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• Skitching Teenager Ends Up With Brain Injury

  Shannon Weidemann | January 22, 2007 1:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  A 14-year-old boy is recovering from a serious brain injury he received after he fell while riding a skateboard while hanging onto a car. This dangerous activity goes by the name of skitching. Alex Hanson is recovering at Tampa General Hospital. He is a student at Charlotte High School. He was skitching at the 13000 block of Orchid Drive in Punta Gorda when he sustained the life threatening...

• Construction Worker Dies in Fall From Roof

  Shannon Weidemann | January 19, 2007 1:30 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  A man died after falling from a roof and landing on his back in Placida, Florida. The Sarasota County Medical Examiner ruled he died of bleeding from internal injuries.Emilio Diaz, age 31, was originally from Mexico and was living in Arcadia. The owners of ABC Construction, the company that employed Diaz, was unsure why he was on the roof because work had been completed there the day before. ...