When the discovery of a consumer safety or a defective product is found, aproduct recall is announced to minimize the dangers to the consumer and to avoid the risk of legal action to the maker/seller. Recalls are costly, but the possibility of having a product that put multiple consumers at risk of injury, possibly…
Drivers in Austin, Texas using cell phones any other way thanhands-free need to be aware that if caught they should anticipate being pulled over and ticketed by a police officer on a motorcycle. The police department there had some of their officers’ board the city buses to act as spotters for motorcycle units. The…
A Kansas woman is dead after atractor-trailer accident on a Kansas highway. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a tractor-trailer struck the 50-year-old woman’s sports utility vehicle on Wednesday on the Kansas Turnpike near Andover. According to a Patrol Lieutenant, the woman had stopped on the side of the highway two hours before the…
Due to undeclared shellfish and soy, arecall has been issued by the FDA for a Mei Shun Noodle product. The Chicago company has been asked to recall its 6毛FIVE branded Rice Noodles, 12-ounce packages. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, the the mislabeling was discovered during a routine inspection. The 6毛FIVE Rice…
A teenage boy was seriously injured in aschool accident at Collinsville High School. According to school officials, the boy fell down a staircase on the west side of the building near the vocational wing. Witness say the boy was on his way to lunch on Monday. According to the Superintendent, the boy fell over…
A semi is responsible for athree-car accident that sent five people to the hospital. It was necessary for one of them to be airlifted. Four of the five people are listed in serious condition. The driver of the semi was trying to enter a paper mill when he drove into the oncoming traffic. The…
Authorities are searching for a suspect who struck and killed a motorcyclist and left him to die. Themotorcycle accident occurred on September 19 around 6:30 p.m. near Kingshighway and Hallows Avenue. Witnesses say the hit-and-run driver was in a dark, red-colored sedan. Washington Park police say the driver dragged the motorcyclist for several seconds,…
A 4-year girl narrowly missed serious injury after a dangerousschool accident in California. The parents of the little girl are outraged after their daughter was able to wander away from her elementary school in Allied Gardens. The parents say the school put their child in grave danger. The incident has caused the parents to…
A San Diego man was struck and killed in a late nightpedestrian accident last weekend. According to the San Diego Police, a 67-year-old man was hit by a vehicle while attempting to cross the street on 2800 El Cajon Boulevard. The 27-year-old driver was traveling westbound at approximately 9:55 p.m. on Friday when he…
A California woman was seriously injured in apedestrian accident at a 7-Eleven store. According to police, a 43-year-old female was struck by a vehicle while she set outside a 7-Eleven store on Airport Road in Carlsbad. The woman suffered serious injuries to both her legs and was taken to the hospital. Carlsbad Police say…