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SUV Crashed into Georgia Home

Posted on August 30, 2009
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a Lincoln Navigator crashed into a Georgia home this weekend. It was the Bryant family who faced this tragic SUV house crash. The SUV was traveling at a high rate of speed and knocked down several mailboxes and bushes and hit a parked car before crashing into the left side of the home about 50 feet of Berea Road in Douglasville, Georgia...

Five Year Old Boy Hit By Car in Georgia

Posted on August 28, 2009
Last night, a five year old boy was hit by a car in Marietta, Georgia. He was crossing the street, according to Atlanta Journal-Constitution, when the car struck him. The name of the boy has not been released. He was with his mom when he was crossing Powder Springs Street near Oregon Trail...

Georgia Spends $31.5 million to take away a Reversible Lane

Posted on August 27, 2009
A major road project in Georgia this year includes taking away a lane, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. U.S. 78 in Gwinnett County, Georgia has a system of three reversible lanes. Apparently, they are so confusing and 'potentially hazardous,' that according to some local officials, 'it was worth $31...

Tragic Car Accident Takes Life of One in Dekalb County, Georgia

Posted on August 24, 2009
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a car accident occurred early today on the Stone Mountain Freeway in Dekalb County, Georgia. This car accident occurred around 1 a.m. in the eastbound lanes between I-285 and Brockett Road. It involved two vehicles...

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Georgia Interstate closed because of Tractor Trailer Caught on Fire

Posted on August 22, 2009
A tractor trailer was heading from Roswell Road on to 285 East when it caught fire this past Saturday around 11:30 a.m. according to Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The fire forced firefighters to close a ramp on Interstate 285 in Sandy Springs. According to Georgia Department of Transportation, the ramp was closed and the right lane...

The Yamaha Rhino 660 ATV Continues To Injury Conumers

Posted on August 18, 2009
The Yamaha Rhino has been a subject of controversy that has recently grown to massive proportions in the legal field. With problems in development and testing, mishaps early in the Rhino's history would have affects that would create a butterfly affect years later...

Harley Davidson Rider Tragically Killed In Motorcycle Accident

Posted on August 11, 2009
America's largest Harley Davidson dealer, Bruce Rossmeyer was killed in a motorcycle accident on July 30. The accident occurred in western Wyoming on Highway 28, as Rossmeyer traveled from a Harley Davidson meeting in Denver, Colorado to Sturgis, South Dakota...

Eight People Sent to the Georgia Hospital after Accident involving Motorcycles

Posted on August 10, 2009
Northbound I-75 in Henry County, Georgia was closed for about two hours this past Sunday after an accident occurred after 1 p.m., according to Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC). The accident involved three cars and six motorcycles. According to Henry County Police Capt...

The Yamaha Rhino 660 Continues To Injury Conumers CBS Reports

Posted on August 10, 2009
For many people, especially in the summer months, adventures outdoors are what the season is all about. For more than a few of these lovers of summer, outdoor adventures include rides on all-terrain vehicles or other vehicles of that type. Yamaha is a popular manufacturer of these types of vehicles and in 2003, Yamaha sought to introduce a vehicle which was different-the Yamaha Rhino 660...

Gordon County Tragic Car Accident Shuts down I-75

Posted on August 10, 2009
WRCB tv eyewitness news reported that two people were killed in a car accident on I-75 northbound in Gordon County, Georgia. I-75 northbound was shut down for about two hours. According to Georgia State Patrol, one car was involved in the accident. There were two passengers in the car and they were killed when the car hit a guardrail...

Georgia Driver Dies after Striking a Fence

Posted on August 09, 2009
A man from Lawrenceville, Georgia died earlier today in a car accident. Arnulfo Barrera, 35 years old, was driving his car when it ran off a Lilburn road and hit an iron fence. The car crash occurred around 4:15 a.m. and Barrera was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...

Studies Show Non-Profit Nursing Homes Provide Better Quality Care

Posted on August 07, 2009
Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently published an article on non-profit nursing homes. According to Canadian researchers, non-profit nursing homes provide better care than for-profit nursing homes. They reviewed the results of 82 studies from 1965 to 2003...

Fatal Five Vehicle Accident leaves one Motorcyclist Dead

Posted on August 05, 2009
A tragic five-vehicle accident on Westbound I-285 in Georgia shut the highway down for two hours today leaving one motorcyclist dead, reported the Atlanta Journal Constitution. This accident included an SUV, an 18-wheeler and three motorcycles. Because of this accident, I-285 westbound west of Flat Shoals Road and I-285 southbound at I-20 were closed...

Hundreds of Bus Companies and Tractor-trailers Ordered to Shut Down

Posted on August 04, 2009
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) completed a study on tractor-trailer and bus companies following federal safety regulations. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, there were hundreds of tractor-trailer and bus companies ordered to shut down because of federal safety violations...

Tragic Georgia Car Accident Takes 4 Lives

Posted on August 03, 2009
According to Fox News, four people died when a pickup truck going the wrong way on Interstate 95 collided head on with a minivan about a week ago. They were headed from New York to Florida. Georgia State Patrol said that the I-95 southbound was closed for about four hours after the accident around 6:30 a...

Car Accident Leaves One Dead

Posted on July 31, 2009
Earlier this week A Carrollton man was killed after his car crashed on New Hope Church Road right before 9 p.m., according to Times-Georgian. Georgia troopers could not be reached for comment at the time this publication was released but the Georgia State Patrol is currently investigating this tragic car accident...

The Real Facts About Reglan And Its Effects On Consumers

Posted on July 30, 2009
The ugly truth about Reglan is finally beginning to surface even though its effects have been around for years. The generic name for Reglan is Metoclopramide. The drug is commonly used to treat patients suffering from gastrointestinal problems. Because more than 2 million Americans use products containing Metoclopramide, the real facts about the drug and its effects must be made known to consumers...

Georgia?s Richmond County Sheriff Identifies and Arrests Hit and Run Driver

Posted on July 30, 2009
Recently, it was confirmed to News 12 that the Richmond County Sheriff's Office identified the driver that hit a 25 year old Shannon Mathis and her sister Tuesday night. Mathis was killed. The driver was arrested. It was Willie David Bragg Jr. who was arrested in Sylvania, Georgia...

Reglan Induced Tardive Dyskinesia

Posted on July 29, 2009
Per the FDA and other medical literature, Reglan use has been linked to Tardive Dyskinesia. Tardive Dyskinesia is a central nervous system disorder that causes involuntary, repetitive movements of the body even after the drug is no longer being taken...

Atlanta, Georgia Firefighter Pulls Two People From Burning Car

Posted on July 24, 2009
Earlier today around 11 am, 33 year old Karen Nowakowski, an Atlanta, Georgia firefighter, was on her way to run an errand and was not on duty. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nowakowski knew she had to stop to help, after seeing one of the three cars catch on fire...

Tips To Prevent Medication Errors

Posted on July 21, 2009
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.5 million people are injured each year by medication mistakes, according to the Institute of Medicine. At least one quarter of these are preventable. The following are some tips to help make sure that you are as safe as you can be when taking a new or existing medication: 1...

Georgia Car Crash Leaves Teen Critically Injured

Posted on July 21, 2009
A car accident occurred on Tara Boulevard near Winding Way Lane in Jonesboro, Georgia, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. According to Clayton County Police Spokeswomen Lt. Rebecca Brown, a car was heading south on Tara Blvd. It then overturned several times, landing in the northbound lane...

New Labeling Added By FDA from Infections Linked to Transplant Drugs

Posted on July 19, 2009
According to MSNBC, this past Tuesday, Federal health regulators said they were going to add new labels regarding the risks of infection to organ transplant drugs made by several drugmakers. Some of those drugmakers include Roche and Novartis. This move is a result of FDA receiving reports of dangerous viral infections in patients who took these drugs, 'which are typically used to avoid rejection following kidney transplant...

Government Creating Legal Immunity for Swine Flu Vaccine Makers

Posted on July 18, 2009
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, federal officials and vaccine makers are going to be immune from lawsuits that result from any new swine flu vaccines. This comes from a document signed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius...

Drug Related DUIs On The Rise In Georgia

Posted on July 15, 2009
Drug Related DUIs On The Rise In Georgia DUI accidents aren't just caused by Jim Beam, Tom Collins, or Stella Artois; they are also caused by Mary Jane, Rocky, Pharming, and other similar offenders. TransWorldNews reports that drug users and abusers aren't just making themselves high, but they are raising the number of DUI-drug related fatalities...

Updates on Atlanta Botanical Garden Walkway Collapse

Posted on July 14, 2009
About seven months ago, a walkway collapsed at the Atlanta Botanical Garden that resulted in one death and 18 injures. Please see our past blog here. Latest update come from Atlanta Journal-Constitution: OSHA is now made the decision to delay fines for three Georgia companies who were cited for their role in this deadly collapse...

Gwinnett, GA Bus Catches on Fire

Posted on July 12, 2009
Gwinnett County in Georgia had their second bus fire this past Thursday morning on I-85 North near Indian Trial, according to Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC). The first time a Gwinnett bus caught on fire was March 27th on Nancy Hanks Drive near Best Friend Road in Norcross...

Eli Lilly?s Blood Thinner Approved by FDA

Posted on July 11, 2009
Associated Press reported that yesterday, FDA approved a blood thinner from Eli Lilly, even though this blood thinner has bleeding risks. However, FDA has mandated that the drug must carry 'the agency's sternest warning because of its bleeding risks...

Stallworth Sentenced After DUI Accident And Plea

Posted on July 10, 2009
Cleveland Brown's receiver Donte' Stallworth won't be winning any games for his team this season after being indefinitely suspended by Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the National Football League, on Thursday. Stallworth was suspended after beginning his 30 day sentence for killing a pedestrian while driving under the influence in Miami Florida...

Truck Hits Motorcycle and Kills 2

Posted on July 08, 2009
Two people from Dalton, Georgia were killed when they were riding on a motorcycle and were sideswiped by a pickup truck. The victims were 39 year old Ty Woods and 29 year old April Lynthlin. April was in the latter stages of pregnancy, according to Atlanta Journal-Constitution...

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