In Raleigh, NC a construction worker was killed by a wall collapse at his job site in the afternoon, according to police. Officers said workers had made an addition to a building at Precision Tune Auto Care, 4808 Atlantic Avenue, and were taking down a concrete wall separating the original structure from the addition when…
The accident originally occurred on Interstate 77. A man and his wife were driving along the interstate when the man thought he had struck something with his car. He stopped and got out to look when another vehicle, a green sedan, struck the man. The driver injured in the hit and run car accident was…
According to authorities on Sunday night in Clayton, NC a man was hit and killed by a freight train located near Shotwell Rd. The victim’s name was not released. The train was carrying ethanol. However, there were no leaks, officials said. Because train wrecks usually cause widespread property damage as well as injury or death,…
On Saturday afternoon in Cary, North Carolina a nine-year-old boy was hit and killed by a vehicle while skateboarding, according to police. The nine-year-old, Ravindra Kalipershad was leaving a driveway on his skateboard in the 100th block of Council Gap Court when he unavoidably rolled in front of a Toyota Highlander, Cary police Lt. Randall…
When I first heard on Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered makers of generic injectable Phenergan to strengthen warnings about the medication’s potential to cause gangrene when improperly administered, I was pleased. Then I thought, “That was too long in coming.” The medication in products like Phenergan — which Wyeth has stopped…