Elisa Toro is the third person to die in a car accident at the exit of the Queensboro bridge in New York. Despite traffic modifications by the DOT to slow down traffic, the car of the 10 year veteran police officer ended up sideways against one of the store fronts…
Some defective Personal Emergency Reporting System (PERS) Transmitters are being recalled by Linear because the battery clips in the transmitters can corrode causing the transmitters to operate intermittently or not at all, without generating a warning. The recalled Linear PERS transmitters allow users to push a button on the transmitter…
22,483 potentially defective motorcycles are being recalled by Harley Davidson. These motorcycles may have a defective clutch system that may prevent the clutch from disengaging. Harley says if the clutch does not disengage, the rider may have difficulty slowing or stopping the motorcycle, increasing the risk of a motorcycle accident.…
Until recently when a patient with prostate cancer was developing resistance to drugs that block testosterone, the hormone that fuels the cancer growth, his urologist would refer him to an oncologist who would start chemotherapy. The situation recently changed with the arrival on the market of new drugs such as…
Gloria Mabry, 74 died in a bus accident in New York on Friday night. It was raining that night and the grandmother was coming back from the supermarket. She was pushing a cart full of groceries when she was struck and killed by a MTA bus on Co-op City Boulevard…
A 35 year old pedestrian died after being involved in a car accident as he was crossing Woodhaven Blvd at Jamaica Avenue in Queens, New York. The driver of the car left the scene of the accident without stopping. The police are looking for a white Honda sedan.
A New york Traffic Enforcement agent who died in a truck accident last week in Midtown Manhattan was eulogized by NYPD Commissioner Kelly at the funeral yesterday. Kalyanarat Ranasinghe, a 71 year old NYPD Traffic Agent was struck and killed by a vacuum truck as the truck driver was pulling…
In a car crash, the probability of sustaining serious personal injury or to die is much higher for drivers and car occupants if they are older adults. The number of drivers above 65 years old increased by 20% in 10 years. During that same time, the proportion of older drivers…
Wrongful deaths and serious personal injuries related to traffic accidents are epidemic in New York. The newly appointed NYPD commissioner, Bill Bratton, promised that this situation would change. In a speech Thursday Bratton said “It is ironic that even as the death totals have declined dramatically with violent crime in…
Personal injuries related to decorating such as falling from a ladder, lacerations and back strains are the most common decorating injuries reported by emergency departments during the months of November and December. There are about 250 injuries a day during the holiday season according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.…
