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• Austin Construction Accident Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | December 06, 2007 7:19 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man was killed in an Austin construction accident Thursday. The worker was near a retaining wall and a boulder at the time of the accident. He was crushed when the boulder moved. Authorities say the man was crushed either when workers were trying to move the boulder, or he fell on his own beneath them.The incident happened while a house was under construction. The accident happened on a...

• Ground Beef Recalled Over E. Coli

  Shannon Weidemann | November 26, 2007 12:47 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A ground beef recall was announced today for over 96,000 pounds processed by American Food Groups, LLC. The ground beef may be contaminated with a strain of E. coli bacterium. E. coli can cause a severe illness with bloody diarrhea that may end in death. The ground beef products subject to recall were produced on Oct. 10 and were distributed to retail establishments and distributors in...

• New Orleans Construction Accident Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | November 18, 2007 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A construction worker from Amite was killed in a worksite accident in New Orleans on Wednesday. The worksite was near Loyola University and involved a dump truck and a front loader. According to police, the victim was operating a dump truck. He apparently parked and stepped away from the vehicle for a moment. Meanwhile, a nearby tractor began moving forward, trapping the victim between the...

• Drug Safety Becoming A Problem: Death From Drugs Increases

  Jenny Albano | September 12, 2007 12:31 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Deaths and serious injuries from popular drugs has almost tripled from 1998 to 2005, an analysis of U.S. drug data found. Deaths and injuries from medications increased from 34,966 to 89,842 during the study of reports to the FDA. They analyzed excerpts of reports on serious side effects received by the FDA between January 1998 and December 2005. A total of 467,809 serious complications were...

• FDA Issues Recall on Bella Cucina "Death by Chocolate" Cookies with Walnuts

  Courtney Mills | August 29, 2007 1:13 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Bella Cucina of Atlanta, Georgia has issued a recall on certain lots of the company's "Death by Chocolate" cookies. Some of these lots of cookies were commingled with walnuts, although the bags incorrectly state that these cookies contain no nut products.The public should be advised, especially those with life-threatening allergies to walnuts and other types of tree nuts, that certain stores...

• CSX train collides with tractor-trailer

  Staff Writer | July 10, 2007 2:45 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Clanton Advertiser reported a truck and train accident that occurred in Thorsby in mid-June. The truck was sitting on railroad tracks when a CSX train crashed into it at around 10:30 a.m.As it turned out, the tractor-trailer was attempting to turn, but did not see the train coming until too late. The crash has raised concern about train crossing safety in the area. The article reports that...

• Motorcycle accident kills Andalusia man

  Staff Writer | June 25, 2007 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Andalusia Star-News reported a fatal motor vehicle accident Friday involving a motorcycle and a car early in the morning on U.S. Hwy. 84 near Sitel.A woman driving a 2007 Chevrolet Impala collided with a 1995 Kawasaki motorcycle driven by a man who died as a result of his injuries. The woman sustained injuries, but survived the crash. According to the article, the accident is still being...

• Freight train carrying space shuttle parts derails

  Staff Writer | May 15, 2007 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  An Associated Press report last week says that a freight train transporting parts of the space shuttle's rocket boosters wrecked after a bridge collapsed in Myrtlewood, Alabama.In the report, six people onboard were said to have been injured in the train accident. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the bridge's collapse.NASA reported that the train derailment is not...

• Tragic accident kills woman, injures children

  Staff Writer | April 29, 2007 4:22 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A fatal one-car accident Friday killed the driver nad injured three minor children wh owere passengers on Interstate 20-59 at mile marker 64.The cause of the motor vehicle accident was not reported, but Alabama State Troopers said that the driver was ejected from the car. The three children who were injured were taken directly to DCH Regional Medical Center.If you or someone you know has been...

• Train accident kills farm worker

  Staff Writer | March 19, 2007 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  An unusual train accident occurred Friday afternoon in Limestone County, where a farm worker operating a fertilizer spreader collided with a freight train in Belle Mina at Greenbrier Road.The victim was a Limestone Farmer's Cooperative employee and Clements firefighter, and he died immediately. An article in the Decatur Daily includes quotes from many of the victim's friends, as he was...