A tractor-trailer driver who caused an accident while leaving the rail yard at the Morton Salt plant in Silver Springs, New York (NY), admitted he was distracted when he ignored warning lights and a lowered gate at tracks on which a Norfolk Southern freight train was being backed up. According to The Daily News, on…
My colleague Rick Shapiro has posted a new blog on our North Carolina injuryboard site about a 17-year-old from North Carolina who was killed while riding an all-terrain vehicle in West Virginia (WV). He notes the large number of deaths linked to ATV rollover accidents and a number of pending lawsuits.The teenager was not wearing…
In his latest posting to the Brain/Head Injuries website, my colleague Randy Appleton reports how universities in North Carolina are developing smart helmets with sensors that wil tell athletes when they have had a serious blow to the head. The move comes as sports becoming increasingly concerned about how concussions are leading to serious brain…
Years spent playing football in high school, at the University of Notre Dame and on Super Bowl-winning New York Giants and Chicago Bears teams may have taken such a toll on Dave Duerson’s brain that he took his own life in mid-February 2011. He was 50. After retiring as a player, Duerson remained active with…
North Carolina researchers are developing a hand-held device that would allow emergency responders to test accident victims for head injuries and brain trauma, such as concussions and traumatic brain injuries.