The cause of the house fire in in Terre Haute, IN is thought to be an electrical short.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) -

Fire crews were kept busy with a house fire in Terre Haute Sunday morning.

It all started around 8 a.m. at a home at 2416 North 16th Street.

News 10 spoke with the homeowner. She says her husband was sleeping inside the home when the fire started.

She says her husband, 3 dogs, 3 cats, and 2 birds were all able to get out safely. However, officials say one dog did have to be rescued.

Roads in the area were blocked off as fire crews worked. They were opened back up shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday morning.

The Terre Haute Fire Department says the cause of the fire is thought to be an electrical short.

Officials say no firefighters were hurt while putting out the fire.

Dr. Gary Royce Wisner, 61, of Lodi, California, entered no plea after he was arraigned on 11 felony counts of $700K insurance fraud

Dr. Gary Royce Wisner, 61, of Lodi, entered no plea on Wednesday when he was arraigned on 11 felony counts of insurance fraud

Lodi, CA doctor arraigned on felony insurance fraud charges


Posted: Friday, June 15, 2018 11:30 am

By John Bays/News-Sentinel Staff Writer

Dr. Gary Royce Wisner, 61, of Lodi, entered no plea on Wednesday when he was arraigned on 11 felony counts of insurance fraud, and will appear again before the San Joaquin County Superior Court in Stockton on June 26 for further arraignment.

The California Department of Insurance said in a Wednesday press release that Wisner is accused of billing insurance providers for more than $700,000 by “providing unnecessary and excessive medical treatment for orthopedic patients,” including exposing them to X-rays.

"Dr. Wisner violated his Hippocratic Oath when he allegedly abused his patients and the workers’ compensation system to line his pockets with illegal profits," said Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. "When medical providers scam the system, everybody loses, including the injured workers, their employers and consumers when the losses are passed along to them through higher prices for goods and services."


The San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office said in a separate Wednesday press release that Wisner was indicted by the county criminal grand jury on May 30 following a two-year investigation by the district attorney’s office, and could face a state prison sentence if convicted on all counts.


The Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse served a search warrant and seized documents at Wisner’s orthopedic and spine surgery center on the 600 block of South Ham Lane in Lodi on May 21, 2017.

Attempts to reach Wisner by phone and email on Thursday were unsuccessful.

The California Department of Insurance, California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services assisted the district attorney’s office in the investigation.

Drunk driver Samiya Speed, 22, with suspended license is the killer of construction worker David Snell in a construction zone on I-75 near Warren in Detroit, MI

Veteran construction worker killed on I-75 in Detroit when suspected drunken driver crashes
57-year-old Bay City man pinned against trailer
By Shawn Ley - Reporter 
June 14, 2018

 
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Detroit woman charged in death of construction worker on I-75

Detroit Free Press staff

June 17, 2018

A Detroit woman has been charged in the fatal highway crash that took the life of a construction worker last week.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged 22-year-old Samiya Speed with operating a motor vehicle causing death; driving with license suspended causing death; moving violation (careless driving) in a work zone causing death, and operating while intoxicated second offense.

On June 14 at 1:45 a.m. Speed allegedly was under the influence of alcohol in a construction zone on I-75 near Warren in Detroit when she ran into construction worker David Snell and killed the 57-year-old Bay City man. The crash caused Speed's car to roll over. She was placed under arrest by Michigan State Police troopers at the scene.

Speed is expected to be arraigned after 11:00 a.m. today in 34th District Court in Romulus.

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DETROIT, MI - Employees at C.A. Hull Contractors in Walled Lake are heartbroken after one of their own was killed while working Thursday morning on I-75 in Detroit.  

David Snell, 57, of Bay City, had worked for the company for more than 20 years. He was a father and husband.

He was working along northbound I-75 when a suspected drunk driver hit him. Michigan State Police had to shut down the interstate for hours at Warren Avenue.


 
David Snell was killed when a vehicle struck him on I-75 in Detroit on June 14, 2018. (WDIV)

Snell's company said he and a crew of his coworkers were putting up protective barriers for themselves early Thursday morning as they prepared for bridge repair work. That's when the driver of a SUV veered into the construction zone and rolled the vehicle into a work truck. Snell was pinned against a trailer. He suffered massive injuries and died.

Another one of the construction workers was hit by the vehicle, too, but is expected to be OK. He suffered minor injuries, but remains very shaken up after watching his coworker get killed.




A construction worker was struck and killed by a vehicle June 14, 2018 on I-75 in Detroit. (WDIV)

State police suspect the woman driving the SUV was drunk at the time of the crash. She was arrested.

Lt. Michael Shaw said this was totally preventable.

"These types of incidents are totally preventable. You take the drunk from behind the wheel, and it just won't happen. This was a fully-marked construction zone, barrels and arrow boards, attenuator, everything you could possibly used to protect a construction worker who is trying to make a living, and here comes another driver who didn't do the right thing," said Shaw.

State police are investigating. 

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Bay City road worker killed on I-75 by alleged drunken driver
Jun 14, 2018


By Bob Johnson

bob_johnson@mlive.com


DETROIT, MI -- A Bay City man has been identified as the construction worker killed by an alleged drunken driver on Interstate 75 at Warren Avenue in Detroit early Thursday, June 14, according to Michigan State Police.

About 12:50 a.m. the worker was killed and another injured when a GMC Terrain operated by a female driver driving northbound on I-75 struck them.

The victim in this crash has been identified as David Snell, 57, of Bay City.

According to police, the driver ran off the road to the right into a closed and barreled-off lane in an active construction zone with a truck blocking the lane. The right exit lane to I-94 was closed and blocked.

The driver collided with the front of the truck/attenuator and continued off to the right and hit two workers who were hooking a trailer up to a Ford pickup.

The GMC overturned and came to rest in the roadway. One of the pedestrian construction workers died as a result of the injuries sustained in the crash. The second received minor injuries. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash and the female driver is in custody.


Police said they are awaiting toxicology from the blood test of the driver, crash examination from a re-constructionist and the medical examiner's report.

Once those items are obtained, MSP will submit the complaint to the prosecutor's office. The driver will be detained for 24 hours to ensure she is not under the influence of any intoxicants and released pending charges, according to police.

Police said the two construction workers were not Michigan Department of Transportation or Wayne County employees, but were employed by a contracted private company.

Snell was an employee of C.A. hall and formerly employed by Gerace Construction, according to his obituary. He is survived by his wife Rachel Snell, children T.J., David and Krista, and several grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Diliana Legeros age 33, and Joseph Aubourg age 43, of Milford Delaware were indicted by a Delaware Grand Jury on June 4th for insurance fraud after they filed insurance claims for injuries from an automobile accident in New Jersey, which never occurred.

Delaware Couple Arrested for $100,000 Insurance Fraud

Insurance Commissioner | Date Posted: Friday, June 15, 2018


Dover, DE (June 15, 2018) – 

Diliana Legeros (or Legros) age 33, and Joseph Aubourg age 43, of Milford Delaware were indicted by a Delaware Grand Jury on June 4th for insurance fraud, then arrested after turning themselves in to Capital Police on June 11th. The defendants were processed, arraigned, and released on $1,000 unsecured bond each. An investigation conducted by the Delaware Department of Insurance found that the defendants filed insurance claims for injuries from an automobile accident in New Jersey, which never occurred.

On November 16, 2016, Diliana Legros, wife of Joseph Aubourg, reported an accident claim to their auto insurance company. The defendants claimed that on November 12, 2016, Legros, her husband Joseph Aubourg, and two of their children, were traveling from New Jersey back to Delaware when a Mini Cooper with New York tags merged into their lane and struck their vehicle. Legros and Aubourg reported that the driver of the Mini Cooper failed to stop. However, they were able to secure the Mini Cooper’s license plate number. 

Despite securing the tag number, neither defendant notified the police. Joseph Aubourg, Diliana Legros and the two children claimed injuries and were treated by a chiropractor located in Milford, Delaware, as well as other medical professionals. Upon inspection of the reported striking vehicle and interviews of the vehicle owner, investigators were able to provide evidence which proved that the accident had never occurred. As a result of the false claims the insurance provider was billed over $100,000 in medical bills. The company had paid out over $55,000 related to this claim.

Delaware’s Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro stated, “We take insurance fraud seriously. Even though this incident allegedly took place in New Jersey, the defendants’ insurance coverage was in Delaware. Our fraud investigators acted on information they received, and did a thorough follow up investigation that ultimately led to these arrests. If you suspect insurance fraud, contact our Fraud Bureau at 302-674-7350, or email to fraud@state.de.us”.

A massive fire burning through multiple buildings in the New Springville section of Staten Island. There are 20 total injuries to Firefighters following this evening’s 5th alarm at 237 Steinway Avenue

There are 20 total injuries to Firefighters following this evening’s 5th alarm at 237 Steinway Ave #StatenIsland - 4 serious but non-life-threatening, and 16 minor

Massive fire rips through multiple buildings on Staten Island; 20 firefighters injured

Saturday, June 16, 2018 11:44PM
NEW SPRINGVILLE, Staten Island (WABC) -- Twenty firefighters were injured when a massive fire ripped through multiple buildings on Staten Island.

FDNY officials say the five-alarm fire started in a building on 233 Steinway Avenue in New Springville around 7 p.m. Saturday, and then spread to four other buildings, causing thick, black smoke to blanket the air.

"Surreal. The house was completely engulfed in flames. Every single window you could see the fire coming out of the windows," said resident Oshri Rauven.

Residents say there was no obvious angle to attack the fire from. 50 FDNY units and 250 firefighters, EMTs and paramedics responded to the scene - it was an all-out assault.

"It was a tremendous fire," said FDNY Chief James Leonard.

Four of the injured firefighters are in serious condition, the rest are being treated for minor injuries. No civilians were injured.

There is no word on what caused the fire