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• Driver Hits Pedestrian, Killing Him

  Christina Cole | June 15, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  While in the parking lot of a medical clinic this morning, a 92-year-old driver hit the gas instead of the brake, causing his vehicle to crash into a wall, a curb, two parked cars and a 62-year-old pedestrian, killing him, authorities said.The series of crashes leading up to the pedestrian accident started at approximately 8:50 a.m. on Friday, beside a Kaiser Permanete Clinic located on Avocado...

• Motorcyclist Killed in Crash with Truck

  Christina Cole | June 13, 2007 9:29 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A motorcyclist was killed after sustaining serious injuries in a motorcycle accident when his bike crashed with a truck on a windy road. The accident occurred at approximately 11a.m. on Wednesday morning..According to California Highway Patrol, the 38-year-old man, was traveling eastbound around a corner at an unsafe speed and lost control of the bike. He then slid into a flat bed truck that was...

• Toothpaste Recalled for DEG Poisoning

  Christina Cole | June 12, 2007 10:31 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  After the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warnings last week, a Florida importer has recalled 170,000 tubes of toothpaste labeled "Made in China" that may contain a deadly chemical.According to the FDA's warning notice, the toothpastes may contain diethylene glycol (DEG). DEG is a thickening agent used in antifreeze. If ingested, DEG can have serious and sometimes fatal side effects.51...

• CHP Offier Killed in Car Accident

  Christina Cole | June 10, 2007 8:07 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A California Highway Patrol Officer (CHP) was killed ina tragic car accident, Sunday, when his patrol car veered off the side of the road and crashed.The single vehicle crash happened at approximately 9 a.m. on Interstate 8, according to CHP officials.The officer, of Winterhaven's CHP Office, was traveling eastbound in the right lane when his tired blew out on the left side of his car. The...

• How's this for irony?

  IB Contributor | June 10, 2007 12:01 AM | 2 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Court Hearing to Save Pitbull a Day after Pitbulls Attack Tustin woman and Maul her DogEarly Wednesday morning, two female pitbulls snatched a poodle from the arms of an elderly woman in Tustin and mauled the little dog in front of her eyes, in her front yard, according to an article in The Orange County Register. On Thursday morning, a Westminster woman's attorney begged an Orange County...

• Occupants Survive Crash with Amtrak Train

  Christina Cole | June 08, 2007 8:34 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A man and his son are lucky to be alive after the truck they were driving struck an Amtrak train, Wednesday, on Highway 140.The truck vs. train accident happened at 9:15 a.m. when the 16-year-old drive was driving a 2003 Ford F150 truck, heading westbound, with his Father in the passenger seat, according to California Highway Patrol. Officials say the driver lost control of the truck after...

• Shelhigh Medical Devices Seized by FDA

  IB Contributor | June 08, 2007 12:17 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  FDA claims repeated problems with contaminatiion.Shelhigh, a manufacturer of medical devices, is known in medical circles for producing some of the most state-of-the-art medical devices available to patients in the last ten years. However, recent problems with repeated medical device contamination at Shelhigh's single manufacturing facility in Union, NJ has not only caused a recent FDA 'recall'...

• Ground Beef Recalled for E.Coli Contamination

  Christina Cole | June 06, 2007 9:14 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A California company has announced a voluntary recall of 75,000 pounds of beef in several states due to risk of possible E. coli contamination.The ground beef was shipped by United Food Group of California, to retail distribution centers located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The beef was sold under the brand names...

• Three Killed in Tragic Car Accident after Crashing into Light Pole

  Christina Cole | June 04, 2007 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Three men, in their 20s, were killed in a tragic car accident when their Lincoln Town Car rear-ended a vehicle, bounced off another and crashed into a light pole. A fourth passenger was hospitalized, police said.One of the victims was decapitated in the accident that occurred on Victoria Street near Canyon Drive at 8:45 p.m. Two of the men were thrown from the vehicle and killed, as was a...

• FDA Warns Consumers to Avoid Toothpaste Made in China

  Christina Cole | June 02, 2007 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers Friday to avoid toothpaste made in China because it may contain a poisonous chemical that is used in antifreeze.The FDA said people should discard any toothpaste labeled with "Made in China. The FDA is concerned that these toothpaste products may contain diethylene glycol (DEG).To date the FDA is not aware of any poisoning from...