff Bryan Maines said his heart goes out to the child's family, as well as camp workers and emergency responders that went to the scene.

The 135-acre camp serves boys and girls ages 7-15. An all-girls camp was taking place this week, according to an online schedule.

Man Dies After Sailing Accident in Lake Michigan



 A 56-year-old man died after an accident on a sailboat in Lake Michigan, police said.
A 56-year-old man died after an accident on a sailboat in Lake Michigan, police said. 
 



JUNE 13, 2015

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
A 56-year-old Armour Square man died after an accident on a sailboat in Lake Michigan, police said.

Around 12:45 p.m., Luke G. Condich was on a sailboat five miles from shore when he struck his head and fell into Lake Michigan, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Condich, of the 3200 block of South Wells Street, was pulled out of the water by Chicago Police Department's Marine Unit, and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where was later pronounced dead at 1:26 p.m., police said.

Further information was not unavailable.

Great America theme park worker, rider hurt on Flight Deck roller coaster accident





  June 13, 2015

SANTA CLARA, Calif. 

Two people were injured in a roller coaster accident at California’s Great America, including an employee.

A worker was struck in the head Friday night on Flight Deck, a roller coaster where the riders’ legs hang freely.

Both people were taken to the hospital.

Their injuries are not considered life-threatening.

Pedestrian killed after being struck by two vehicles. Second driver left the accident scene



KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WZZM)

Police are looking for the driver in a hit and run accident that left a man dead.

 The victim was crossing the street when he was struck by two vehicles near the intersection of Mills and Lake in Kalamazoo.

It happened at around 11pm Friday. According to Kalamazoo Public Safety Officers, the driver of the first vehicle stopped. 

The victim was then hit again by another vehicle. That driver stopped, got out, then got back in and drove away.

 Police describe that driver as a white man. He was driving a white or off-white SUV.

Chicago's CTA to improve new driver training after pedestrian death. New drivers work part-time and are assigned the most difficult routes because of seniority rules!!


 







JUNE 13, 2015

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
 
The Chicago Transit Authority plans to beef up its driver training following a recent pedestrian death.

Fifty-one-year-old Aimee Coath of Flossmoor died after being struck by a bus that initially stopped at a Michigan Avenue red light but then went through the signal. The bus hit several vehicles during the evening rush hour on June 2.

The 48-year-old driver had worked nine months for the CTA. He was issued two traffic citations by police.

Transit Authority President Dorval Carter Jr. told the Chicago Tribune that the current five-week training program for newly hired drivers will be expanded by one week.

New drivers work part-time and are assigned the most difficult routes because of seniority rules. Many work split shifts in the mornings and evenings, with lengthy breaks in between.

2 Injured When a dump truck and a box truck collide head-on in Shelby Co., Ohio



Dump truck, box truck collide in Shelby Co. photo
A box truck was hit head-on by a dump truck on state Route 47 at Wones Road, east of Port Jefferson, June 11, 2015.
 
SALEM TWP., Shelby County, OHIO

UPDATE @ 6:33 p.m. June 12:

A dump truck driver swerved to avoid striking a car in the rear, but instead slammed head-on into a box truck around 9 a.m. Thursday along state Route 47, according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

The dump truck, a 2006 Kenworth driven by Douglas Winger, was headed west on state Route 47 when a car slowed to make a right hand turn onto Wones Road. Winger swerved left of center and struck a 2008 Chevrolet box truck driven by Bruce Whaley. Both trucks went off the south side of the road, preliminary investigation shows.

Whaley was trapped in his box truck for more than an hour before he could be freed. He was taken by CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. He remained a patient there this evening, but his condition was not available.

Winger was taken to Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney but was not listed as a patient this evening.

The crash remains under investigation.

UPDATE @ 10:50 a.m. June 11:

According to Steve Baker, our Northern Bureau Chief, the crash involved a dump truck and a box truck. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said it appears the dump truck on state Route 47 went left of center while trying to avoid a car turning onto Wones Road. The dump truck driver hit a box truck, whose driver was pinned for over an hour in the wreckage. He was flown to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton.

The dump truck driver was ejected and taken by medic to Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney.

Following the incident, a firefighter suffered from heat exhaustion and was taken to a hospital but was expected to be OK.

Route 47 will remain closed for a few hours while the investigation and clean up continue.

UPDATE @ 10:25 a.m.:

The trapped driver was extricated about 45 minutes after the crash. CareFlight took off headed for Miami Valley Hospital about 10:25 a.m.

UPDATE @ 9:40 a.m.:

CareFlight landed about 9:35 a.m.

FIRST REPORT:

A crash on state Route 47 at Wones Rpad has multiple crews responding.

A driver was partially ejected and is trapped. Careflight is responding. Scanner traffic indicates a minor fuel spill. We are sending a crew and will update this report as we learn details.
Source:http://www.whio.com

1 DRIVER KILLED WHEN SHE HIT A WRECKER AND A SECOND VEHICLE AT AN ACCIDENT SCENE NEAR MONROE CITY, MISSOURI




JUNE 12, 2015

NEAR MONROE CITY, MO. 

A Hunnewell, Mo. woman is dead following a three-car crash in Marion County Friday afternoon.

According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, Jenna Parsons, 25, died on U.S. 36 two miles west of Monroe City.
The Missouri Highway Patrol says a wrecker was parked in the passing lane helping a stranded motorist when Parsons hit the rear end of it, crossed the center line, hit another vehicle and came to rest on the shoulder.

Parsons was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was hurt.
Source:http://www.connecttristates.com

MAN LOST ONE LEG IN ATV COLLISION WITH NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN IN BEAVER COUNTY, PA


JUNE 13, 2015

BEAVER COUNTY, PA

A 30-year-old man riding an ATV was severely injured this morning when he was struck by a train in Beaver County. 

The man suffered a leg amputation in the impact with the Norfolk Southern train, said Beaver County dispatch. The accident occurred at 6:44 a.m. in Homewood Borough, near Buttermilk Falls.

A helicopter evacuation was unsuccessful because of poor weather conditions. 

The man was then transported by ambulance to Allegheny General Hospital.
 
Norfolk Southern police are investigating the incident.
Source:http://www.post-gazette.com

Boat crashes into rocks near Hillsboro Inlet in Pombano Beach, FL; 6 hospitalized


Witness says several people jumped from boat after accident.
 
A boat crashed into rocks near the Hillsboro Inlet in Pompano Beach on Friday evening.
Six of the eight people aboard the boat were hospitalized, Pompano Beach Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Cheryl Nielsen said.

A man and a woman were taken to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale with minor injuries, Nielsen said. Their 10-year-old daughter was flown to the hospital with serious injuries; her sibling was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Two other men were taken to Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach with serious injuries. One man's injuries were greater, but neither was critical, Nielsen said.

Eye-witness Richie Margotta, 59, said the boat was heading in at a normal speed but was on the wrong side of the red buoys coming into the inlet.  Probably the boat operator was either drunck or he was not familiar with the area signs.

"I saw the boat coming in and hit the rocks," Margotta said. "Six or seven people jumped out of the boat."

Margotta called 911, and a police boat picked up the people, he said. He saw the child taken on a stretcher to a helicopter that had landed at the nearby Hillsboro Club.

The boat remained tilted on its side on the rocks for more than 90 minutes after the 6:30 p.m. crash.

Natural Gas Line Hit, Gas Leaked, When Power Pole Installed in Columbia County, Georgia Forcing Evacuations

JUNE 13, 2015
Columbia County GA - Updated at 10:25 a.m. Saturday, June 13, 2015

Emergency crews are on the scene of a natural gas leak at Augusta Christian School on Baston Road in Columbia County.

EMA Director Pam Tucker tells News Channel 6 the line was accidentally hit Saturday morning while a power pole was being installed. 

Tucker adds due to the size of the leak, it may take an hour for workers to get the leaked stopped - and then they will make repairs.

Businesses and homes near the leak have been evacuated as a precaution.  Motorists should avoid this area as much as possible.


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A natural gas leak in Columbia County leads to evacuations and road closures.

The leak is coming from a main line at Augusta Christian School on Baston Road.


Columbia County EMA Director Pam Tucker says emergency officials are evacuating the school, Earth Fare and other buildings in the vicinity of the leak. 

Tucker adds there are also road blocks and traffic issues in that area and suggests drivers use alternate routes for the time being.

No word on what may have caused the natural gas leak.

6 die, 140 complain of breathing problem as liquified ammonia leaks from tanker near Ludhiana, India


June 13, 2015

At least five people were killed and more than 140 injured when a gas tanker carrying liquified ammonia got stuck under the Doraha flyover late on Friday, leading to gas leakage.

The incident took place around 11 pm on Friday when the unidentified driver, who is still absconding, tried to drive through from under the flyover but the tanker was taller in height. Instead of taking a U-turn, he continued to push through, breaking the tanker nozzle in the process.


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While many commuters, pedestrians and people living in nearby colonies fainted, others complained of eye irritation, breathlessness, swollen throats and choked voices.


In severe cases, people bled from nose and mouth. Soon, the administration rushed fire brigades from Khanna, Samrala, Ludhiana, Doraha and nearby stations to the spot and water was used to suppress the effect of ammonia.


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Since the filing of this report – the four deceased were identified as Satpal Kumar, 62 resident of Doraha; Rahul, 35, native of Bihar working in Doraha; Avtejinder Singh, 25 from Jalandhar; and Ranjodh Singh, in his thirties from village Doraha. The fifth dead body at SPS Hospital was still unidentified.


Speaking to Indian Express, Gurpreet Singh Gill, SSP Khanna said, “As per the probe till now, tanker was travelling from Gujarat to Nangal. It is owned by Agrawal’s, who own some 300 tankers in Gujarat. The driver should have taken a U-turn and moved from other way meant for taller vehicles instead of forcefully trying to pass underneath flyover. We have registered case under section 304 (Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) against unidentified driver.”


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DSP Payal Harjinder Singh Gill, accompanied by the fire rescue team from Samrala led by fire officer Yashpal, was first to reach the spot. Gill also got unconscious while leading the rescue operations and had to be admitted to IVY Hospital Khanna from where he was referred to Fortis.


Carrying almost 2,200 tons of ammonia, the tanker was moved from the flyover to a vacant plot at around 6 am near Deep Nagar village outside Doraha after the leakage was controlled.


Satpal's son Vineet saves so many residents but lost his father Satpal who died himself while saving his employees  after ammonia gas leak from tanker at Doraha near Ludhiana.Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh 
Satpal’s son Vineet saved so many residents but lost his father who died saving his employees after ammonia gas leak from tanker at Doraha near Ludhiana
Source:http://indianexpress.com

Passengers Forced to Evacuate Allegiant Air flight 330 Plane as Smell of Fuel Fills Cabin in Boise, Idaho


Passengers from Allegiant Air flight 330 stand on the wing of the plane in Boise, Idaho, following an evacuation over a fuel spill on June 12, 2015.
Passengers arriving in Boise, Idaho, were forced to evacuate onto the wing of their aircraft Friday night when they smelled fuel and saw what looked like smoke in the cabin. 

Allegiant Air flight 330 had arrived in Boise from Los Angeles about 7 p.m. local time when a fuel spilled occurred while the plane was at the gate, said Boise Airport spokesman Sean Briggs. The passengers saw vapor coming from the spill, which they thought was smoke, he said. 

Passenger Niki Hughes told ABC News in an email that vapor was filling the plane and was so strong that people were covering their noses with their clothes. 

“They did not make any announcements to the rest of the plane until they noticed that someone had opened the emergency exit,” she said. "The flight attendant made it clear that she was frustrated at the fact that someone opened the door because they would not be able to leave on time now for their next flight. People were visibly scared and confused and the staff on the plane just seemed annoyed.” 

Jacquelyn Jones, who later flew from Boise to California, watched from the terminal as the passengers stood on the wing. 

“The smell inside the waiting area was very strong and burning my throat and nose,” she told ABC News in an email. “Passengers were very upset.”
There were no injures, said Briggs. It's unclear what caused the spill. 

Allegiant Air issued a statement, saying, "the safety of our passengers and employees is our number one priority ... A review of the incident confirmed that at no time were the passengers or crew members on board the plane in danger." 
Source:abc.com