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• Motoryclist hits telephone wire downed by drunken teen

  Barry Doyle | June 01, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  An Indiana teen is under arrest after he struck a telephone pole and then fled the scene. The impact between his vehicle and pole knocked the pole down, leaving a wire hanging over the road.A motorcyclist came upon the scene shortly thereafter and struck the wire, causing a loss of control. The motorcyclist suffered multiple fractures, but his passenger was killed due to blunt force trauma.One...

• Pit bull bites woman second time

  Barry Doyle | May 22, 2007 8:30 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A California woman who was visiting a friend was bitten by the friend's 90 pound pit bull for the second time. The woman, who had been bitten on the leg in December, 2005, realized that the dog was acting aggressively, and tried to hide in the bathroom, but the dog broke down the door in order to attack her.The woman suffered serious injuries to her arm in the most recent attack.The traditional...

• Child dies from medication error

  Barry Doyle | January 18, 2007 7:00 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A Cleveland-area child died after receiving an improperly-mixed medication as part of her chemotherapy regimen. The actual dose was mixed by a pharmacy technician. The error was uncovered as part of an investigation which followed the child's death.The work of the pharmacy technician was being supervised by a licensed pharmacist. However, he failed to discover the medication error before...

• Fall on construction site(2)

  Barry Doyle | December 31, 2006 11:43 AM | 1 CommentCook County, IL

  Two workers were seriously injured when they fell 20 feet while working on a Florida construction site. One suffered a fractured leg; details as to the injuries sustained by the other were unclear.The fall was over 20 feet. OSHA regulations require the use of fall protection, typically a tie line, when working at that kind of height.On most large construction sites, the great bulk of the work...

• Fall on construction site(3)

  Barry Doyle | December 31, 2006 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Two workers were seriously injured when they fell 20 feet while working on a Florida construction site. One suffered a fractured leg; details as to the injuries sustained by the other were unclear.The fall was over 20 feet. OSHA regulations require the use of fall protection, typically a tie line, when working at that kind of height.On most large construction sites, the great bulk of the work...

• Construction Accident Traps Virginia Workers

  Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 8:42 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Several construction workers were believed to be trapped today when a slab of wet concrete collapsed on the 24th floor of a high-rise building, said officials.Police spokesperson, John Lisle, said the cause of the construction accident is still unclear. Several workers were believed to be trapped and a handful of others had minor injuries, said Diana Sun, county spokeswoman. Oscar Moscoso, a...

• Prescription Label Error Shakes up Mom

  Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 8:05 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Becky Vanderlinden was quite surprised last week when she noticed the dose instructions on the bottle of antibiotics for her toddler. The toddler received five times the dose of antibiotics that her doctor had prescribed. Vanderlinden had called the pharmacy to check the dosage and was told that it was indeed correct - but the label was wrong. "I thought, "This seems like a huge amount of...

• Two Local Nursing Homes Appealing Citations for Alleged Neglect

  Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 7:52 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Two area nursing homes that were cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health for alleged acts of neglect are appealing the findings. The state reported, last week, that Sterling Pavilion and Coventry Village were both cited for Type A violations of the Nursing Home Care Act after instances of alleged neglect in recent months. On Friday Rhonda Reed, a spokeswoman for Sterling Pavilion,...