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• Annapolis Motorcycle Accident Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | September 04, 2007 3:03 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A 25-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle accident on Sunday in Annapolis. The victim was from Edgewater. He was driving his motorcycle in a construction zone when the accident happened. The victim tried to merge left from a right-turn-only lane on southbound Route 2 near Forest Drive, swerved back to the right when he saw traffic approaching from behind, and went off the road, past the...

• Man Sues Railway Company for Personal Injury

  Shannon Weidemann | August 30, 2007 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A worker for Kansas City Southern Railway is suing the company for personal injury and slander after he was hurt on the job and then belittled in front of coworkers. The work accident happened in June of this year. Armed with the Federal Employer Liability Act, Smith is suing KCS Railway for keeping an "old" and "poorly maintained" ballast car with "hard to open" doors in service and Adcock...

• Person Killed in Charlotte Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | August 27, 2007 10:06 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A man was killed in a single car accident in Charlotte last week. He drove the car into a utility pole and then a building. Rescue teams had to use the Jaws of Life. The victim died at the scene of the accident. It happened off of Old Concord Road in northeast Charlotte.Investigators believe the driver of the car was driving too fast when he hit a sharp curve in the road. That caused the...

• Truck Leaks Hazardous Material in Nevada

  Shannon Weidemann | August 23, 2007 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A truck driver in Nevada stopped at a rest area and found out that his trailer was leaking Ferric Chloride Solution. He contacted the Nevada Highway Patrol and they acted to evacuate and clean up the area. The hazardous substance caused the evacuation of 24 people from the rest area. The Cosgrave Rest area, 18 miles west of Winnemucca, was evacuated once the driver of a Kentworth tractor tank...

• Huntersville Truck Accident Injures 2 People

  Shannon Weidemann | August 21, 2007 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A car driving on Interstate 77 in Huntersville drove underneath a semi-truck. Two people were trapped inside the car. The truck accident happened this morning near the exit to Gilead Road. Two people were pulled out of the mangled vehicle. A medical helicopter landed just south of the accident and transported one patient to the hospital around 11:30 a.m. Medic originally called for a second...

• Family Awarded $25.8 Million in Wrongful Death Case

  Shannon Weidemann | August 18, 2007 3:50 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A woman died after being dispensed the wrong drug at Walgreens and a jury has awarded her family $25.8 Million in the wrongful death case brought against the pharmacy. The woman was prescribed a blood thinner and the pharmacy gave her one 10 times the prescribed strength. It caused her to have a stroke in 2002 and die in 2007. The Polk County Circuit Court jury found the prescription error...

• Worker Killed in Queens Construction Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | August 16, 2007 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A construction accident in Queens killed a Department of Transportation worker last night. The worker was standing outside of his vehicle reattaching a trailer when he killed. Police said two DOT workers were towing a construction light tower when it dislodged from their pick-up truck at around 9:20 p.m. on the westbound Grand Central Parkway near exit 22 in Hollis Hills.The workers were...

• Newberry Car Accident Kills Boy

  Shannon Weidemann | August 14, 2007 10:53 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A car accident in Newberry has left an 11-year-old boy dead. The tragic chain of events began when the car he was a passenger in hit the guardrail. His mother was driving the vehicle. Shortly after coming to rest, their vehicle was struck by another vehicle. The mother, in an attempt to get her children to safety, got her children and started for the side of the road, when a pickup truck...

• West Virginia Woman Sues for Medical Malpractice

  Shannon Weidemann | August 12, 2007 9:09 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A woman from Mercer, West Virginia is suing a doctor, physician's assistant and hospital for medical malpractice. She had surgery at Greenbrier Emergency Services and returned the month after she was discharged with an illness. She claims that she was sent home without a proper diagnosis. Baker returned to the hospital Nov. 14 in acute respiratory distress and was placed on ventilation...

• Hazardous Material Spills on Road in Monterey

  Shannon Weidemann | August 10, 2007 3:25 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A barrel fell off of a truck in Monterey by the intersection of Washington Street and Del Monte Avenue. It left a an unknown powder on the street. The Salinas Fire Department Haz-mat team was brought in to assess the situation and clean up the scene. The hazardous substance spill happened on Friday morning. The powder came from a barrel off a truck, and hazardous material reponders...