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• TASER International Issues Long Overdue Warning

  Bret Hanna | October 21, 2009 9:46 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  It certainly took them long enough but TASER International, manufacturer of the dangerous and sometimes deadly stun guns so popular with police and some private citizens, is now telling police to...

• Bus Crash Injures Dozens of Students and Kills One Teacher - Update (2)

  Bret Hanna | October 14, 2009 4:48 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  This is my third post on this tragic accident. The first provides the details of the accident and highlights the heroism of Heather Christensen, the music teacher that tried to prevent the accident,...

• Driver Who Killed Utah Runner Suspected of Driving Under the Influence

  Bret Hanna | October 13, 2009 9:49 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Jeremy Kunz, 33, was in Las Vegas over the weekend to run the Las Vegas Ragnar Relay with his family. Race organizers describe the event as: RED ROCK then VIEWS OF THE STRIP at night then more RED...

• The Onset of Fall Brings Space Heater Danger

  Bret Hanna | September 24, 2009 10:01 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  As Fall settles in and the temperatures begin to drop, the use of space heaters will increase and so will the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning and fires caused by them. Accordingly, the Consumer...

• High School Student Wins Award for Motorcycle Safety Video

  Bret Hanna | August 28, 2009 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Joe Sloan, a 16-year-old Judge Memorial High School junior, won the top prize of $1,000 for the video he entered into the Utah Highway Safety Office's Drive Aware. Ride Aware. competition. The one...

• Surgeon Operated On Wrong Side Of Brain

  Amy Schauers | November 27, 2007 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A Rhode Island hospital was fined $50,000 and reprimanded for operating BRAIN SURGERY on the wrong side of a patient's head. This patient had a bleed on the right side of his brain and the surgeon began drilling on the left side. Once the mistake was realized, the surgeon stitched up the patient and began drilling on the correct side.A different doctor at the same hospital performed brain...

• The Band Marches On

  Bret Hanna | November 09, 2009 10:07 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  I've posted before about the tragic October accident involving the American Fork band which was returning from a competition in Idaho in a caravan of buses. On October 10th, one of the buses rolled...

• House Explosion Injures Two

  Bret Hanna | October 24, 2009 1:09 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Two people were injured Thursday in Cache County after the house they were taking care of was obliterated by an explosion. Mary Sorensen, 23, and her brother Tony, 27, had been staying in the house...

• Tragic Accident Kills Four Teens Near Soldier Summit

  Bret Hanna | September 01, 2009 10:38 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Four teens got into a car and slipped into the darkness early Sunday morning for what appears to be a joy ride. Unfortunately, that joy ride ended with an accident that killed all four. The accident...

• Tragic Accident During Utah Bicycle Event- Was it Avoidable?

  Mark Williams | August 23, 2009 6:15 PM | 5 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Five cyclists were injured during a popular road cycling event this last Saturday, the 1,000 Warriors Bicycle Race. The amateur race gives non-professionals the chance to ride the same course as the...