During the holiday season many drivers are distracted. Thoughts of dinners, shopping and family celebrations are on their mind along with all the things they need to get done to achieve them. No one can know for sure what preoccupations were on a driver’s mind recently in Norfolk, VA when she crashed into a fire…
Question: How Dangerous is a Surgical Needle When Left in the Human Body? Answer: Very dangerous and potentially life-threatening. Having any foreign object left inside your body after a medical procedure is dangerous and can seriously injure you, but a needle is especially hazardous since it is a sharp object that could puncture and/or tear…
An Alabama woman who mistakenly received a powerful and potentially dangerous steroid instead of the painkiller she was prescribed has won a $2 million judgment against Rite Aid, the pharmacy chain that employed the pharmacist who made the dispensing error. According to the Montgomery (AL) Advertiser, the woman developed Cushing’s syndrome after taking high doses…
During the latest blast of snow and ice covering North Carolina (NC), a man out walking along U.S. Highway 70 in Wayne County near Goldsboro was struck and killed by a NCDOT snowplow. In what can be described as almost a freak accident, Mark Walston, 21, was run over by a truck driven by an…
A motorcycle rider suffered fatal injuries when he collided with a pickup truck in Kernersville, North Carolina (NC), on the afternoon of December 18, 2017. The deadly wreck happened in 500 block of Hopkins Road, a little north of the turnoffs to regents road and Timberwood Trail. Local police responded to the scene…