A driver from Burlington, North Carolina (NC), seriously injured an off-duty Greensboro, NC, police officer. The off-duty officer, age 28, was riding a motorcycle west on North Fisher Street in Burlington, North Carolina when the driver of a 2000 Pontiac, age 43, struck him. Helicopter transported the off-duty Greensboro Police Department officer to University of…
During the holiday season many drivers are distracted. Thoughts of dinners, shopping and family celebrations are on their mind along with all the things they need to get done to achieve them. No one can know for sure what preoccupations were on a driver’s mind recently in Norfolk, VA when she crashed into a fire…
A hit-and-run crash in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), left a moped rider dead. The apparent head-on collision happened just before 12:30 pm on Dec. 21, 2017. Norfolk Police and fire rescue crews responded to the report of the incident in the 300 block of E. Princess Anne Road. Several other drivers and pedestrians witnessed…
Question: How Dangerous is a Surgical Needle When Left in the Human Body? Answer: Very dangerous and potentially life-threatening. Having any foreign object left inside your body after a medical procedure is dangerous and can seriously injure you, but a needle is especially hazardous since it is a sharp object that could puncture and/or tear…
An Alabama woman who mistakenly received a powerful and potentially dangerous steroid instead of the painkiller she was prescribed has won a $2 million judgment against Rite Aid, the pharmacy chain that employed the pharmacist who made the dispensing error. According to the Montgomery (AL) Advertiser, the woman developed Cushing’s syndrome after taking high doses…