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• Fatal hit-and-run accident

  Staff Writer | April 30, 2007 4:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Saturday afternoon was a dangerous time to be on the road in north Mobile County, according to a report from the Mobile Press-Register detailing a series of car accidents presumably caused by one man.The Theodore man who is believed to be responsible for one death and three other motor vehicle accidents has been arrested and charged. He was reportedly driving a Dodge pickup truck when he hit a...

• Contaminated pet food scare continues

  Staff Writer | April 30, 2007 3:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Last week newspapers across the country reported on another pet food scare over the possible presence of melamine, a dangerous chemical that may be linked to the recent pet deaths and pet food recalls, in farm feed. These defective products have raised serious concerns among many consumers.Articles from various papers, including the Baltimore Sun, claimed that testing found melamine in hogs and...

• Judge approves $64 million Paxil settlement

  Staff Writer | April 28, 2007 4:40 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The world's second largest drug manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, will pay nearly $64 million to settle claims from parents of minor patients who were taking antidepressant drug Paxil.The plaintiffs claim that the company provided misleading information about giving Paxil to minors, not adequately warning about possible suicidal side effects and withdrawal symptoms. ``The settlement was agreed upon...

• Railroad safety becomes big issue in Alabama

  Staff Writer | April 25, 2007 4:58 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  CSX and retired NASCAR driver Bobby Allison are combining efforts to publicize railroad-crossing safety among the general public at the Talladega Superspeedway, said a report from The Associated Press.Train collisions have recently been responsible for a number of deaths in Alabama, so CSX has created a public safety campaign entitled, "Keep on Living." This will include radio public service...

• North Carolina man dies of injuries

  Staff Writer | April 23, 2007 10:52 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  The Fayette Observer reported that a man crushed by a backhoe at a gravel pit died from his worksite injuries. As he was operating the backhoe on the job at his family's gravel pit, it slid off an embankment and flipped onto him. He was sadly crushed, and died about one week later. Many workplace injuries occur each year, sometimes because of worker mistakes and sometimes because the right...

• Two fatal crashes leave four dead

  Staff Writer | April 22, 2007 10:35 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Tragedy struck early Saturday morning in Mobile County, according to a report from the Press-Register, when two motor vehicle accidents resulted in four deaths. A collision between two vehicles on Theodore-Dawes Road killed three people, who were reportedly not wearing seatbelts. The accident resulted from one of the vehicles failing to yield.Another accident on I-10 occurred a few minutes...

• Another side to the train safety debate

  Staff Writer | April 17, 2007 9:55 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  In an article last week in The Decatur Daily, residents in Falkville protested over the CSX recommendation of closing a railroad crossing after deadly accidents have occurred there. CSX blieves that the safety of motorists and its own employees is at stake. Cain, a former locomotive engineer, said safety is the driving force behind CSX's appeal. "We're running 32 trains per day through town, and...

• Train crossing safety up for debate

  Staff Writer | April 16, 2007 9:40 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  An interesting article from The Decatur Daily addresses the need for crossing gates at railroad crossing, and the lack of action from the roilroad companies. The columnist points to the recent death of a man in Limestone County, who died after being hit by a train while operating farming equipment. If there had been an automated gate to warn him of the train, this man's life would have been...

• Cullman County accident causes injury

  Staff Writer | April 08, 2007 5:56 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A two-car accident on County Road 703 one mile east of Cullman Wednesday caused an injury to one of the drivers, says a report from Cullman County.A 1998 Ford collided with a 1993 Ford at about 1:55 p.m., the CullmanTimes.com reported. Alabama State Troopers did not report the cause of the accident or how serious the victim's injuries were.If you or someone you know has been injured in a motor...

• Epilepsy drug associated with mental retardation

  Staff Writer | April 04, 2007 3:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  A story from The New York Times details a new study that shows an increased risk of mental retardation in children who were exposed to epilepsy drug Depakote prenatally. The authors of the study presented their research at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting this year.Toddlers who had been exposed in the womb to the drug Depakote, from Abbott Laboratories, scored seven to eight...