North Carolina (NC) state law enforcement officials on August 9, 2010, handed down nearly three dozen indictments against a former nursing home nurse for charges ranging from patient abuse to second-degree murder. The currently jailed nurse is accused of administering overdoses of morphine and other painkilling opiates to patients at Brithaven of Chapel Hill in…
Do not just watch what you eat, but watch where you eat. A 46-year-old man was enjoying a meal at a restaurant when a four-pound ornament made of hemp fell from the ceiling and hit him in the head. Immediately following the incident, the man seemed okay, even joking about what happened. However, the subtle…
Drunk and apparently distracted by text message coming in on his cell phone, Virginia Beach, VA, resident Dorek Emanuel Hayes hit Mary Edwards as the 72-year-old woman attempted to cross Honeygrove Road in the early evening of December 30, 2009. Edwards suffered “broken legs and ankles, cracked ribs and bruised lungs” in the hit-and-run accident…
Stephen Shonka of Williamsburg, Virginia (VA) was crossing J. Clyde Morris Boulevard in Newport News, VA when he was hit and killed by a 2004 Acura. Mr. Shonka was only 34 years old. We do not know exactly what caused this pedestrian crossing accident death. Police suspect Mr. Shonka’s blood alcohol content was a “contributing factor,” according…
The newswires buzzed this past Sunday and Monday with report of a supposedly happy ending to story that began with a deadly traffic accident in downtown Indianapolis on the afternoon of June 5, 2010. A chartered shuttle bus carrying a wedding party and guests collided with a Chevy Yukon, injuring more than a dozen people…