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• Fatal Parked Truck Accident In Irvine On 405 Freeway

  IB Contributor | July 01, 2007 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Driver of a parked truck and his employer may be liable for traffic death.A truck accident on the San Diego Freeway last Wednesday took one life and injured another. The driver of a 1990 Ford Econoline died when his van veered off the southbound 405 Freeway in Irvine, the morning of June 29 and collided with a truck, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. The Times reported that the...

• Fremont Woman Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 06, 2007 8:31 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A 47-year-old woman was killed in a motorcycle accident, on Sunday, when the motorcycle she was passenger on crossed the double-yellow line on a curve and crashed with another motorcycle head-on, according to California Highway Patrol. The accident occurred when a 43-year-old man driving a 1993 Suzuki Silver, tried to pass slower moving vehicles on Altamont Pass Road, according to a spokesperson...

• Ford Excursion Rollover Fatality

  IB Contributor | March 20, 2007 9:48 PM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA

  Was this a roof crush fatality?A California man driving a Ford Excursion on U.S. 6 just east of Ely, Nevada died Sunday in a single-vehicle rollover accident according to a story by NBC News 4.Jay Wooten of Fairfield, California was driving his Ford Excursion with five other people in the vehicle, when he swerved to avoiding hitting an elk. According to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper George...

• Consumer Reports Retracts Infant Car Seat Study

  IB Contributor | January 19, 2007 12:18 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Consumer Reports magazine is now saying that the study it released earlier this month stating that most infant car seats failed when tested in high-speed vehicle crashes, is actually flawed.The magazine posted the retraction on its Web site, www.consumerreports.com, after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials pointed out that the side-impact tests were actually conducted...

• Study to Analyze ADHD Medications and Heart Attack Risks

  Chrissie Cole | September 17, 2007 7:06 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A comprehensive new study is underway by two U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agencies, to determine if prescription medications used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increases the risk of heart attack, cardiovascular problems or stroke.Research supported by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)...

• Reports of Adverse Drug Effects on the Rise

  Chrissie Cole | September 15, 2007 1:57 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  According to a new study, reports of adverse drug affects reported to the Food and Drug Administration has doubled over the past decade. Deaths associated with serious adverse drug effects also doubled."A change of this magnitude ought to be cause for alarm," says Thomas J. Moore, senior scientist, drug safety and policy, for the Institute for Safe Medication Practices in Huntingdon Valley, Pa.,...

• Two Killed In Pedestrian-Train Accidents within Hours

  Chrissie Cole | September 08, 2007 7:49 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Two pedestrians were killed within a nine-hour span of one another, Thursday, in two separate railroad accidents in the Bay Area.Union Pacific officials report a Newark woman was killed after being struck by a freight train at 3:04 a.m. while walking across the train tracks on Cedar Blvd. The accident is currently under investigation. Barely eight hours after the first accident authorities...

• Agency fines Hemet nursing home

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 11:26 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The agency that oversees California nursing homes has fined a Hemet facility $75,000 in connection with a patient's death. ManorCare Health Services in Hemet received an AA citation, which is the most severe under state law, on March 13, the article said. Evaluators from the California Department of Health Services found that an 83-year-old man died at a hospital on Jan. 13, 2006, seven days...

• Toddler Mauled To Death By Uncle's Pit-Bull Terrier

  IB Contributor | January 07, 2007 10:58 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Pit-Bull Terriers and Rottweilers should be treated like a loaded gun.On New Year's Day, a 5- year-old Ellie Lawrenson was mauled to death by her uncle's Pit-Bull Terrier while staying with her grandmother.Tragic and frightening as this death was, what's scarier is that the girl's uncle was warned by authorities about his dog's dangerous behavior six months earlier. Had he heeded that warning, a...

• KYMCO Recalls ATVs Because of Suspension Failure

  Jenny Albano | January 03, 2008 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  KYMCO USA, in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 1,350 2006-2008 Model Year MXU 500 All Terrain Vehicles due to suspension failure.The pivot bolts holding the rear suspension onto the frame can become loose, causing the rear swing arm to detach from the chassis posing a risk of injury or death to the operator.So far the company has received two reports of minor injury and six reports...