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Drunk driving, distraction, issues for teen drivers

Feb 5, 2014

Many teens who reside in the Pittsburgh area cannot wait to get their driver's license. The freedom of being able to drive from one place to another provides a sense of freedom that until that point most have probably not experienced. There are many things that can go wrong when a young, relatively inexperienced driver is behind the wheel however. For many parents the thought of a car accident occurring is the worst. While there...

Study shows possible link between fracking and birth injuries

Feb 4, 2014

A study completed by Colorado's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (CNIEHS) shows possible evidence that women who are pregnant who live near fracking stations may be up to thirty times more likely to give birth to a child with congenital heart defects. Because it is not yet a justifiable fact, and perhaps years of more studies will likely have to be completed before a correlation with be accepted, the industry says that they have...

Mentally ill man beaten with bats by his “guardians”

Feb 4, 2014

A 25-year-old mentally challenged man was beaten with an aluminum baseball bat by his grandfather's girlfriend because it was "lighter and easier to swing," according to the suspect. Detectives from the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office arrested the 61-year-old woman and her 68-year-old boyfriend, both from Arlington Heights and charged them with assault, among other things, on Monday. A preliminary hearing is set for Monday, February 10. The two suspects are currently being held on...

West Virginia family awarded $55 million for OBGYN’s mistakes

Feb 3, 2014

Over the past two weeks, a jury has been deliberating over a Lehigh County, WV birth defect trial wherein a couple has filed and won a lawsuit against St. Luke's University Hospital and one of its doctors, stating that the hospital and physician are liable for mistakes that were made when their son was born, resulting in his diagnosis of cerebral palsy. The couple sued on the grounds that their son's CP will affect his...

Three die, two are injured in WV mobile phone tower collapse

Feb 3, 2014

Three men were killed after a construction accident in West Virginia on Saturday when two mobile phone towers collapsed. West Virginia State Police reported Sunday morning that two workers and one responding firefighter died when the towers fell in Clarksburg, WV on Saturday afternoon. The two workers were a 32-year-old and 27-year-old from Hulbert, Oklahoma and Bokoshe, Oklahoma, respectively. The firefighter was a 28-year-old man from Clarksburg and volunteer at the Nutter Fork Volunteer Fire...

6 injured in Carrick school van crash

Jan 31, 2014

Six people were hurt on Thursday morning when a Carrick School District van collided with another vehicle, according to an Allegheny County dispatch controller. The accident took place in a residential area at the intersection of Waterman Avenue and Hopeland Street, just off of Becks Run Road, at around 7:45 a.m., according to police. A Pittsburgh Public School spokesperson told reporters that two student and the driver of the van were injured in the accident...

Industrial accident takes one life, injures two more in Elk County explosion

Jan 31, 2014

An industrial accident has taken one person's life in Elk County. The explosion took place in a manufacturing facility in St. Marys, Pennsylvania at around 9 a.m. Thursday morning. Pennsylvania State Police report that the accident happened at the Mersen USA plant. Mersen USA specializes in anticorrosion and process equipment, as well as developing electrical solutions for motors and generators. The plant is located on Trout Run Road, just west of St. Marys proper. The...

Commercial trucking accident sends two people to hospital

Jan 27, 2014

A trucking accident on Interstate 76 in Mahoning County, Ohio shut down the eastbound lane for several hours on Monday. The Ohio State Highway Patrol told reporters that they are investigating the accident, which involved a commercial tractor trailer, a flatbed truck, and a tanker truck, as well as other passenger vehicles that were on the highway at the time. Police say that the accident took place just before 11 a.m. on Monday morning. They...

Two injured in Girard, OH head on collision

Jan 27, 2014

Two people were hurt on Sunday afternoon when their vehicles crashed head on in Girard, Ohio. Local police told reporters that a Mercury Milan was travelling on a rural section of Tibbets Wick Road between Edwards Street and Pleasant Valley Road. The accident took place early Sunday afternoon when the driver of the Milan crossed the center double yellow lane and crashed head on into a Buick Rendezvous. There were no passengers in either vehicle,...

Serious interstate accident kills 3, injures many more

Jan 24, 2014

The winter weather much of the nation is experienced appears to have played a role in large crash that occurred in another state. The incident, which took place on an interstate, left three people dead and more than 20 injured. The pile-up, which involved both commercial tractor trailers and cars, shut down a 14 mile portion of the interstate for hours throughout the night. A total of 46 vehicles were involved in the crash. Eighteen...