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• Greyhound bus and SUV accident proves deadly

  Staff Writer | July 31, 2007 9:42 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  On Friday in Montgomery, a sport utility vehicle crashed head-on into a Greyhound bus. The motor vehicle accident caused fatal injuries for the SUV's driver and minor injuries for at least 36 passengers on the bus.The Associated Press reported that the SUV was going the wrong way on I-65 at just after 2 a.m. Just before the crash, police had been dispatched to pursue the SUV because it was going...

• Fatal motorcycle collision near Mobile

  Staff Writer | July 30, 2007 9:31 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  The Press-Register reported a fatal motorcycle accident that occurred Friday night just south of Mobile. Two men were riding Suzuki GSXR sport bikes when they accidentally collided on Degusa Road at about 11:10 p.m. One man died and the other was seriously injured in the crash.This tragic motorcycle accident raises awareness about the dangers of motorcycles on our nation's roadways. Motorcycle...

• Two fatal train crashes in two days on same route

  Staff Writer | July 19, 2007 1:11 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  In a tragic story out of Florida, two train-vehicle collisions resulted in injury and death on the same Amtrack route just two days apart.Forbes.com reported the details of both accidents involving Amtrack trains en route from Miami to New York. On Monday four people died in a car that reportedly drove around another car and barriers into the path of a train full of passengers in Lakeland,...

• Ameriquest to Pay 20,000 Massachusetts Borrowers Restitution

  Chrissie Cole | July 13, 2007 10:39 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General, announced Ameriquest Mortgage Co. and its affiliates will pay $20,000 to borrowers in the state $13.75 million in restitution as part of a $325 million national settlement reached last year.The amount to be paid is increased from the $12.2 million Massachusetts officials had previously estimated was owed. Coakley's office says they will start...

• Drunk 11-year-old girl crashes vehicle

  Staff Writer | July 10, 2007 2:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  In an unbelievable story, the Associated Press reports of an 11-year-old girl driving under the influence at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, crashing the vehicle and suffering minor injuries.It happened in Orange Beach, Alabama, where police began chasing a speeder at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. The girl driving the car sped up, collided with another car, and eventually flipped the vehicle,...

• Vioxx Heart Attack Risk Begins Earlier

  Jenny Albano | July 03, 2007 11:17 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  A new study, approved for publication in the New England Journal of Medicine found that heart risks from the drug Vioxx began much sooner than Merck & Co. stated. The FDA approved Vioxx to treat the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in adults and children.Vioxx was pulled from the market after an FDA-funded study found that the drug doubled the risk of heart attack after 18 months of...