A man driving a Ford Focus hit another car on Interstate 44. The collision forced him into anther lane where he collided with a semi-truck. The 21-year-old man was driving west when the car and truck accident happened. A man from Evansville, Ind., was killed in a three-vehicle accident at 12:40 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 44 just east of the exit for the Six Flags amusement park, the Missouri...
An 89-year-old man from Lakeland was killed when he was trying to cross State Road 37. He was struck by a freight truck. The pedestrian accident happened at the intersection with County Road 540A. The victim walked into the front left side of the truck's trailer. He was airlifted to Lakeland Regional Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.The driver of the truck was not hurt. The...
Gas prices hit a record high today with the national average at $3.073 per gallon. This is well over the last record high set of $3.057 set after Hurricane Katrina. To read more, click here. To help ease your pocketbook, follow these simple tips courtesy of the Automobile Association of America.If you own more than one care, use the more energy-conserving car as often as possible.Combine your...
Until the 1980's and 1990's, the major U.S. freight railroads routinely had train crews getting on and off moving railcars.At different times they used this dangerous practice at CSX and Norfolk Southern and the predecessor railroads like Conrail. Even after the railroad made a new rule saying it was dangerous to get off and on moving equipment, it took awhile for the practice to stop...
Two people were killed and one critically injured in a car and semi-truck accident near Watonga. The accident happened on Saturday night in Blaine county. OHP reports said VanCampen's 1998 Dodge Durango was westbound on U.S. 270 and the semi was southbound on Oklahoma 58. The semi failed to yield from a stop sign and was struck by the VanCampen vehicle. After impact both vehicles traveled...
A report from AssociatedContent.com says that the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) has recently proposed the idea of drug makers putting more label warnings of Paxil and other antidepressant drugs for those under age 25. The reason for this stems from studies that show an increase in suicidal thoughts when people under age 25 take antidepressant drugs such as Paxil. Apparently GlaxoSmithKline,...
Science Daily reported that sarciodosis of the lung, a serious inflammatory lung illness, is increasing among those New York City firefighters present during and after the World Trade Center collapse on September 11, 2001. Research completed since 9/11 by New York University, the NYC Department of Health Services, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine show at least 26 firefighters who suffer...
My law firm in Nevada has handled numerous medical malpractice and injury cases that involved decubitus ulcers.I received this description of decubitus ulcers from D. Garth Sullivan at INDOX Consulting, a medical expert service:Chronic lower extremity ulcers affect approximately 2.5 million to 4.5 million people in the US. In addition to pressure ulcers, this growing clinical problem is most...
Last week, it was a large truck that overturned on Route 128, near Lexington, creating a massive traffic jam for hours. On almost any given day on an elevated ramp near Chelsea, a truck may catapult the guard rail and fall to the road below. Large trucks so frequently cause gridlock, crashes, injuries, and death, on Massachusetts roadways, that reports of the damage they cause, seem...
When an accident involves both a train and a motor vehicle it is almost always fatal for the occupants of the vehicle. This point is unfortunately seen in a recent train vs. automobile accident that occurred in south Fulton County. According to the authorities, the driver of the vehicle was trying to cross a set of railroad tracks after the crossing bars were activated. Tragically the driver...
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