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• Tuscaloosa Construction Accidents Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | March 26, 2008 9:55 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 29-year-old man was killed in a construction accident in Tuscaloosa on Friday. The accident happened at First Baptist Church on Greensboro Avenue. There is a construction project going on there. The victim was working construction on an addition at the church late Friday afternoon when he became pinned between a scissor lift and the building, said Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit Capt....

• Motorcycle Accidents Kills Prattville Man

  Shannon Weidemann | March 25, 2008 9:00 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 37-year-old man from Prattville was killed in a motorcycle accident on Sunday. The man was a firefighter for Pelham. The accident happened on the interstate near Clanton. The victim was on a southbound entrance ramp to Interstate 65 when his motorcycle and a tractor trailer collided about 12:45 p.m. Sunday, said Pelham Fire Chief Gary Waters. He was initially taken to Chilton County Medical...

• Cantaloupes Recalled Due to Salmonella

  Shannon Weidemann | March 24, 2008 10:04 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Cantaloupes from Honduras have been recalled after concerns that they were contaminated with salmonella surfaced. There have been 50 reports in the United States of people falling ill after eating the cantaloupes. The recalled cantaloupes were distributed by Agropecuaria Montelibano. So far, 50 people have become sickened in 16 states and nine have become ill in Canada after eating the...

• Class I Recall on Medtronic Drug Pump

  Shannon Weidemann | March 20, 2008 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Medtronic warned doctors in January of an increase in inflammatory masses around their implantable infusion pumps. The warnings involved the SynchroMed and IsoMed infusion pumps. They deliver medications to patients. The FDA has now said that makes it a Class I recall. The Food and Drug Administration defines a Class I recall as a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that use...

• Train Injures Man in West Palm Beach

  Shannon Weidemann | March 12, 2008 8:38 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A car crossing the railroad tracks at Riverside Drive and Alternate A1A was hit by a FEC train on Saturday. The train accident happened in West Palm Beach. The 27-year-old driver of the car was injured in the accident. The victim was attempting to cross west over the tracks at about 3:20 a.m., in his silver 2001 four-door Audi when it was struck by a southbound FEC train. He is listed in...

• Trucking Accident Kills One in Caldwell

  Shannon Weidemann | March 10, 2008 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A woman was killed in a trucking accident in Caldwell early this morning. The accident happened on Highway 55 between Farmway Road and 10th Avenue. The victim was driving a minivan. Deputies say it appears the driver of the van didn't see the truck as she pulled out onto Highway 55 from Ashland Drive and was broad sided by the semi. Idaho State Police say the woman driving the vehicle...

• Contamination Found in Recalled Heparin

  Shannon Weidemann | March 07, 2008 8:59 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Researchers have found a contaminent in samples of recalled Heparin that are chemically similar to the drug but may explain the adverse reactions that have been reported. The FDA is unsure how the contaminant got into the Heparin. Initial testing did not reveal the contamination due to the similarity. High-tech testing by Baxter and other groups uncovered a heparin-like compound in batches of...

• Auburn Car Accident Injures Two

  Shannon Weidemann | March 05, 2008 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Two people were injured, one seriously, in a single-car accident in Auburn late Monday. The accident happened on Webster Road near an embankment. The car overturned and slid down the embankment. The vehicle had left the road while traveling between Pumphrey Avenue and Bellwood Place and struck a utility pole, according to Capt. Tom Stofer of the Auburn Police Division. The driver of the car...

• Products That Used Recalled Beef Added to Recall

  Shannon Weidemann | February 28, 2008 6:11 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Beef processed by the Hallmark/Westland slaugterhouse was recalled in a massive recall involving 143 million pounds of meat. Now companies that used the recalled beef in their products are adding items to the recall list. General Mills is recalling Progresso Italian Wedding Soup. Nestlé is also recalling items. Nestlé Prepared Foods Co., which is part of Nestlé SA of Switzerland, said it...

• China States Importing Countries Responsible for Drug Safety

  Shannon Weidemann | February 27, 2008 8:59 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The agency responsible for drug safety in China has stated that it is the responsiblity of importing countries and companies to inspect and certify drugs are safe. The statement follows a recall by Baxter for the blood-thinning drug heparin. Four people have died and there have been hundreds of reports of adverse reactions following the use of the drug. "We attach high importance to this,"...