Three people died in a head-on crash after a female driver Stephanie Breiger, 45, driving a 2014 Kia Cadenza crossed the center line about 10:10 and struck a 2010 Lexus 250 killing Ignacio Torres, 48, and a 16-year-old male both from Vancouver, WA

Troopers ID three people killed in head-on crash on U.S. 26 near Buxton
A Kia Cadenza crossed the center line about 10:10 and struck an 2010 Lexus 250, according to Oregon State Police.


Author: KGW Staff

August 24, 2018

BUXTON, Ore. — 

Three people died in a head-on crash Thursday evening on U.S 26 near the community of Buxton.

A 2014 Kia Cadenza crossed the center line about 10:10 and struck a 2010 Lexus 250, according to Oregon State Police.

The driver of the Kia died as did the Lexus driver and a passenger. Two other passengers in the Lexus were airlifted from the scene.

Troopers say the driver of the KIA Stephanie Breiger, 45, from Ocean Park, WA., the driver of the Lexus, Ignacio Torres, 48, and a 16-year-old male both from Vancouver, WA. were all killed in the crash.

Two passengers in the Lexus, Stacy Torres,45, and a 12-year-old male, also from Vancouver, WA.were seriously injured.

Troopers say speed was a contributing factor.

Construction workers hit propane tank on Liberty Island and cause fire that forced the evacuation of 3,400 tourists from the Statute of Liberty

Three propane tanks were on fire, officials said, and the blaze has since been extinguished. 

LIBERTY ISLAND, New York (WABC) -- 

 

A construction mishap sparked a propane fire on Liberty Island on Monday afternoon forcing thousands of tourists to evacuate the Statue or Liberty and the island itself, National Parks Service said.

The accident involved three 100 pound propane tanks where a new museum is being built.
The fire, which broke out shortly before noon, reached two alarms.

The evacuations led to long lines of tourists trying to board ferries.

Ferries carrying tourists to the island were halted until mid-afternoon.

FDNY Manhattan Borough Commander Roger Sakowich said the fire created a very dangerous situation.

"With that much propane a bleve, which would have been one of the tanks exploding, could have been catastrophic. Anybody near it, shrap metal would have been flying for quite some distance plus a tremendous ball of fire when a propane tank does explode like that, so we took the precaution to evacuate 3,400 civilians from the island," he said.
One construction worker was treated on scene for minor burns. No other injuries were reported.

FDNY says the flames were extinguished around 12:45 p.m., but crews continued to hose the propane tanks to cool them until the situation was declared under control around 1:30 p.m.

Investigators were still working to determine the exact cause of the fire.

Construction crews have been working on a new Statue of Liberty Museum, which is slated to be completed next year.

THE DEADLY ROADS: four teenagers were killed and four injured when they were struck by a female SUV driver, 24-year-old Elizabeth Watson, of Seymour, while pushing a stalled SUV on Indiana 258 in the rural community of Cortland to a birthday party

15-year-old Brittany Watson of Brownstown died

Jenna A. Helton of Seymour, 14, also died


Indiana teens killed, 4 hurt when hit pushing stalled SUV



August 27, 2018



CORTLAND, Ind. (AP) -



Our prayers for the families, victims, and all first-responders on scene: 4 teens killed, 4 injured while pushing woman's stalled car at slumber party: It happened Saturday night when a Chevy Suburban driven by Cara Selby broke down just a block away from her home in Cortland, Indiana, officials said.

Selby was throwing a slumber party for her daughter. When the teens at the sleepover came out to help push Selby's car back home, another vehicle hit them from behind, the Jackson County Sheriff's Department said.

Killed were: Nevaeh Law, 14; Jenna A. Helton, 14; Brittany Watson, 15; and Martin Martinez, 16.

Four others were hurt, including Selby's daughter.

The crash is still under investigation and the driver of the SUV -- a 24-year-old woman -- hasn't yet been charged


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 August 27, 2018



CORTLAND, Ind.

Authorities in southern Indiana say four teenagers were killed and four injured when they were struck while pushing a stalled SUV to a birthday party.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Department says three of the injured teens were flown to hospitals in Indianapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, and another treated at a local hospital after the crash about 11 p.m. Saturday. The teens were pushing the SUV after it broke down on Indiana 258 in the rural community of Cortland about 50 miles south of Indianapolis.


Officials say an SUV driven by a 24-year-old woman struck them from behind and that the crash remains under investigation.

Those killed were identified as 14-year-olds Neveah Law of Brownstown and Jenna Helton of Seymour, 15-year-old Brittany Watson of Brownstown and 16-year-old Martin Martinez of Seymour

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Investigation into fatal Cortland crash continues

Families in Jackson County are mourning the death of four teens in a car crash over the weekend.

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department says that around 11 p.m. Saturday, an SUV driven by 37-year-old Cara Selby was westbound on State Road 258 in Cortland when it broke down about a block from her home. Authorities say that the family was having a slumber party and the kids taking part came out to push the vehicle to the house. While the teens were doing this, they were struck from behind by a second SUV driven by 24-year-old Elizabeth Watson, of Seymour. The Sheriff’s Department says that eight children were struck:

– 14-year-old Nevaeh Law of Brownstown was pronounced dead at the scene;
– 14-year-old Jenna Helton of Seymour was pronounced dead at the scene;
– 15-year-old Brittany Watson of Brownstown was pronounced dead at the scene;
– 16-year-old Martin Martinez of Seymour was flown to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He died upon arrival;
– 15-year-old Victoria Valdivia of Seymour was injured and flown to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis;
– 14-year-old Courtney Arthur was injured and flown to Riley Children’s Hospital;
– 15-year-old Allerika Henline of Brownstown was injured and flown to Nortons of Louisville;
– 15-year-old Victoria Burchard of Medora was treated at Schneck Medical Center and released;
– 12-year-old Starlit Watson of Brownstown was a passenger in Selby’s vehicle. She was treated at Schneck Medical Center and released;

Jackson County officials say the investigation is ongoing. They ask anyone who witnessed the crash or has information about it to call the Sheriff’s Department at (812) 358-2141.
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Four teens die, five hurt in crash late Saturday

By Jordan Richart -

August 27, 2018


Four teenagers from two local schools were killed in a crash that left five others injured late Saturday on State Road 258 near Cortland.

Three of the four people who died as a result of the wreck, Jenna Helton, 14, and Nevaeh Law, 14, both of Seymour, and Brittany Watson, 15, of Brownstown were pronounced dead at the scene by Jackson County Coroner Michael Bobb.

A fourth, Martin Martinez, 16, of Seymour was flown to an Indianapolis hospital where he later died, Bobb said.

Five other girls, Starlit Watson, 12, of Brownstown; Victoria Burchard, 15, of Medora; Victoria Valdivia, 15, of Seymour; Allerika Henline, 15; and Courtney Arthur were injured in the wreck, reported to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department at 11:08 p.m. Saturday, according to Officer J.L. McElfresh’s report.




Nevaeh Law

Jenna Helton

Brittany Watson


Watson was treated and released from Schneck Medical Center in Seymour, while Valdivia was airlifted to a hospital in Indianapolis and expected to recover, her mother Cara Selby said.

Arthur was taken to Riley Hospital for Children and Henline was taken to Norton Health Center in Louisville.

Burchard’s condition was not available at press time.

Selby, 37, said the Chevrolet Suburban she was driving broke down following Valdivia’s birthday party.

Some of the group were attempting to push the vehicle back home, less than a block away from their home at 4236 East State Road 258, Selby said.

The group was in the westbound lane of State Road 258 when a 2018 Chevrolet Traverse driven by Elizabeth Watson, 24, of Georgetown ran into the rear of the Suburban.

Jackson County Sheriff Mike Carothers said police were told that Watson was the last in a line of vehicles that had passed Selby’s car, but are unsure if that was the case. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Elizabeth Watson, who is not related to Brittany and Starlit Watson, has not been cited in the incident and was not injured.

The scene shows the two vehicles skidded about 200 feet after the collision before they came to a rest.

Car fragments left over from the wreck could be seen Sunday afternoon in a grassy area nearby and police lines were spray-painted on the road to show some details of the wreck.

Flowers and balloons were secured to a utility pole along the road near the scene of the accident.

Both Seymour and Brownstown Central high schools planned to provide extra assistance to students Monday to help them deal with the deaths of their classmates.

Brownstown Central High School principal Joe Sheffer said Sunday he planned to meet with administrators and counselors before the start of school Monday and each would be available for students that needed help.

Sheffer said he also made contact with the Centerstone Crisis Team to provide assistance to the students.

Seymour High School principal Greg Prange said staff at the school would be available to help students trying to process the deaths.

Prange said extra counselors, administration and area youth ministers will be at the school to help students.

“We pray for peace, comfort and understanding as we all go through this together,” he said.

Both Prange and Sheffer plan to address the tragedy during morning announcements to students.

Carothers said the scene was difficult for first responders and crews who worked through the night.

“I’m really saddened by this,” he said.

Carothers, who has been in law enforcement for more than 30 years, said the situation was not like any other he has handled.

“This is a brand new one,” he said.

McElfresh and Jackson County Officer Mitch Ray were the first officers to respond to the wreck, and they were assisted by detectives Bob Lucas and Tom Barker.

Also assisting at the scene were officers with Brownstown and Seymour police departments, and medical personnel and firefighters with Hamilton Township Volunteer Fire Department and Jackson County Emergency Medical Services personnel.

EIGHT DEAD IN HEAD-ON COLLISON IN OREGON: Seven members of a single family were killed in a horrific crash in Oregon Monday when they were hit head-on by Mark Robert Rundell, 48, who drifted into their lane

Kyla Brown showing her assets on her Facebook page.  Her holes will be missed for sure.

Seven members of a single family were killed in a horrific crash in Oregon Monday when they were hit head-on by a driver who drifted into their lane, authorities said.

Erika Boquet, 29, and her three children perished in the brutal collision. Her father's girlfriend, Kyla Brown, 28, and her two children were also killed on impact.

The driver of the other vehicle, Mark Robert Rundell, 48, also died.

The Washington state family was on its way to Las Vegas for a vacation before the school year started. In the 2016 Toyota 4Runner driven by Boquet were her three children, Isabella, 11, Elisabeth, 9, and Tytis, 6. Brown's two kids, Arianna 10 and Xavier, 2, were also inside.


Boquet's father, Louis Johnson, was the boyfriend of Brown.

Johnson had flown to Vegas on a business trip and was waiting on the family to arrive so they could take a break before the children headed back to class. They were going to go shopping for school clothes and supplies, then drive to Six Flags Magic Mountain in Southern California.

In an interview with InsideEdition.com, Johnson could not contain his grief at losing his children, grandchildren and partner in one awful collision.

"It hurts so bad," he said Friday. "I don't have no answers. I don't understand it. I'll never not be in pain. I'll just have to learn how to live with it."

His family was already on the road when he boarded a flight to Vegas on Monday. When his plane touched down, police officers were waiting for him at the gate.

"They said there was an accident," Johnson recounted between sobs. "They told me that nobody survived. How can that be? It doesn't work that way. Somebody always survives."

The crash occurred about 10 a.m. Johnson said police are trying to determine why Rundell's SUV slammed into his family's vehicle.


The accident scene in eastern Oregon. Oregon State Police

"He was by himself. He passed away, too. So that's eight people dead," Johnson said. "They said it was the worst accident in Oregon history. I don't want that legacy for my children."

Johnson said he was thankful to Alaska Airlines, which put him up at a hotel and flew a friend of Johnson's to Vegas. The friend drove him home. "They took care of me."

He wishes a good many things. He wishes his family had picked a different time to get on the road. He wishes he had been with them. He wishes he could go back in time.

His family's remains are still in Burns, Oregon. "I need to get them home," he said. A GoFundMe page has been established to help with burial costs.

"I want their lives to mean something," he said. "I want people to understand they got to love each other, no matter what. Because time is short. I want something good to come of this," he said, his voice breaking.



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Seven family members were killed in a head-on car crash in eastern Oregon on Monday.

Erika Boquet, 29, her three children, Kyla Brown, 28, and her two children were all killed when a 1999 Toyota 4Runner driving on the other side of the road, crossed into their lane and smashed into their 2016 Toyota 4Runner, Oregon State Police confirmed.

Boquet, her children Isabella, 11, Elisabeth, 9, and Tytis, 6, as well as Brown and her children Arianna, 10, and Xavier, 2, were all pronounced dead at the scene, police said in a statement. Brown was the girlfriend of Boquet’s father, Louis Johnson.

The lone driver of the 1999 Toyota 4Runner, Mark Robert Rundell, 48, also died in the collision.






Erika Boquet and Kyla Brown with Brown's son Xavier Johnson, 2
Kyla Brown Facebook

The young family was on their way to Las Vegas from Washington during the time of the fatal accident, which took place at around 10 a.m.

Boquet’s father and Brown’s partner Louis Johnson was flying to Nevada to meet his family when tragedy struck.

The devastated father and grandfather posted on his Facebook that his “world came crashing down.”






Kayla Brown's children Arianna, 10, and Xavier, 2
Kyla Brown Facebook

“My heart hurts like it never hurt before. I have no answers to a 1000 whys,” he wrote, asking friends and family to join him at a vigil held Wednesday. “We lost 7 loved ones and the pain we feel is deep. I need to see the love I lost in you.”

Boquet’s brother Jessie Tate has set up a GoFundMe page in hopes of raising money to cover the funeral costs.





Kyla Brown was Erika Boquet's stepmother
Erika Boquet Facebook

“Our family is at a complete loss. We are trying to come up with enough money to bring them home and give them the proper burial they deserve,” the GoFundMe page reads.

“Erika was kind and always giving to others. Her heart was big and full of compassion. Words can not describe how much Erika, Bella, Elisa and Tytis will be missed.”






The family was killed when a car driving on the other side of the road crossed into their lane and smashed into their car
Oregon State Police

So far, the page has raised over $30,000. 
Tate also opened up to The Oregonian about his sister’s devastating death.

“It’s a tragedy I wouldn’t wish on anyone else,” Tate explained to the publication.






Erika Boquet Facebook

“She was outgoing, personable, made friends everywhere she went, and her kids took after her,” Tate continued. She was always spreading her legs for some good old fashion fucking.  That is why she had so many of them.

“They all just cared about everyone around them.”

The accident remains under investigation.

Colin Mulhern, 30, died, 6 others injured after a female drunk driver, 27, struck the rear of the trailer being towed causing it to overturn on I-5 north of Lambert Road in California

Colin Mulhern, 30, died, 6 others injured after a female drunk driver, 27, struck the rear of the trailer being towed causing it to overturn on I-5 north of Lambert Road in California

• Owner/CEO at Darkly
• Went to Cherry Creek High School
• Lives in Centennial, Colorado
• From Centennial, Colorado
• Single

One dead, six injured in DUI crash involving overturned passenger van, CHP says


By Julia Sclafani

jsclafani@sacbee.com
August 27, 2018



One person died, six more were injured and a DUI arrest was made in a Monday morning traffic collision on I-5 north of Lambert Road, a California Highway Patrol traffic incident summary said.

A 27-year-old Los Banos woman was allegedly driving until the influence of alcohol or drugs when she struck the rear of the trailer being towed by a passenger van about 3 a.m., CHP said. The suspect, who drove a Ford Explorer, was arrested.

The collision caused the van to roll onto its roof in the center median and overturned the trailer, CHP said.

The deceased victim was Colin Mulhern, 30, from Centennial, Colo., according to a Sacramento County Coroner’s Office report. Mulhern was the driver of the van, according to CHP’s incident report.

Two of the other passengers were ejected from the vehicle when it rolled over. All six of the surviving passengers were transported to area hospitals to be treated for injuries, CHP said, with one of the passengers sustaining major injuries.

The far left lane was blocked until 6 a.m. while responders were on the scene clearing vehicles, according to Caltrans tweets.

All lanes have reopened on southbound I-5 following the fatal collision.

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One Dead, Six Injured after Car Hits Tour Van in Suspected DUI
by FOX40 Web Desk, 

August 27, 2018



 

SACRAMENTO COUNTY — One person is dead and six people were injured after an SUV rear-ended a passenger van towing a trailer early Monday morning near Elk Grove.

The California Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 2:40 a.m. along northbound Interstate 5 at Lambert Road.

The van lost control and overturned in the center median after it was rear-ended. Investigators say the van was towing a trailer full of musical equipment.

One man, said to be in his 30s, was killed. Six others were taken to the hospital with injuries ranging from serious to minor.

The woman who investigators say rear-ended the trailer was not injured. Drugs and alcohol were found in the car, the CHP said, and the woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.

A tree care worker died after falling 50 feet from the bucket truck he was using in Hopkinton, Rhode Island

A tree care worker died on Saturday after falling from the bucket truck he was using in Hopkinton, - south of Providence - Rhode Island on Saturday.

The local police have said that the man, 49, fell from a height of around 50 feet on Saturday afternoon and was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. We have no further details at this stage, but it does appear as though there was some structural damage to the bucket.

We will update this item when we have more information.



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HOPKINTON, R.I. — 

A 49-year-old man has died after falling from the bucket of a tree-trimming truck Saturday afternoon, the police said.

The man’s identity was not released.

The police were called to 7 Stacey Lane in Hopkinton at 3:43 p.m. and found the man in front of a house there, according to a news release from Hopkinton Police. He was taken to Westerly Hospital, where he died from his injuries.

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HOPKINTON, R.I. (WJAR) — 

Hopkinton police say a man who fell from a 50-foot bucket truck Saturday afternoon has died from his injuries.

Officer responded to a report of a 49-year-old male who fell from the bucket of a tree trimming truck at about 3:45 p.m. at 7 Stacey Lane.

The department says the victim suffered a traumatic arm injury and was rushed to Westerly Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.

The name of the victim has not been released at this time pending the notification of the victim's family.

No further information has been released.

CertainTeed Corporation will pay $365,500 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) at the CertainTeed Lake Charles Polymer Plant in Westlake, Louisiana

US EPA AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACH $365,000 SETTLEMENT WITH CERTAINTEED FOR ALLEGED SAFE DRINKING WATER VIOLATIONS

Media contacts: R6Press@epa.gov or 214 665-2200

DALLAS, TEXAS – (August 24, 2018) 

Under a settlement announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), CertainTeed Corporation will pay $365,500 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) at the CertainTeed Lake Charles Polymer Plant in Westlake, Louisiana. The settlement requires the largest civil penalty payment under the Safe Drinking Water Act by a public water system with respect to drinking water in the state of Louisiana.

“This is an excellent example of EPA and Louisiana working together to ensure compliance with safe drinking water standards,” said EPA Region 6 Compliance Assurance and Enforcement Director Cheryl Seager. “We are committed to protecting the public health and will not hesitate to hold companies accountable who refuse to comply with the law.”

In a complaint filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. alleges that CertainTeed violated drinking water treatment requirements under the SDWA by failing to correct significant deficiencies identified during a Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) sanitary survey of CertainTeed’s public water system located at the Westlake plant. These violations included, among other things, failure to provide approved and permitted drinking water at its facility for its employees and failure to monitor and test for contaminants that can result in adverse health effects. Despite numerous enforcement efforts by both EPA and the state of Louisiana, including letters from LDH, a joint inspection by LDH and EPA, and an EPA administrative order, CertainTeed took over four years to address the significant deficiencies identified in the survey.

As a result of state and federal enforcement efforts, CertainTeed has completed actions to correct the issues alleged in the Complaint and has achieved compliance with the SDWA and the rules to ensure the safety of drinking water served to its employees and facility visitors by public water providers like CertainTeed.

CertainTeed Corporation manufactures exterior and interior building products. CertainTeed Corporation’s Westlake, Louisiana facility manufactures polymer products, including vinyl siding.

For more information on the Safe Drinking Water Act: https://www.epa.gov/sdwa

For more information on the Safe Drinking Water Act’s Ground Water Rule: https://www.epa.gov/dwreginfo/ground-water-rule




WHO WE ARE: 

Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed has helped shape the building products industry for more than 110 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, today, CertainTeed® is North America’s leading brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, fence, decking, railing, trim, insulation, gypsum and ceilings. A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest and oldest building products companies, CertainTeed and its affiliates have more than 5,700 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Massive nitric acid chemical spill leaked 28,000 gallons from the Fertizona fertilizer plant on East Maley Street in Willcox, Arizona

Late night chemical spill poses minor hazard

Steve Reno
August 26, 2018



The white colored pond of nitric acid near the Willcox location of the US Border Patrol station on Rex Allen Jr. drive was part of a 28,000 gallon leak from the Fertizona chemical plant discovered at about 10:30 pm Sunday. photo by Steve Reno, Arizona Range News



Hazmat crews were called out late Sunday night to clean up a nitric acid chemical spill that leaked 28,000 gallons from the Fertizona fertilizer plant on East Maley Street in Willcox.


City manager Caleb Blaschke issued the following press release:


"At 8:19 p.m., City dispatch received notice of a chemical spill on Rex Allen Jr. Drive. City of Willcox Police and Fire were dispatched accordingly with Arizona Department of Public Safety HAZMAT Unit. The chemical identified was Nitric Acid and spilled from a Fertizona holding tank.

Hazmat officials have notified the City that there is not a threat to public safety and health. The spill has been contained to the west side of Rex Allen Jr. Drive and Grants Street and is being mitigated.


Rex Allen Jr. Drive and Grant Street are currently closed to traffic until further notice. Through traffic is allowed for residents and Border Patrol Agents.


The City will provide further updates as information is received. If you have questions or concerns, please contact the Willcox Police Department at (520) 384-4673."


Rex Allen Jr. drive, with access to the border patrol station and the golf course, was shut down for the clean-up, while E. Maley Street, also known as the Highway 186 route toward Dos Cabezas, remains open. Traffic is encouraged to travel slowly on that area of the highway.


Prevailing winds were eastward in nature away from city population and no evacuations were planned for a chemical that is apparently only a minor irritant for airborne purposes, but is serious if contacted directly, said Willcox DPS police chief Jose Rios. Rex Allen Jr. road was expected to be closed through Monday morning.

Fertizona is Arizona’s largest agricultural fertilizer and crop protection retailer. With 7 locations in Arizona, a regional trucking depot, and fertilizer production facilities.

TEACHING THE SCIENCE TEACHERS ON CHEMICAL SAFETY: Academic science laboratories can be unsafe places for teaching and learning due to risks associated with biological, chemical, and physical hazards

Chemical Safety Training for Science Teachers
By Kenneth Roy | Published: August 23, 2018


Academic science laboratories can be unsafe places for teaching and learning due to risks associated with biological, chemical, and physical hazards The OSHA laboratory standard (29 CFR 1910.1450) requires all employees working in laboratory settings (including special education teachers and paraprofessionals) to undergo safety training before they enter the lab. This is to ensure employees are cognizant of and know how to work with chemical hazards in the work area.

According to the standard, safety training must take place at the time of the initial work assignment and prior to assignments involving new chemical exposure situations. Laboratory workers must be provided with information and training relevant to the physical, biological, and chemical hazards present in their laboratory.

First, inform workers of the following safety items:

• the content of the OSHA Laboratory standard and its appendices (the full text must be made
• available);
• the location and availability of the Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP);
• permissible exposure limits (PELs) for OSHA-regulated substances or recommended exposure
• levels for other hazardous chemicals where there is no applicable standard;
• signs and symptoms associated with exposure to hazardous chemicals in the laboratory; and
• the location and availability of reference materials on the hazards, safe handling, storage and
disposal of hazardous chemicals in the laboratory, including safety data sheets.

Second, OSHA requires the employer provide the following safety training topics:

• methods and observations used to detect the presence or release of a hazardous chemical
(e.g., employer monitoring, continuous monitoring devices, and familiarity with
the appearance and odor of the chemicals);
• the physical and health hazards of chemicals in the laboratory work area;
• the measures that workers can take to protect themselves from these hazards, including protective equipment, appropriate work practices, and emergency procedures;
• applicable details of the employer’s written CHP; and
• retraining, if necessary.

The employer is required to evaluate the effectiveness of the CHP annually and update it as necessary. It would be prudent to also do refresher training on the CHP for employees using the same schedule. An alternative is to provide additional training each month at department meetings.

Additional safety information

Better professional practices provided by professional associations such as the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) have equal standing in courts with legal safety standards. The following list highlights some of the many safety papers representing better professional practices featured on the NSTA safety portal.

• The NSTA Position Statement: Safety and School Science Instruction addresses safety programs, training, and school environments.
• The NSTA Position Statement: Liability of Science Educators for Laboratory Safety focuses on the shared responsibility of maintaining a safe learning environment.

• The NSTA Minimum Safety Practices and Regulations for Demonstrations, Experiments, and Workshops establishes safety practices and regulations for all hands-on demonstrations, experiments, and workshops given at NSTA-sponsored events in rooms, other on-site locations, and on the floor of the NSTA exhibit hall.

Additional issued safety papers by the NSTA Safety Advisory Board can be found on the portal. These papers provide guidance for better professional practices in the science laboratory.

Aileen Pizarro and her daughter Aryana Pizarro killed after an 18-year-old depressed video-gamer, Trevor Heitmann, driving a $200K 2014 McLaren sports car the wrong-way in the I-805 HOV lane at a high rate of speed when he struck their 2010 Hyundai SUV

Mother, 12-year-old killed by sports car going wrong way on I-805 

August 24, 2018







 

Aileen Pizarro and her daughter Aryana Pizarro

Aileen Pizarro and her daughter Aryana Pizarro

YouTube gamer, McSkillet, real name Trevor Heitmann killed car crash victims pictured 

SAN DIEGO, CA (CNS) - 

An 18-year-old driving a sports car the wrong direction on Interstate 805 died and killed two people when the car collided with an SUV, causing a fiery pileup in the Miramar area, officials said Friday.

The series of collisions involving as many as five vehicles -- two of which wound up ablaze -- occurred on the northbound side of the freeway near Miramar Road shortly after 4:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

An 18-year-old man driving a 2014 McLaren sports car was traveling southbound in the northbound I-805 HOV lane at a high rate of speed when the car struck a 2010 Hyundai SUV traveling northbound on I-805 near La Jolla Village Drive, according to CHP and the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.

The McLaren driver, a 43-year-old woman driving the Hyundai and 12- year-old girl riding in the Hyundai died at the scene, according to the Medical Examiner's Office. The names of the victims were held pending family notification.

One person was taken to a hospital for treatment of serious but non- life-threatening trauma, CHP public affairs Officer Jake Sanchez said.

Northbound traffic was diverted off I-805 at the La Jolla Village Drive exit until two right lanes were reopened around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Doerr said. All northbound lanes at La Jolla Village Drive were reopened around 2:30 a.m.

The circumstances leading up to the McLaren driver traveling in the wrong direction on I-805 remain under investigation.

Around 30 minutes before the crash, a motorist smashed through a gate at Ashley Falls Elementary School in the Carmel Valley area before speeding off, according to San Diego police.

Witnesses reported seeing the driver of a black sports car slam through the gate, get out of the car, smash a window on a school building and speed out of the campus parking lot.

CHP officers were at the school Thursday, but officials did not say whether the two incidents were connected.

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Popular YouTuber identified in wrong-way crash that killed mother and daughter


Saturday, August 25, 2018
The driver in a horrific wrong way crash that killed three people in California Thursday has been identified.

Police say 18-year-old Trevor Heitmann was behind the wheel of a $200,000 McLaren sports car that barreled down the wrong side of the road.

The accident killed Heitman, a 43-year-old woman and a 12-year-old girl.

Investigators say Heitmann had a popular Youtube channel where he mostly discussed video games under the name "McSkillet."

According to authorities, Heitmann was struggling with depression when he caused the crash. =================================



Mother, 12-year-old girl killed by McLaren sports car going wrong way
The 18-year-old McLaren driver also died on the scene.






Author: Tegna

August 24, 2018


SAN DIEGO, CA — 

An 18-year-old driving a sports car the wrong direction on Interstate 805 died and killed two people when the car collided with an SUV, causing a fiery pileup in the Miramar area, officials said Friday.

The series of collisions involving as many as five vehicles -- two of which wound up ablaze -- occurred on the northbound side of the freeway near Miramar Road shortly after 4:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

An 18-year-old man driving a 2014 McLaren sports car was traveling southbound in the northbound I-805 HOV lane at a high rate of speed when the car struck a 2010 Hyundai SUV traveling northbound on I-805 near La Jolla Village Drive, according to CHP and the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.

The McLaren driver, a 43-year-old woman driving the Hyundai and 12- year-old girl riding in the Hyundai died at the scene, according to the Medical Examiner's Office. The names of the victims were held pending family notification.

One person was taken to a hospital for treatment of serious but non- life-threatening trauma, CHP public affairs Officer Jake Sanchez said.

Northbound traffic was diverted off I-805 at the La Jolla Village Drive exit until two right lanes were reopened around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Doerr said. All northbound lanes at La Jolla Village Drive were reopened around 2:30 a.m.

The circumstances leading up to the McLaren driver traveling in the wrong direction on I-805 remain under investigation.

Around 30 minutes before the crash, a motorist smashed through a gate at Ashley Falls Elementary School in the Carmel Valley area before speeding off, according to San Diego police.

Witnesses reported seeing the driver of a black sports car slam through the gate, get out of the car, smash a window on a school building and speed out of the campus parking lot.

CHP officers were at the school Thursday, but officials did not say whether the two incidents were connected.
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The 18-year-old who sped the wrong way down state Route 805 Thursday, crashing into a SUV and killing himself, a 12-year-old girl and her mother, was a YouTube star who had made a small fortune in video gaming gambling, according to authorities and hundreds of gaming fans on Twitter.

The California Highway Patrol identified him Friday as Trevor Heitmann of San Diego.

But the nearly 900,000 subscribers to his YouTube video channel and his Twitter followers knew him as “McSkillet.”

Various tweets by gaming fans said he had been banned from facilitating e-sport gambling that had brought him a sizable income — enough to buy a handmade, 2015 British McLaren 650S sports car that would have cost $250,000 or more.

The McLaren, with Heitmann behind the wheel, slammed head-on into a Hyundai SUV and both vehicles burst into flames. Those who died in the SUV were tentatively identified by the county Medical Examiner’s Office as a 43-year-old San Diego woman and her 12-year-old daughter.

The woman’s son identified them as Aileen Pizarro and her daughter Aryana Pizarro. They lived in the College Area. Aileen Pizzaro was a marriage and family counselor working toward her license, and her daughter was set to start seventh grade on Monday, Dominic Pizarro said.

Heitman was headed south in northbound HOV lanes of I-805 near Sorrento Valley about 4:40 p.m. Thursday when he rammed the on-coming SUV. Other cars hit the flaming wreckage, causing at least one serious injury. Debris from the damaged vehicles flew across freeway lanes and the McLaren “disintegrated,” CHP Officer Jake Sanchez said.

Sanchez said he believes Heitmann entered the freeway at Carroll Canyon Road.

A crash investigation and cleanup of the freeway kept three lanes closed for 10 hours.

Careless use of smoking materials causes house fire in Fond du Lac, Wis.; no smoke detectors in home

August 26, 2018

by Kiri Salinas


FOND DU LAC, Wis. — Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue officials say there were no smoke detectors inside a home that caught fire early Sunday morning, Aug. 26.

It happened just after 2:15 a.m. at a two-story home near Rees and Amory Streets in Fond du Lac.

Fire officials say when they arrived, crews reported smoke and fire showing from the second floor window of the house. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire and were able to contain the heaviest damage to the second floor bedroom.

Everyone inside the home, including two family pets, made it out of the home safely.

The cause of the fire was determined to be careless use of smoking materials.

Alliant Energies was called to the scene to secure utilities.

The Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue crews say they will be canvasing the area Monday, Aug. 27 to educate people on the importance of working smoke detectors and fire safety.

FIREFIGHTERS are investigating solar panels at a North Rockhampton home this afternoon following reports of a fire on the roof.

Solar panels the cause of fire, smoke in Rocky home

by vanessa jarrett

August 27, 2018


FIREFIGHTERS are investigating solar panels at a North Rockhampton home this afternoon following reports of a fire on the roof.

A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services media spokeswoman said they received the call to the Schmidt St, Frenchville address at 4.20pm.


Three crews are on scene "investigating possible flames that were seen coming from roof”.

It is understood was not a "fully-fledged fire”.

It was later confirmed the solar panels were the cause.

The owners were not home and crews were attempting to make contact.

Eight people dead, including 6 children, after a fire in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood where a group of siblings and cousins were attending a sleepover.

Marcos Contreras and his sister Amber Ayala (both not pictured) look at photos of their siblings. From bottom, left to right, are Ariel Garcia, 5, Xavier Contreras, 11, Nathan Contreras, 13, their mother and Cesar Contreras, 14. Ariel, Xavier and Nathan, along with their 3-month-old baby sister, Amaya Almaraz, seen in the top photo, were all killed in a fire in Little Village on Aug. 26, 2018. Cesar is in the hospital in critical condition.

 Buildings are damaged at the scene of a fire that killed at least eight people, including six children, in the 2200 block of South Sacramento Avenue on Aug. 26, 2018, in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago.

Sunday, August 26, 2018

CHICAGO, Illinois -- 

Officials say a fire in a Chicago neighborhood has left eight people dead, including six children.

Fire Commission Jose Santiago told reporters that one of the children who was killed in the fire early Sunday was an infant.

The cause of the blaze hasn't been determined.

Officials says firefighters were called around 4 a.m. to a house fire in the city's Little Village neighborhood. At least two buildings caught fire, one of them a coach house.

Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said those killed were all from the same residence. He says investigators have not found working smoke detectors.

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Eight people dead, including 6 children, after a fire in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood

Madeline Buckley, Morgan Greene and Elyssa CherneyContact Chicago Tribune


Sunday, August 26, 2018

CHICAGO, Illinois --




Eight people were killed in Little Village on Sunday morning — including at least six children — in what officials said was the deadliest city fire in a decade.

A teenager and a young adult also were rushed to hospitals in very critical condition, and a firefighter was hospitalized in good condition, according to fire officials.

Marcos Contreras, 15, said the fire struck a home where a group of his siblings and cousins were attending a sleepover. Early in the morning, he said, his sister woke him up and they ran to the blazing house.

“By the time we got here, the whole house was on fire,” he said. “They were taking out my cousins and my brothers.

“I don’t even got words to explain the pain I’m feeling right now,” Marcos said. “It just feels like my whole world is crashing.”

“Our family went through a tragedy today,” said Ramonita Reyes, who said she lost several grandchildren in the fire. “We lost several grandchildren, I've lost several grandchildren, Marcos has lost several brothers and sisters, friends, cousins, and we don't even know what to say. This was a tragedy. Not anything I ever dreamed of.”

She said the family was “always together.”

“That’s why we never have family reunions — because we had them every day,” Contreras said. “We stuck together like glue. Nothing could separate us.”

Late Sunday, authorities had not released the names and ages of the victims. Krystle Sauseda, 31, who said she was an aunt of many of the victims, said they included four siblings from one family, three siblings from another family and an unrelated teen who was a close friend to the group.

As the sun rose and broke through hazy clouds earlier Sunday morning, a large crowd gathered outside Mount Sinai Hospital, where some of the victims were taken. Those in the crowd were quiet and pacing until they received word of the fatalities.


The family and friends gripped each other and cried. A little boy crouched on the ground and buried his head in his hands. A woman staggered and grabbed the cement wall of the hospital for support.

“I can’t live without my babies,” a woman cried.

Hours later, it was still unclear how the fire started in the 2200 block of South Sacramento Avenue on the West Side. Nearby, men cried, women held onto the hands of children and neighbors watched from across the street as Jessie Cobos said he was close to three of the children who died in the fire.

“We’re asking God to protect us, and he’ll heal our hearts,” Cobos said. “We’ve got to love each other today because tomorrow is not promised.”

The Rev. Clifford Spears of St. Michael Missionary Baptist Church led the crowd in a prayer as candles were lit and lined up along the sidewalk. A man hammered a wooden cross into the ground. Written in marker on its center board were six names: Giovanni, Gialanni, Alanni, Ariel, Xavier and Cesar. The name Victor was added later.

Cobos said he was a caretaker of Giovanni, 10, Gialanni, 5, and Alanni, 3.

“I got a phone call stating that there was a fire on this block and the pastor wanted me to come pray for the family,” he said. “I never knew I was going to come pray for my own kids.”

Cobos said the trio was “amazing” as he cried and held onto a little Mickey Mouse stuffed animal from the Red Cross. Gio was a happy little kid who loved to play outside and play Fortnite, he said.

“Alanni, she was just a sweet little girl,” he said. “And Gia was just a beautiful soul.

“Anything could happen from one minute or the next,” he said. “If I could only go back to last night and give my kids one more hug, let them know that they are loved.”

Firefighters were called just before 4 a.m. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said investigators had not found working smoke detectors.

Fire officials were still working to determine the cause of the fire, aided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to spokeswoman Larry Langford. They determined the blaze started in an enclosed porch at the back of the rear building, he said.

Langford said the fire was the deadliest in Chicago in more than a decade, but it could have been avoided if smoke detectors had been in use.

"It was not hard to get out. The fire started in the rear, and the entryway to the front was wide open," Langford said. "Had they been awake or if someone had woken them, they would have gotten out."

At an unrelated event Sunday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel praised firefighters’ response. “There’s a horrific loss of life. We haven’t seen this in a long time in the city of Chicago,” he said.

The homes were just south of a main business corridor on Cermak Road populated with restaurants and shops. Emergency crews staged a massive scene at the corner of Cermak and Sacramento.

On Sunday, city workers boarded up the windows of three homes where the fire had spread. Two were street-facing greystones with multiple apartment units and three stories tall. The third unit, where the children died, was a brown brick cottage set behind the twin apartment buildings but visible from the street with an outside staircase and a front porch.

As people came to look at the scene, several stopped at a pop-up memorial of candles, balloons and stuffed animals erected on the lot next door to kneel and say a prayer.

Ald. George Cardenas, 12th, said community organizations were working in coordination with the Red Cross to assist families.

Throughout the morning, workers from the Red Cross handed out drinks and snacks, and were on-site to provide support.

“Our hearts go out to the families and children impacted by this type of fire,” said Celena Roldan, chief executive officer for the Red Cross in Chicago and Northern Illinois.

Roldan said the Red Cross will help those affected by the fire find financial assistance, provide mental health support, and organize community memorials and funerals in the coming weeks.

In the next week, the Red Cross will carry out a “reactive canvas,” working with the Fire Department and alderman’s office to install smoke alarms in the area.

“We know that seven people die in home fires every day in this country, and it’s the number one disaster that we respond to,” Roldan said.

On Sunday evening, police closed off the street as about 60 people came to pay their respects and launch white balloons into the air. A group of firefighters also came to join in prayer.

As the balloons floated skyward, the mother of several of the children shouted, “Fly high, my babies. I love you.”