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Drunk driver charged in death of baby girl on Old Mill Road

Aug 25, 2011

Accidents caused by drunk drivers are 100 percent preventable but sadly nonetheless happen all too frequently throughout Pennsylvania and the nation. A driver accused of killing a baby girl in a drunk driving accident in North Whitehall Township in July has been charged by Lehigh County prosecutors with vehicular homicide, involuntary manslaughter, and driving under the influence. The 1-year-old girl, who was not in a car seat, died after the 56-year-old man hit the minivan...

2 men injured in collapse of North Philadelphia row house

Aug 25, 2011

Two construction workers were injured last week in North Philadelphia when the row house on which they were working crumbled. Because the crumbling of the house on Boston Street near 9th caused the two men, ages 51 and 41, to be trapped inside, the fire department was called to the construction accident. After firefighters assisted in removing the workers from the building both men were taken to Temple University Hospital for treatment. Neither of the...

2 die in crash involving van and motorcycle on route 724

Aug 24, 2011

Two people were reportedly killed after being involved in a motor vehicle accident in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The vehicles involved in the car crash Tuesday evening were a van and a motorcycle. This accident happened on Route 724 in Birdsboro. All motor vehicle accidents have the potential to be devastating. When a motorcycle is one of the vehicles, things can be even worse. This is due to the size and weight of the motorcycle compared...

Victim of hit-and-run in Philadelphia moves on with life

Aug 24, 2011

After a person is injured in an accident, we so often only hear about the tragic outcomes. Sometimes, however, a person recovers and decides to give back. Such is the case for a 25-year-old man from Philadelphia. The man was seriously injured while riding his bike when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver at 55th Street and Lancaster Avenue. He was 20-years-old at the time. In addition to broken bones, the accident left him...

Father alleges negligence in electrocution of death of daughter

Aug 24, 2011

For many teenagers, the best way to spend the summer is to earn some money while spending time with good friends. For two Illinois girls, both 14-years-old, seeking to do this, the summer ended tragically. The two girls died last month after being electrocuted while removing tassels from corn in a field in outside of Rock Falls. Their death may have been due to a defect in a product being used in the field. According...

Pennsylvania bus flips injuring 14

Aug 19, 2011

There are many reasons people choose to take a bus when traveling across the county. For some, the decision to take a commercial carrier is for financial reasons. Others like to see the country but do not want to drive. Whatever the reason, when one decides to take a bus they are entrusting their safety with the driver. Passengers assume they will reach their destination free from harm. A bus accident occurred last weekend in...

Wrongful death lawsuit filed following poisoning of Penn alum

Aug 19, 2011

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the employer of the deceased's spouse and the hospital where he died, in the poisoning death of a man by his estranged wife. Besides the two entities, numerous health-care workers are named in wrongful death lawsuit including doctors who attended to him. The lawsuit states that negligence on the part of the defendants contributed to his death. The man's estranged wife has been charged with murder. The...

Pennsylvania boy dies after crashing motorcycle at campground

Aug 16, 2011

The aftermath of a motorcycle accident can be devastating. Because the rider has little or no protection, resulting injuries are often serious and sometimes include death. This is even more likely if the rider is not wearing a helmet which is not required in the state of Pennsylvania. A 7-year-old Pennsylvania boy died as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident this past weekend. The boy, who was from Vestal, along with his...

Pittsburgh teen’s joyride ends with car accident

Aug 15, 2011

A 13-year-old Pittsburgh boy recently stole his mother's car and led police on a chase before getting into an accident. The events leading up the car accident unfolded like this: the boy stole the car from Pittsburgh's Beltzhoover neighborhood around 1 a.m. Monday. He drove it for about a mile. After attracting police's attention, he struck a parked car and then attempted to escape. The boy tried to abandon the vehicle and flee police, but...

Victim alleges deadly bus accident could have been prevented with GPS

Aug 11, 2011

Over the past nine months there have seemingly been a high number of serious and deadly truck accidents and bus accidents in Pennsylvania and in the Northeast. Last September, a deadly Megabus accident occurred near Salina, Pennsylvania and killed four people. One of the passengers from the crash has filed a lawsuit against the bus company. The lawsuit argues that if the bus driver had been provided with a company GPS device, the deadly accident...