An Illinois surgeon has been sued formedical malpractice. On December 23, the plaintiff, Alfred Matthews, filed the complaint claiming Dr. James R. O’Donnell and Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp. are guilty of medical malpractice that caused him to suffer additional injuries. The medical facility is located in Orland Park in Cook County, Illinois. According…
Acollision between a truck and a light-rail vehicle injured five people in San Francisco, California. The truck accident happened at around 9:15 a.m., near the intersection of Third Street and Egbert Avenue. The driver of the truck failed to yield to the Muni light-rail vehicle and turned left in front of the vehicle causing…
A man escaped jail time after being found guilty of distracted driving that caused afatal accident. Over the summer, Travis Fox was eating a sandwich and operating a GPS device while driving, causing him to take his eyes off the roadway. He caused a multi-vehicle accident in Michigan that injured several individuals and claimed…
A two-vehicleaccident in Asheboro, North Carolina on Saturday claimed the life of a woman. According to authorities, 50-year-old Wanda Harden was a passenger in a pickup truck when another pickup truck struck her vehicle. The driver of the vehicle Harden was traveling in had reduced speed in an attempt to make a right turn….
A propanetruck accident in Pulaski County, Missouri resulted in authorities issuing an evacuation for many residents. The driver of the truck lost control causing the vehicle to overturn on Highway 17. A leak occurred causing propane to leak onto the roadway closing the highway for several hours. There were no injuries in the accident…
On Sunday, a car struck a brick building in St. Louis causing it to partially collapse. Theaccident happened in the 4500 block of Martin Luther King Drive. A man was driving the vehicle with one passenger, a child. Both individuals were transported to the hospital for unknown injuries. Firefighters worked for hours to ensure…
A rear-endcollision has injured two individuals, and authorities suspect it was caused by driving under the influence. The accident occurred on Sunday when a truck collided with the rear of a car in Fresno, California. The driver of the truck had to be extricated from the vehicle and was transported to the hospital with…
On Saturday evening, apedestrian accident left one man in critical condition in Salt Lake City, Utah. According to police, the 66-year-old man was standing near 200 South and 500 West on a Utah Transit Authority when he was struck by a passing vehicle. The Salt Lake City police reported that the driver became distracted,…
Police in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, with the assistance of a witness, was able to arrest a driver that caused ahit and run accident on Saturday. The accident happened around 12:36 p.m. when the driver rear-ended another vehicle on Highway 20. A witnessed called authorities to report the accident and then proceeded to follow the…
An electric lineman was seriously injured in awork-related accident on Thursday night. The accident happened in Rantoul, Illinois at approximately 8:30 p.m. Marvin Scherbring, 56, and two other workers were attempting to restore power during an outage due to a transformer failure. Scherbring suffered serious burns and was airlifted to Memorial Medical Center in…