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Two car collision involving drunk driver injures Erie man

Dec 20, 2013

A car accident involving a drunk driver injured one person in Erie last evening. The accident involved two vehicles and took place around 10:30 p.m. in Millcreek Township. Police, ambulance, and emergency crews were called to the intersection of West 12th Street and Filmore Avenue late last night. According to local police, a sport utility vehicle was headed westbound on 12th Street when the driver made a sudden left turn onto Filmore Avenue without signaling...

Deadly crash just east of Erie

Dec 19, 2013

An Ohio man died in a multiple vehicle accident this morning about an hour east of Erie, Pennsylvania. The accident took place in Lafayette Township on Route 219 in McKean County. The accident involved a minivan and a tractor trailer. The 48-year-old man from Jewett, Ohio was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. He was driving a 2003 Chrysler Voyager minivan south on Route 219 around 4 a.m. when his vehicle crossed the...

New Ohio law raises minimum car insurance liability coverage

Dec 19, 2013

News out of Columbus, Ohio on Wednesday may mean big changes for many Ohio drivers in the near future. Beginning this Sunday, December 22, the minimum liability coverage that Ohio motorists carry is scheduled to substantially increase. As per the OII (Ohio Insurance Institute), the new minimum coverage for bodily injury or death will increase 100% for one person, doubling from $12,000 to $25,000. For multiple occupants, liability coverage for injury, death, and property damage...

NuvaRing manufacturer fought for no risk warning on labels

Dec 18, 2013

In 2002, the Dutch drug manufacturer, Organon, released NuvaRing, one of the most popular contraceptive drugs in history. The multi-billion dollar product, NuvaRing, was marketed as the first hormonal contraceptive ring in the entire world. Banking on convenience, it was allowed women to refrain from taking the pill and was hailed as the greatest advancement in birth control technology since the sixties. However, before NuvaRing could be sold in the United States, it had to...

Distracted Driving not being enforced enough, researchers say

Dec 17, 2013

As we've reported in the past, a recent Virginia Tech study found that texting-while-driving can increase a person's chance of an accident by at least twenty-three times. Researchers say that composing a text message of just a few lines is nearly the same as closing your eyes and travelling 55 mph for five seconds. Triple-A analysis from western Pennsylvania shows that the Pittsburgh metropolitan area ranks second behind Greater Philadelphia for texting-while-driving citations. According to...

Two die in Erie area accidents over snowy weekend

Dec 17, 2013

Two separate Erie area motor vehicle accidents took the lives of two local women over the weekend. The first accident took place Friday afternoon and the second on Sunday. The accident on Friday happened just shortly after 1 p.m. when a 79-year-old women from Kingsville Township, Ohio collided with a commercial tractor trailer. The accident took place at the intersection of Route 84 and Dibble Road near the DaVita Kingsville Dialysis Center in Ashtabula County...

Woman dies, daughter saved by car seat in Pittsburgh car accident

Dec 9, 2013

Tragedy struck the Pittsburgh region on Sunday around 9 p.m. when a 22-year-old Mt. Washington woman was killed after she lost control of her SUV on Bigelow Boulevard near the Hill District while on her way to a friend's house. Although police are still investigating, initial reports say that the snow and freezing rain likely played a role in the fatal accident. In addition, police have reported that speed and her decision to forego wearing...

Family of police officer who died in truck accident seek answers

Dec 6, 2013

Semi trucks, big rigs, tractor trailers; regardless of what you call these vehicles, they are big and potentially dangerous. In cases where a car or small personal vehicle is involved in an accident with a large commercial vehicle, serious and even fatal injuries often result. Family members and colleagues of a 28-year-old police officer, who was killed when a semi barreled into the back of his squad car, are seeking answers and justice. The fatal...

Oil and gas worker safety focus of stand down

Dec 6, 2013

Throughout the nation, including the state of Pennsylvania, individuals are employed in the field of oil and gas. As is the case with any job there is the possibility that a worker in that field could suffer an on-the-job injury. In some cases such an injury could even be fatal. Recently Indiana University of Pennsylvania played host to an event during a national stand down organized by several entities including the National Institute for Occupational...

Pedestrian accidents prevalent in and around Pittsburgh of late

Dec 6, 2013

Area police have reported that a total of five people were injured over the past twenty-four hours in three separate pedestrian accidents. It’s a growing trend, police warn, that needs to stop. The first incident took place last evening in Beaver County just before 7 p.m. The accident happened near the Brighton Hot Dog Shoppe on 3rd Avenue in New Brighton. Three people were struck by a vehicle and taken by ambulance to Heritage Beaver...