“Cuban, American or Mexican? Pick one.” That is the text message New Jersey resident Alexandra Mansonet received shortly before causing a car accident that killed pedestrian Yuwen Wang. In Mansonet’s draft messages was a response reading “me,” which prosecutors allege she was texting at the time of her accident. Mansonet was charged with vehicular homicide, […]
New Jersey is one of the cradles of aviation. During World War II, thousands of planes were produced in our state, and it served as a testing and training ground for many pilots. It should, therefore, be no surprise that a number of horrific and historic airplane crashes have also occurred here. The Hindenburg’s fiery […]
You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go I owe my soul to the company store In 1955, Tennessee Ernie Ford had a surprise number one hit when he recorded a version of this coal miner’s lament. Compared […]
Merriam Webster defines an accident as “an unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance.” That is the perfect description of what happened to a New Jersey woman who recently made headlines after settling a slip and fall case for $1.25 million. According to NJ.com, “Laura Diaz, now 37, tumbled into a self-service rotisserie chicken warmer after […]