An unsuspecting driver was going about his business on Friday when he was suddenly struck by a wrong way driver. Head-on collisions are a somewhat rare type of car accident, consisting of only two percent of all vehicle crashes, but one out of ten traffic accident victims dies because of a head-on crash. This was…
An accident on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway claimed the lives of two and left another injured, according to WTOP.com. The accident occurred between Routes 197 and 198 at approximately 1 a.m. earlier this week when the driver of a vehicle traveling southbound crossed a median and hit two other vehicles traveling in the opposite direction. The driver and…
It sounds like a science-fiction novel. A woman feels no fear, not from armed robbers, spiders, rats, snakes….not from anything. When we hear that someone has “brain damage” we often think of a person in an unresponsive coma. However, brain damage comes in many forms. Take the brain injury of an ordinary mother of three…
Five employees of the Snowshoe Mountain Resort in Pocahontas County, West Virginia (WV) were taken to the hospital after they were exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide. The employees are expected to survive, but the side effects of carbon monoxide gas exposure can last for weeks after the incident. “A carbon monoxide level of…
Motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death among children in the U.S. But many of these deaths can be prevented. Placing children in age- and size-appropriate car seats and booster seats reduces serious and fatal injuries by more than half. As the mother of a young child I understand how a parent could…