Traffic Deaths on the Rise on US Roads
According to a preliminary estimate made by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, traffic fatalities in the U.S. increased 5.3 percent last year, jumping to 34,080 deaths. In 2011, traffic deaths had numbered 32,367. The increase had been somewhat expected, as motorists drove 0.3 percent more miles thanks to an improving economy in 2012, according [...]
Distracted Driving Test
New studies show that drivers overestimate their ability to multitask behind the wheel, which can lead to serious motor vehicle accidents and catastrophic injuries. This game (which you can access through the link below) measures how your reaction time is affected by external distractions. Regardless of your results, experts say, you should not attempt to [...]
five BMC patients exposed to Hepatitis B
State health officials are investigating how five patients may have been exposed to hepatitis B at a Boston hospital, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said Sunday. During treatments, the five were potentially exposed to the virus at Boston Medical Center and are being monitored, the hospital said. How the patients may have come into [...]
Woman killed in Watham car accident
A woman was killed instantly in a three-car accident in front of 1163 Main St. at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday. One of the vehicles tapped a car going east on Main Street, then proceeded down Main Street for several hundred feet, crashing into another vehicle. Many factors such as excessive speed, sleepiness, carelessness or distraction [...]
Teen Attacked by Dog in Revere
REVERE, Mass.— A 14-year-old boy who climbed into a fenced-in construction area near a Revere shopping center has been taken to a hospital in critical condition after he was attacked by two guard dogs. Police say the boy and a 12-year-old companion entered a construction yard behind the Northgate Shopping Center at about 5:30 p.m. [...]
Man suffers burns to face after propane tank explosion in Milford, MA
A Milford man was sent to the hospital Sunday morning with first-degree burns to his face after a propane tank exploded at a glass-bottling plant in Milford, according to fire officials. The 55-year-old man, whose identity was not released, was filling up a forklift’s tank just outside the Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. plant when the propane [...]
Nightclub sued over alleged violation of PA “dram shop” laws
A horrific car crash on Interstate 95 last September can be traced to “shot girls” at a strip club in Philadelphia, according to a lawsuit filed against the club. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff spent about four hours at the club the night of Sept. 6, 2012 before leaving in his car, the lawsuit [...]
Tire maker sued in fatal cycle crash
According to the Pittsburg Gazette, the son of a husband and wife who were killed in a motorcycle crash in Westmoreland County, PA last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against the tire manufacturer. William G. Shank, 56, of New Alexandria, PA and his wife, Mary Jane, were riding on a 2007 Harley-Davidson Heritage [...]
Wilmington head-on crash leaves one dead, two injured
Wilmington, MA One person died Sunday evening in a head-on collision on Route 125 in Wilmington, near North Reading, State Police said. Firefighters from Wilmington and Andover arrived at the scene shortly after 8:30 p.m. to find one person dead in the two-car crash, State Police said in a statement. Two others were taken by [...]
Mansfield Dog Attack
Mansfield, MA A dog that had been ordered euthanized Wednesday by Mansfield selectmen after the dog bit a 6-year-old boy in January attacked a teenage girl Saturday, according to Mansfield Police. The 16-year-old girl was taken to Hasboro Children’s Hospital in Providence after she was bitten by a 3-year-old pointer-hound mix. Police did not identify [...]
