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• Hit and Run Driver Hurt When Chased After Auto Accident

  Ed Normand | September 04, 2007 1:42 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A woman driving a Honda south near UCF in Orlando rear ended another car in a minor crash. No problem until she left the scene in a hit and run. The car that was hit chased the woman until she crashed her car into a tree. What was a minor accident subject to a careless driving ticket may result in jail time for leaving the scene and reckless driving in leaving the scene. Thus a simple auto...

• Bus Crash Hurts 11 Kids

  Ed Normand | September 04, 2007 1:25 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  11 children were hurt in a single vehicle bus crash in Hillsborough County Florida today. The bus driver ran a curb went off the road and crashed near some trees. 11 of the kids went to the hospital for treatment. The bus driver was issued a ticket for careless driving in causing the auto accident. The bus driver was also cited for failing to wear a seat belt. What kind of example is that...

• Drug stents worse on heart attack victims

  Richard Schulte | September 04, 2007 1:17 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Heart attack victims given drug-coated stents after an acute heart attack are nearly five times more likely to die six months to two years later than those with bare metal forms of the arterial scaffolding, research showed on Tuesday.Drug stents remain highly controversial in the cardiology community and fears about late stent thrombosis have led to a slump in sales in the past year.Eckhart...

• Florida Restaurants #1 in Making People Sick

  Ed Normand | September 04, 2007 12:49 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Florida leads the nation in something besides College Football and Basketball, the state also has more people get sick eating out than any other state. Food poisoning is a major cause of illness in this country. The main culprits, you guessed it: seafood, ethnic food and the ubiquitous "all you can eat buffet."This is not just a little throw up and diarrhea problem. People die and get...

• Fatal bus stop wreck in Raleigh

  Dan Deuterman | September 04, 2007 12:02 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  A fatal wreck in Raleigh has a neighborhood up in arms and complaining not enough is being done to stop speeding in the area. Jason Daniel Oliver, 28, is accused of hitting two men standing at a bus stop after he lost control of his car while traveling 66 mph in a 35 mph zone on Buck Jones Road near Bashford Road in Raleigh. Police said he was driving drunk and will be charged with...

• Mother Files Wrongful Death Action Against Manufacturer of Exploding Gasoline Container

  Amy Rothschild | September 04, 2007 11:58 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Rene Green, the mother of twenty (20) year old Jonathon Green, filed wrongful death and survival actions on August 28, 2007, against Blitz, USA, in the Eastern District of Texas. In late winter in Texas, Ms. Green's son was burning brush in a barrel. He tried to pour additonal gasoline onto the brush but the gas container manufactured by Blitz, USA, exploded resulting in the boy becoming...

• Hit and Run Driver Gets Jail Time

  Ed Normand | September 04, 2007 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The driver of a hit and run vehicle that struck and killed a 13-year-old boy who was skating across a State Road 434 in Altamonte Springs Floriida. The victim was in a crosswalk and it was almost dark when he got hit in the car v. pedestrian auto accident. The driver did not even have a driver's license when he crashed into the boy. He tried to cover it up by leaving the scene, fixing the...

• Fatalities in Iowa from Motor Vehicle Accidents

  Steve Lombardi | September 04, 2007 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Young drivers, those sixteen to twenty-one account for many of the deaths from motor vehicle accidents. Passengers are often times very young, fourteen to sixteen. And it is the passengers that often times are either seriously hurt or are killed. The time of the accident is often times at night. They are not as skilled as adult drivers and lose control on gravel roads so common in rural Iowa....

• Kroger Recalls Potato Salad in E. Coli Scare

  Courtney Mills | September 04, 2007 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsEverett, WA

  The Ohio Department of Agriculture in conjunction with Kroger Co announced a recall on August 31 of Kroger Brand Mustard or Southern-Style potato salad with a "Best if used By" Date of September 5th. A sample of the potato salads tested positive for E. coli.No illnesses have been reported as yet as a result of the E. coli contamination, but consumers are advised to discard any Kroger Mustard or...

• Girl Dies in Mine Shaft ATV Accident

  Courtney Mills | September 04, 2007 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 13-year-old Rikki Howard and her 10-year-old half-sister Casie Hicks were riding on the rolling hills of Arizona in a three-wheeled ATV and were seriously injured Saturday in an ATV accident, when their vehicle suddenly tore down a 125-foot mine shaft. The Arizona hilly countryside apparently obscured the opening to the mineshaft, and the girls' vehicle fell right into it.According to media...