Brandi Grissom, writing for the Texas Tribune, describes the life of 26-year-old Michelle Gaines, whose mental capacity (after getting hit by an 18-wheeler in 2006) was reduced to the level of a 12-year-old. It almost goes without saying that Gaines was quite a...
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Month: August 2012
Dog Owner Claims Dogs ‘Don’t Bite’ After Dogs Bite Cyclist
As Joe Kemp reports for the NY Daily News, a cyclist's regular ride through Central Park took a turn for the worse when two dogs came upon him. The 54-year-old was pedaling through the park in the late July morning when the off-leash animals attacked, biting his legs...
Not Enough Truck Drivers to Man the 18-Wheelers
By some accounts, federal regulations that require the publication of truck driver safety records - a record that might detail drug use, for instance - might be one major factor having an impact on hiring in the trucking industry. As Matt Olberding reports for the...
Dr. Sanjay Gupta Suggests Mistake of ‘Ignorance’ Contributes to Patient Deaths
Sanjay Gupta, writing an opinion piece in the New York Times, suggests reasons why so many medical mistakes are said to occur in the nation. Gupta cites an estimate of roughly 200,000 patient deaths from medical mistakes every year, which would make it one of the...
Texas DPS Finds Tire Problem in Goliad County Pickup Truck Accident
As Christopher Sherman reports for the Associated Press, the Texas Department of Public Safety has been engaged in an ongoing investigation of the recent single-vehicle truck accident in Goliad County in South Texas that resulted in the deaths of 14 people. And...
Deadly Accident Involving Three 18-Wheelers near Tilden, Texas
Around 10 a.m. on Monday morning this week, three 18-wheelers hauling cargo for the oil and gas industry (gravel and water for hydrofracking well sites) crashed into each other on State Highway 72, resulting in the deaths of two of the truckers and serious...