- Jeff Rasansky | April 30, 2008 10:11 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsThree people were injured in an accident in Kaufman County late last night. The service road along Highway 80 was shut down at Windmill Farms Boulevard after a tractor-trailer crashed into two...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 29, 2008 10:25 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesAccording to this article at silive.com, a worker at a Staten Island construction site was injured Monday night after he fell off of a front-end loader and was crushed by one of the wheels.
The...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 28, 2008 10:07 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer Accidents-35E southbound was shut down south of Zang Boulevard according to <a...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 25, 2008 10:21 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsFilming of the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, has been suspended pending the investigation of an accident on the set involving a stunt driver. The accident occured in the town of Limone sul...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 24, 2008 4:46 PM |
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MiscellaneousA Harris County court found Laurie Williamson guilty of injury to child today. According to prosecutors, Williamson subjected her son to at least two
surgeries that he did not need. Williamson...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 23, 2008 1:18 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAccording to a government study of data from 2004-2006, 15.1 percent of current drivers 18 and older drove under the influence of alcohol in the past year. In Wisconsin, that number hits 26.4...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 22, 2008 2:11 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsA study published in today's Journal of Biology discovered exactly how the chemotherapy drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) causes memory problems, cognitive difficulties and an effect called "chemo brain"...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 21, 2008 5:15 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsSMU Sophomore Chynna Stone didn't think that her safety was at risk as she sat on the couch of her University Park apartment Friday afternoon. Stone is now in critical condition at Baylor University...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 21, 2008 1:04 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsJust before a police officer pulled a motorcyclist over for speeding through a red light early Monday morning the bike crashed into a Ford Mustang in Garland While the condition of the other...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 18, 2008 5:06 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesAccording to the ALS Association about 5 600 people in the United States are diagnosed with ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig s disease each year And a study released on Wednesday...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 17, 2008 11:55 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsTalmadge Waldrip did not think helping his daughter move would land him in the hospital for 10 months with a crushed pelvis, ruptured bladder and fractured vertebrae in his neck. But when the fully...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 16, 2008 5:02 PM |
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Motorcycle Accidents
In this Dallas Morning News Article, the family of 38-year-old Thomas Davidson is questioning police as to why it took four hours to find Davidson's body after he flew from his motorcycle in an...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 16, 2008 4:36 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)On his way to school at West Intermediate in Cedar Hill Wednesday morning, an 11-year-old boy on his bike was hit by a school bus.
The boy, who came out of an alley only to collide with the back...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 15, 2008 4:27 PM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseIn this disturbing story out of Virginia, two disabled women in wheelchairs separately testified that they had been molested and raped numerous times by the driver who transported one to adult...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 15, 2008 12:15 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsWith the number of drug recalls, adverse reactions and other issues involving over-the-counter and prescription medications, WellPoint Inc is developing a system to more quickly uncover health risks...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 14, 2008 3:56 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsDetectives are still investigating an accident that killed one and sent four to the hospital late April 6 on NW Loop 820 in Fort Worth.
Roger Flores, whose Chevy Trailblazer was struck by Rogelio...
- Administrator Administrator | April 11, 2008 6:01 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAround 3 p.m. today, a cement mixer travelling on southbound Highway 183 crashed through the median, flipped into the northbound traffic, struck a motorcycle and landed on top of a red SUV.
The red...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 11, 2008 6:00 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAround 3 p.m. today, a cement mixer travelling on southbound Highway 183 crashed through the median, flipped into the northbound traffic, struck a motorcycle and landed on top of a red SUV.
The red...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 11, 2008 12:29 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsOn the tails of our last post regarding a motorcyclist who crashed into a vehicle at 100-plus mph, the Dallas Morning News reported another motorcycle accident around 8 this morning. This time, the...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 11, 2008 11:50 AM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsPolice in Arlington have yet to find the driver who crashed into a motorcycle on Highway 287 on Monday. Though the vehicle driver does not appear to be at fault in the accident that left the...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 10, 2008 1:07 PM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseState inspectors have cited Iowa's Legacy Gardens assisted-living center for resident abuse, backdating of medical records, violations of privacy rights, changing physicians' orders, dozens of...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 09, 2008 3:33 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsClinical trials of Exubera, an inhaled insulin product, found increased cases of lung cancer among those using the product. Originally projected by Pfizer to reign in multi-billion dollar profits,...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 08, 2008 2:23 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe deaths of 238,337 U.S. Medicare patients from 2004 through 2006 could have potentially been prevented if not for patient safety errors. The total number of deaths among patients who had been...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 07, 2008 10:59 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA new study released in the April edition of Pediatrics found a rate of 11 drug-related harmful events for every 100 hospitalized children - with some children affected by more than one such...
- Jeff Rasansky | April 07, 2008 10:08 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsFive individuals were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries late Sunday night when two vehicles flew off a Fort Worth Highway. Though it has not yet been determined whether...
- RLF Staff | April 01, 2008 10:03 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn an update from yesterday's post about the Sunday night accident involving the caretaker of a Liberty Bell and Ten Commandments replicas, the driver of the historical display was apparently in...
- RLF Staff | April 01, 2008 9:30 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsTaking a motorcycle ride with his son just after midnight this morning, a 63-year-old man died when he fell from his motorcycle. He apparently struck an object along Interstate 30 in Fort Worth. His...