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• Child Dies From Head Injury in Greenville

  Shannon Weidemann | July 15, 2007 5:12 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A little girl visiting the Greenville Zoo was hit on the head by a falling tree branch and suffered a severe head and brain injury. The 3-year-old was at the zoo with family members when the accident happened. Her aunt tried to get her out of the way of the falling branch but was not successful. She was taken to Greenville Hospital to be treated for her injuries. Doctors say her brain...

• Car Drives Wrong Way on Freeway in Charlotte

  Shannon Weidemann | July 14, 2007 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A woman drove her car the wrong way down Brookshire Freeway in Charlotte and caused a head-on car accident. The police believe she was driving while impaired. The driver was driving a Dodge Neon on the freeway near Interstate 85 at 9:30 p.m. Thursday when she collided with a van from the Bible Way Apostolic Church, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. She has been charged with driving...

• China Bans Harmful Ingredient Found in Toothpaste

  Shannon Weidemann | July 12, 2007 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  The toothpaste involved in the recent recall contained diethylene glycol, a toxic substance found in antifreeze. China, in a bid to clean up their image before the 2008 Olympics, has banned the use of the substance in toothpaste. Late Wednesday, China banned toothpaste manufacturers from using diethylene glycol, or DEG -- which can cause kidney failure, paralysis and death, but has been used...

• Woman Dies in Charlotte Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | July 04, 2007 9:43 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A van and an SUV collided on Interstate 77 killing one woman and injuring six others. The car accident happened in Charlotte. The family in the SUV was from Thomasville. It is believed no one in the SUV was wearing a seat belt and they were all ejected from the vehicle. A Thomasville family was traveling to South Carolina when their SUV was involved in an accident on I-77. The SUV was...

• City of Medford Sued for Wrongful Death

  Shannon Weidemann | July 02, 2007 6:24 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  The family of a woman murdered in Medford, Oregon has sued the city for her wrongful death. She was stabbed mulitple times and called 911 for help. She was found dead alongside her car by Oregon State Police. The family alleges Ana Merez bled to death because the city's 911 center delayed transmission of her call for help.Meraz called 911 May 3 to say she needed urgent medical attention. An...

• Sulfuric Acid Spill in Raleigh

  Shannon Weidemann | June 28, 2007 3:14 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A sulfuric acid spill at Mallinckrodt Chemical in Raleigh forced the evacuation of the building and the Hazmat team was brought in. The hazardous substance leaked from a storage tank into a containment basin. The accident happened this morning at the plant on Capital Boulevard. Officials say the leak, which was reported about 7:30 a.m., is confined to the company's property and initially...

• Truck Spills Coal in West Virginia

  Shannon Weidemann | June 27, 2007 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A truck driver claims the brakes on his coal hauler failed causing an accident that left coal over the road and hillside. The trucking accident happened in Wellsburg on Mechling Hill Road. Rob McMahon, Brooke County director of emergency services, told the Brooke County Commission Tuesday part of the truck's load fell from the road and along the hillside above a reservoir many feet...

• Firework Safety for the 4th of July

  Shannon Weidemann | June 25, 2007 3:54 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Officials are urging people to stay safe during the July 4th firework season. Fireworks can cause serious injury if not used properly. North Carolina allows the use of "safe and sane" fireworks. "Safe and sane" generally means those that do not leave the ground, shoot projectiles into the air or explode. In the permitted category are amusements such as smoke balls, sparklers, toy trick...

• California Man Awarded $11 Million in Medical Lawsuit

  Shannon Weidemann | June 23, 2007 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A man went to a Mission Viejo hospital in 2004, was misdiagnosed and later suffered a stroke. He was awarded $11.7 Million by a jury in the medical malpractice case he brought against the doctors who treated him. He had an infection that spread to his brain and caused the stroke. When Crumes went to the emergency room at Mission Hospital, he told doctors that in 1993 he was operated on for...

• Man Dies in Trench Collapse

  Shannon Weidemann | June 21, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A 42-year-old construction worker died in a trench collapse on a worksite in Phoenix, Arizona earlier this month. He was working on a new movie theater going in at a mall. The trench was around 6 feet deep. The worker fell in as the trench collapsed about 3 p.m. and was partially covered by dirt and concrete. He was pronounced dead at the scene, said Sgt. Joel Tranter, a Phoenix police...