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Erie County ABATE readies for motorcycle season

Apr 22, 2014

As motorcyclists from all over western Pennsylvania begin to detail their bikes and prepare for cruising our beautiful open roads this spring and summer, the Erie Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Education (ABATE) wants, more than anything, to make their main message and mission this year all about safety. Said one member of the bikers' advocacy group, "I just hope it's not…like last year…a big battered season of injured people. According to the Erie County...

Another victim of Armstrong County crash dies

Apr 18, 2014

Late last night, a fifth person died from injuries he suffered during a horrific car accident in South Bend Township, Armstrong County around 10:30 Wednesday night. The 34-year-old man was pronounced dead at 11 p.m. Thursday night at UPMC Presbyterian. Two more people remain in critical condition at UPMC Presby, including the 34-year-old's brother and another woman. The accident happened along Route 156 near the Gobblers Run Road intersection right at the Gobblers Run runoff...

At least one in twenty ER visitors leave with wrong diagnosis

Apr 17, 2014

A new study shows that at least one in every twenty adults who is treated at an emergency room in a U.S. hospital is given the wrong diagnosis. That means that as many as twelve million Americans are being wrongly diagnosed each year in this country. Experts say that at least half of the six million faulty diagnoses could cause serious injuries or be potentially fatal, according to a patient safety expert who is the...

Four dead, three injured in horrific Armstrong County accident

Apr 17, 2014

Four people are dead and three more are injured after a horrific Armstrong County car accident late last night. The two-vehicle accident took place in South Bend Township, between Vandergrift and Indiana, shortly after 10:20 p.m. on Wednesday evening along Route 156 near the Gobblers Run Road intersection. The Armstrong County Coroner has confirmed that three people in a Ford Mustang–a 19-year-old male driver, 18-year-old female passenger, and 15-year-old male passenger–and one person in a...

Motorcycle hit, biker injured in Erie

Apr 15, 2014

Many motorcycle accidents involve a driver of another motor vehicle who fails to properly yield the right of way to the biker. Accidents like this usually happen at an entrance to a parking lot or a busy intersection where drivers are particularly responsible to be vigilant of motorcycles and give them plenty of room to pass or turn. Here, in western Pennsylvania, motorcycle popularity has exploded in recent years. Since 2008, the number of registered...

Meningitis victim takes own life–jury cites negligent doctor, clinic

Apr 15, 2014

In what has proven to be one of the more bitter sweet verdicts of fungal meningitis in recent times, a family from Overland Park, Kansas was awarded nearly $3 million in a medical malpractice case against a pain clinic. The victim has been described a prideful, hardworking young man who fought the pain with stoic silence. Friends and family say that he initially lost a lot of weight, then he began holding his lower back...

Cell phone towers dangerous for workers

Apr 11, 2014

Throughout the nation individuals rely upon cell phones as a main mode of communication. This reliance requires the construction and maintenance of communication towers to handle the traffic that results from so many users. These towers exist throughout the nation including the state of Pennsylvania. Many individuals are employed to maintain communication towers. Because this work requires being so far above ground, this work can be dangerous, even deadly. Workers could be injured or killed...

Two children attacked by 85 pound dog in Erie

Apr 11, 2014

Two children were attacked by a dog in Erie on Wednesday afternoon. The attack happened on the 800 block of West Fifth Street when an 85 pound Akita went after an 8-year-old boy and then turned on his 7-year-old sister. After a myriad of bites, cuts, scrapes, and bruises, followed by a number of rabies shots, the children are now back at home and will not return to school for another week and a half...

Buggy accident in Lancaster is a grim reminder

Apr 9, 2014

Buggy accidents have been a problem around our region for many years. As technology has advanced the Amish have enjoyed a humbler way of life and embrace the simple things. Generally, Amish buggy drivers follow the rules of the road and try their best to steer clear of motor vehicle drivers. However, there are still hundreds of buggy-related accidents throughout the country every year. In Lancaster this past Monday, a 14-year-old girl was seriously injured...

Ohio man sentenced for sexually abusing nursing home patient

Apr 8, 2014

When someone you love is the victim of nursing negligence or nursing home neglect, you can feel helpless and even guilty. We expect the people we place in a nursing home to be taken care of just as well as if they were home with us. That's what we pay for and that's what we're promised. Unfortunately, however, abuse is far too common. Generally, most cases of nursing home neglect stem from staff simply not...