While attempting to cross Sugar Creek Road, a Charlotte pedestrian has died after an SUV struck him early Saturday morning. Police state that man darted out into traffic at 1:25 a.m. in front of a 1997 Ford Expedition. This SUV struck and fatally hit him, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police news release. Emergency responders transported…
Darvon and Darvocet are two popular painkillers embroiled in controversy due to their primary ingredient – propoxyphene. Recent reports indicate a risk of overdose from taking drugs containing propoxyphene and the Public Citizen, a watchdog group, reported over 2,000 people have died from heart failure connected to the drug. As a response, the FDA now…
The swine flu other wise known as H1N1 virus, has claimed the life of a Wilson County woman recently. This was confirmed by the Wilson County Health Department on Wednesday of last week. Although specific information about the victim and the circumstances leading up to the death has not been released, there have been at…
A pregnant Fayetteville woman mysteriously ends up dead after she had made a distress call. Police and members of the Cumberland County Bomb Squad responded to the call at a home at 2995 BrookCrossing Drive, off Lakewood Drive, just before 3 p.m. The woman, who was four months pregnant, was apparently threatening to hurt herself,…
With a tragic error in judgment a Greensboro electrician was electrocuted Monday while working at the University of North Carolina’s Greensboro branch. As more details come to light in regard to this terrible accident, it appears that his standard safety protocol may have been not followed. According to campus police they were changing some light…