- Lee Coleman | November 30, 2006 8:26 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsLondon businessman Priyakant Patel and his daughter were injured when a vehicle crossed the center line and slammed into their vehicle. A 27-year-old London resident lost control of her sports utility vehicle in a curve and crossed over and hit the Patels two door Lexis. The roads were wet at the time and are suspected to have been a factor. The accident happened just west of the London Country...
- Lee Coleman | November 30, 2006 8:22 AM |
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MiscellaneousFriday evening a 15-year-old boy was injured when he was riding his ATV and was struck by an SUV. A 58-year-old East Bernstadt woman was driving east on Helvetia Road when the boy pulled out in front of her. The boys brother who was also driving an ATV watched as the SUV slammed into his brother. The sheriff said the boy was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. He was transported by...
- Lee Coleman | November 29, 2006 4:42 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsTuesday a Harlan County man was killed, when according to a Kentucky State Police accident reconstructionist from Post 11 in London, his Ford F-250 slammed into the back up a semi tractor-trailer near exit 48 in Laurel County. The tractor-trailer had stopped due to construction and had his flashers on. The Harlan County mans truck slammed into the back of the trailer, going underneath it up to...
- Lee Coleman | November 29, 2006 4:40 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Somerset man was injured Friday around 12:30 p.m. along with 4 people from Waynesburg in a two vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. 27 and Ky. 70. The 80 year-old Somerset man was injured when his pick-up was struck by a southbound vehicle on U.S. 27. He was leaving a business on the west side of U.S. 27 when in an attempt to cross 27 and enter Ky. 70 he was struck by a southbound vehicle...
- Lee Coleman | November 28, 2006 6:39 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesFriday afternoon a construction worker was injured in an accident at the campus of Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights. The employee of Messer Construction was working on some demolition work for the new Student Union Building when some rebar he was cutting released a block that fell on his left arm. He jerked his arm out but tore the skin and exposed the muscle. Paramedics were...
- Lee Coleman | November 27, 2006 4:37 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsWednesday morning a four car accident sent two Glasgow residents to the hospital. The Kentucky State Police reported that a 19 year old man from San Jose, California was northbound when he swerved into the southbound lane and struck three vehicles driven by an 82 year old Robert Hagan of Glasgow, 51 year old Mike Polson of Glasgow and 55 year old Kattie McMurtrey of Glasgow. Hagan and his...
- Lee Coleman | November 23, 2006 6:38 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe FDA issued an advisory after a research study in The New England Journal of Medicine found a higher chance of patients treated with Procrit, an erythropoiesis- stimulating agent (ESA) also known as recombinant human erythropoietin, for a combination of hospitalizations, death, and heart attack, heart failure and stroke in those with chronic kidney disease who are not on dialysis. These...
- Lee Coleman | November 22, 2006 6:34 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThanksgiving is a busy holiday for roads in Kentucky. Many people are traveling to family's homes and also it is one of the busiest shopping times of the year. Last Thanksgiving during the 4 day holiday there were 1,132 vehicle crashes in Kentucky, of those 12 people died and 367 were injured. Nine of the fatalities were not wearing seatbelts. Many of these accidents could have been avoided....
- Lee Coleman | November 21, 2006 3:29 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsNBC reports today that millions of Americans could be at risk from some heart stents. The concern is devices called drug-eluting stents (DES). Approximately one million Americans a year have these implanted to treat coronary artery disease. $5 billion a year is generated by the two companies that make them. Doctors are starting to see patients with these type stents suffer from heart attacks...
- Lee Coleman | November 19, 2006 6:56 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsI-75 in Fort Mitchell was a 14 hour cleanup mess for crews Thursday after a tractor trailer carrying car seats and springs slid on pavement about 2:40 a.m. flipped over, breaking open the top of the trailer and spilling the load. Two of the three northbound lanes just north of Dixie Highway were shut down, slowing traffic for much of the day. No one was injured but cleanup wasn't completed until...
- Lee Coleman | November 18, 2006 6:49 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsTwo Teenagers from Richmond were killed Wednesday in Madison County when the car they were in lost control and crossed the center line. A 19 year old and 17 year old were in a 1999 Mercury Cougar about 3:55 p.m. during heavy rainfall. The vehicle rounded a curve and crossed the center line and was struck by a Richmond man who was in a 1999 Honda Civic. The man in the Honda Civic had multiple...
- Lee Coleman | November 17, 2006 1:47 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA hit and run accident around 3 p.m. Saturday caused a Grayson County resident to be taken to Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center. The accident happened when a 1986 Chevy dropped off the shoulder of the roadway, and the passenger of the vehicle grabbed the steering wheel in an attempt to correct the vehicle, causing it to cross the center line and collide head on with a 1994 Pontiac Grand AM....
- Lee Coleman | November 15, 2006 6:27 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsMedian cable barriers have prevented at least 20 potential cross-over crashes since installation this summer in Jefferson County on interstates. The barriers kept vehicles from crossing the median into opposing traffic. The system was installed on Interstate 64 between Cochran Hill Tunnels and ½ mile east of Breckenridge Lane, since completion in July the system has been hit for times by...
- Lee Coleman | November 14, 2006 4:25 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsInterstate 75 in Scott County was closed for about 10 hours yesterday due to a chemical spill from an overturned tanker truck. The truck driver from Ohio was a driver for Highway Transport. He apparently lost control after blowing a tire near the southbound 128 exit around 7 a.m.. The chemicals were sodium hydroxide and sodium hypochlorite, these can burn respiratory passages if inhaled, and...
- Lee Coleman | November 14, 2006 4:23 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsRoche Laboratories and the FDA notified healthcare professionals of new revisions to the Precautions/Neuropsychiatric Events and Patient Information sections of prescribing for Tamiflu. Postmarketing reports have been of self injury and delirium with Tamiflu use in patients with influenza. Pediatric patients were primarily the ones reported. Patients with influenza should be closely monitored...
- Lee Coleman | November 11, 2006 6:57 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsWhile responding to an emergency call a state police officer collided with a house while trying to avoid an accident with a car that pulled out in front of him, according to the Kentucky State Police post in Bowling Green. The officer was traveling west on Ky 100 in Allen County when he approached the intersection of New Roe Road, a Scottsville resident turned into the path of the officer, as...
- Lee Coleman | November 10, 2006 4:05 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsPerrigo Co. a major manufacturer of store-brand acetaminophen recalled 11 million bottles Thursday after discovering metal fragments may contaminate some of the pills. There were no immediate reports of injuries or illness. The fragments ranged in size from microdots to portions of wire one-third of an inch long. The voluntary recall is a class II recall since it might cause a health problem or...
- Lee Coleman | November 10, 2006 3:50 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsI-71 is open Friday morning after a deadly accident Thursday night shut it down. A sport-utility vehicle apparently stalled in the right lane around 11 p.m. on I-71 just north of the Gene Snyder Freeway. A tractor-trailer came up on the vehicle slamming into the rear, moving it to the right shoulder, where it caught fire, killing the two occupants. At 12:30 a.m. Friday the deceased's identities...
- Lee Coleman | November 08, 2006 11:20 AM |
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MiscellaneousLate Monday a two-vehicle accident east of Georgetown on KY 227, also known as Stamping Ground Pike claimed the life of a Scott County High senior. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident by Scott County Coroner John Goble. Around 11:30 p.m. he was driving eastbound when his car crossed the center line and collided with a pickup that was westbound. A bystander was able to pull him...
- Lee Coleman | November 06, 2006 4:20 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA fiery crash Sunday in Campbell County has left 1 dead and 2 injured. The early morning accident happened on Alexandria Pike south of Hillview Road. A Ford Explorer being driven by a Butler woman was southbound when her car crossed into the northbound lane and struck a Pendleton County man driving a Plymouth Neon, according to Campbell County Police. The Pendleton man was killed instantly and...
- Lee Coleman | November 05, 2006 6:00 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Richmond woman's request for representation of thousands of Kentucky injury victims in an $800 million dollar class-action lawsuit against Allstate Insurance Co. was overruled Tuesday. A Fayette judge ruled that the circumstances of the case are to unique for her to represent a class of plaintiffs. Tuesday's ruling is a huge victory for the second largest insurer of homes and autos. Although...
- Lee Coleman | November 04, 2006 6:07 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesAn early morning accident Tuesday claimed the life of a Kimper man. The accident happened near the Kellogg's "Cookie" factory shortly before 6 a.m. on KY 194 in Kimper. The man apparently crossed the center line while he was traveling east and struck a 1986 Mack Coal truck that was traveling westbound on KY 194. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Pike County Coroner. Both drivers were...
- Lee Coleman | November 03, 2006 6:05 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesAn equipment related accident injured two men when they were thrown from a conveyer belt they were taking apart. They were outside of a mined-out mine using torches to cut up an assembly belt when they were thrown off of it. The were contractors and employees of R & J Recycling out of Charleston, W. VA. The extent of the injuries were unknown. They were conscious and able to talk. One was flown...
- Lee Coleman | November 02, 2006 6:02 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Green County man and two sons were killed and another son critically injured in a two car crash Saturday. The Taylor County police report said the accident occurred on Stoner Creek Road about 12:26 Saturday. The vehicle apparently ran off the road hit an embankment and came back onto the road and struck a pickup truck and then a tree. Robert Pierce and his eight-year old son were pronounced...
- Lee Coleman | November 01, 2006 2:56 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesTuesday morning turned deadly for a Bowling Green police officer responding to a call for help from a female who reported someone wielding a knife. Rojelio Gonzalez-Pacheo was armed with two knives when he attacked Officer David Whitson. Other responding police officers used deadly force to protect Officer Whitson, Whitson and Gonzalez were both shot. They were transported to the Medical Center...