On a sunny Saturday afternoon a father and son took a short motorcycle ride in Orange, Virginia (VA). The pair was enjoying the unseasonably warm October weather when suddenly a pick up truck turned into their path. The devastating crash caused the death of the boy and injured his father, says the Virginian Pilot. …
Lisa Langemann, a second grade school teacher in Bethel, North Carolina (NC) was traveling down Highway 43 when her life came to a sudden, tragic end. A trailer came unhitched from a truck and collided with Langemann’s vehicle. She was only 27 years old and the mother of two daughters. It turns out the truck hauling…
A 78-year-old woman walked into a Starbucks and tripped on a bulge at the rear entrance stairway. She fractured her femur which required surgery, according to the Pasadena Star-News. The nightmare didn’t end there. She suffered a stroke due to the surgery which was followed by three more strokes. She is now wheelchair bound after…
Safer roads for Richmond, Va. cyclists and pedestrians are in the works, according to Richmond.com. Richmond city officials have plans to create more ‘people-friendly paths’ or ‘greenways’, which would be designated for bicyclists and pedestrians and would help make foot and pedal traffic both simpler and safer. The commission planning this effort “also envisions an extensive network…
A cardiologist who performed heart surgeries at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Maryland (MD), is facing at least 101 lawsuits from former patients and their health insurance companies for unnecessarily implanting coronary artery stents. According to the Baltimore Sun, Dr. Mehmood Patel is also facing federal and, possibly, state criminal charges for unjustifiably putting…