- Lee Coleman | October 31, 2006 4:33 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsMany people think they do not have to wear protective headgear in Kentucky. However there are some exceptions to that perception. Anyone who is under the age of 21 operating a motorcycle, or who is a passenger on a motorcycle or in a side car attachment, anyone with an instructional permit, or held a valid motorcycle license for less than a year, must wear protective headgear. All are to use an...
- Lee Coleman | October 28, 2006 6:19 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAn accident early Thursday morning claimed the life of a driver of a Mitsubishi Mirage at the intersection of Southside Drive and New Cut Road. The driver was heading west when it crashed with an eastbound van on Southside Drive about 6:15 a.m. The driver of the van and his 10 year old passenger were taken to University Hospital and Kosair Children's Hospital. Their injuries appeared to be...
- Lee Coleman | October 28, 2006 6:18 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA single-car accident claimed the life of a Lockport woman Tuesday. Henry county Emergency Services found her dead inside the car from a severe head injury. According to KSP she was driving on Drennon Road when she came out of a curve and went off the right side of the road. The vehicle became airborne and hit a tree, she was not wearing a seatbelt. Two children were in the back seat, a 3 year...
- Lee Coleman | October 27, 2006 6:15 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsEarly Wednesday morning both the east and westbound lanes of U.S. 62 were blocked when a semi lost control and dropped off the shoulder and overturned. The driver had just picked up a load of lumber from Baillie Lumber when he dropped off the side of the shoulder, over corrected, overturning losing the large load of lumber into the grassy area just east of the Dollar General Store. He was...
- Lee Coleman | October 26, 2006 6:44 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesEarly Tuesday morning in downtown Catlettsburg two train engines collided injuring 4 crew members of CSX Railroad sending them to the hospital. CSX Railroad did not release the names or condition of the workers although Catlettsburg police said the injuries appeared to be minor. There were two locomotives on each train with no rail cars attached to either. One locomotive derailed, the other...
- Lee Coleman | October 25, 2006 6:42 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe FDA and Roche Diagnostic issued a recall of CoaguChek PT test strips due to a potential for a defect that may cause falsely elevated test results. The test strips are used for people on blood thinners. Roche discovered that when insufficient active ingredient (thromboplastin) is applied to the test strip, it can cause a false elevated result. This can cause an incorrect dose of...
- Lee Coleman | October 24, 2006 1:38 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe FDA and CDC updated an October 2005 alert regarding reports of Guillain Barre (GBS) following the vaccine of Menactra Meningococcal Conjugate A, C, Y and W135, the manufacture is Sanofi Pasteur. In October of 2005 there were 5 reported cases of GBS following the administration of the vaccine. To date there is a total of 15 reported cases among the age groups of 11-19 year olds, and two...
- Lee Coleman | October 22, 2006 6:41 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesA 25 year old Dry Ridge man died on October 14th in Florence while working on a dump truck. Ryan Cases' clothing got caught in the power takeoff. He was working for Len Riegler Blacktopping. He had been a truck driver for a number of years but had only recently went to work for the blacktop company on Weaver Road. According to the Boone County Sheriff's Department, co-workers found Case and cut...
- Lee Coleman | October 21, 2006 6:39 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsEarly Friday morning, three students were crossing Burlington Pike in front of Boone County High School in the crosswalk when they were struck by a minivan. The three teens all from Erlanger were taken to Saint Luke Hospital West with non life threatening injuries. They were hit by a 2002 Chrysler minivan driven by a 54-year old woman from Florence. The School Resource Officer, Deputy Rick White...
- Lee Coleman | October 20, 2006 4:23 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn May of 2006 Devona Jones was parking her truck in a parking garage on the second level when she struck a concrete wall panel. The two ton panel fell onto the walkway below striking Stephanie Hufnagel, killing her and her unborn child. The family is filing the suit against TIC Properties, who manages the garage, Main Street EH, LLC, one of 32 investors that jointly own the structure, and...
- Lee Coleman | October 19, 2006 6:46 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe FDA is warning diabetics not to use counterfeit blood sugar test strips that were distributed nationwide. They could produce inaccurate results that could mean a patient could take either too much or not enough insulin and could lead to death or serious injury."The counterfeit test strips included those sold under the brand One Touch Basic Profile with lot numbers 272894A, 2619932 or...
- Lee Coleman | October 18, 2006 11:41 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA two car crash in Grant County killed a Williamstown teen and sent two to area hospitals. Early Sunday morning a 17-year-old Owen County driver lost control of his car while trying to avoid a deer and crossed the center line on Taft Highway, Ky. 22. An 18-year old Owen County driver struck the passenger side of the vehicle and a 15-year-old girl who was in the passenger seat was killed. The...
- Lee Coleman | October 15, 2006 6:14 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsDoctors are pushing the FDA to use the term 'safety alert' instead of 'recall' to warn about pacemakers and defibrillators. Citing a loss of public confidence in the safety of implantable devices. The number of implanted defibrillators in the U.S. is down 8 percent in the last 12 months according to the Prudential Equity Group. The slump is blamed on a series of recalls on several pacemakers...
- Lee Coleman | October 14, 2006 6:10 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsAdd congestive heart failure to the list of precautions for Gleevic (imitinib mesylate). Novartis Oncology said it would send letters to U.S. Physicians advising them of the possible link. Gleevec is used for chronic myeloid leukemia and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). The FDA approved Gleevec in May of 2001. Novartis said it already included data about heart failure but would add more...
- Lee Coleman | October 13, 2006 6:06 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA 12 year old boy was struck while riding his skateboard on 146 in LaGrange by a truck. The boy was flown to University Hospital in Louisville with head injuries. He was not wearing a helmet or other protective gear. Traffic was shut down though the city for about 3 hours while police reconstructed the accident scene."Many children skateboard on city streets because there's no skate park....
- Lee Coleman | October 12, 2006 6:01 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsNew statistics show that Kentucky traffic fatalities are down. Approximately 80 fewer fatalities than at this time last year. Kentucky has enacted several new highway safety measures this year and the results are beginning to show. Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for ages 6-33."Fatality FactsNearly 130,000 crashes occurred in Kentucky in 2005, resulting in 985 deaths and nearly...
- Lee Coleman | October 10, 2006 6:29 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsLate Saturday night a Louisville Metro Police Officer's vehicle struck and killed a 37 year old man who was standing outside his van, the vehicle then struck the van. It is unclear why the van was stopped. The driver of the van died at the scene from injuries according to a Jefferson County deputy coroner. Two passengers were taken to University Hospital with injuries, one was in critical...
- Lee Coleman | October 09, 2006 3:18 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesCSX Transportation is alleging that the jury was prejudiced due to news coverage and is asking for a new trial in the case where a Corbin man won a 1.8 million award in his claim that his brain was damaged by solvents he used on his job. The article in the Courier Journal was about research that showed solvents used to clean by railroad workers in the past had shrunk the bridge of the brain,...
- Lee Coleman | October 07, 2006 6:28 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Hopkinsville woman is dead and several others injured after a crash on I-24. The wreck occurred near the 43 mile marker near Eddy Creek. According to reports the cow was running loose and had traffic stalled in the eastbound lanes. A tractor trailer had stopped in the right lane and a sport utility driven by Karen Boyd behind it, a pickup truck had stopped in the left lane along with several...
- Lee Coleman | October 06, 2006 7:20 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsPolice recovered the body yesterday after the Semi plunged into the Licking River after striking a vehicle stopped in the emergency lane on Tuesday night. The vehicle he struck was unoccupied at the time of the incident. Part of I-64 was shut down for more than 20 hours due to the accident. The driver of the truck was still in the drivers seat, wearing a seat belt. The truck landed in about 30...
- Lee Coleman | October 05, 2006 7:11 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThree people remain hospitalized after a head-on collision Sunday afternoon. Two people were also killed in the accident, one was a second grade student at Bluegrass Christian School in Richmond. Counselors were on hand even though it was part of fall break some parents brought their children in to meet with them. Counselors also visited Clarks-Moores Middle School where one of the injured is a...
- Lee Coleman | October 04, 2006 12:07 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesThe Courier Journal reported that a Louisville Metro Public Works employee died Saturday after an injury accident on Sept. 25th. The employee was in a bucket truck hanging a sign when the driver of the truck moved forward, pinning the employee against the walkway, the worker fell to the ground sustaining injuries that he later died from at University Hospital.
- Lee Coleman | October 03, 2006 7:25 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe FDA issued a new advisory stating that physicians should limit Trasylol use to those where clinical benefit of reduced blood loss is essential to medical management and outweighs the potential risk. Trasylol has been linked with the increase in chance for death, serious kidney damage, congestive heart failure and strokes. On 9/27/06 Bayer told the FDA it had conducted an additional safety...
- Lee Coleman | October 02, 2006 11:16 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe FDA said that Lamictal used for seizures or bipolar disorder, if used during the first 3 months of pregnancy may cause cleft lip or cleft palate. Cleft lip and/or cleft palate are anomalies that occur when a baby's lip and/or palate do not fully form prior to birth. A cleft lip is a separation of the two sides of the upper lip. The separation often includes the gum line and/or bones of the...