A three-month old Kannapolis, North Carolina (NC) baby is in the Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast fighting for her life after she was abused by her caregiver over the weekend. According to the Kannapolis Police Department someone placed a phone call to 9-1-1 saying the baby was having trouble breathing. When emergency crews arrived at the caregiver’s…
When parents and caregivers use infant car seats as baby carriers or as safety chairs, they put the children in their care at risk for serious injuries and even death from falls, choking and suffocation. My colleague Jim Lewis calls attention to this in his latest post to the Virginia Beach Injuryboard, citing an analysis…
Michael Stegler, 49, died at Mount Carmel West Hospital after sustaining serious injuries from a crash on the Hilltop. According to police, Stegler was riding his motorcycle near W.Broad Street and Hague Avenue in Raleigh, NC when suddenly, a van struck him and the driver kept going. Stegler was immediately rushed to Mount Carmel West…
A trucking accident on I-495 in Delaware revealed a violation of federal record-keeping law which is becoming common place for truckers, according to WDEL. What is this law? It’s a requirement that truckers document the hours they drive and must remain within a certain number on a given day in order to prevent exhaustion and…
A Three-vehicle wreck happened just before 8 a.m. of today at the intersection of Raeford Road and Purdue Drive in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The accident claimed the life of Annie Wilson Thomas, 78. Thomas was a passenger in a white Buick LeSabre driven by Joe Ann Pelchat, 71. Pelchat was turning left from Raeford Road…