A week before the one-year anniversary of the Feb. 12, 2009, deadly commuter plane crash near Buffalo, New York (NY), the National Transportation Safety Board issued its conclusion that pilot error caused the Colgan Air accident that killed 50 people. The plane was flying as Continental Connection Flight 3407 and was seconds from touching down…
A recent study by a Harvard researcher reveals patients who take the diabetes drug Avandia more than double their risk of a heart attack, according to tradingmarkets.com. The study is set to be published in the American Diabetes Association journal. This isn’t the first time Avandia has been cited as a potentially dangerous drug. Three…
An 18-wheeler traveling on Interstate 26 (I-26) in South Carolina (SC) swerved to avoid another vehicle in a construction area resulting in a devastating wreck in which the tractor trailer jack-knifed and wound up slamming into a Ford SUV and a Mercedes. Five people were seriously hurt, according to justicenewsflash.com. These types of accidents may…
In his latest post to the Norfolk Injuryboard, my colleague Rick Shapiro questions legislative proposals in Virginia (VA) to simultaneously raise highway speed limits and remove a decades-old ban on radar and laser detectors in the state. Both moves would make car, truck and motorcycle drivers and passengers much less safe, Rick argues. EJL
According to a recent poll by Sleep in America, 36 percent of drivers admit to nodding off or falling asleep while behind the wheel of a car. The odds of a licensed car driver over the age of 18 getting into a car accident or near-accident due to drowsiness this past year were 1 in…