Friday morning in Conyers, Georgia a motorist drove his vehicle into the local Cingular store on Dogwood drive and injured three people in doing so. Police say the elderly man apparently hit the gas instead of his brake and that caused his vehicle to slam into the business. Two employees and one customer sustained injuries in the auto accident and were rushed to the Atlanta Medical Center but...
In a follow up to the tragic Comair 5191 crash previously discussed, a settlement has been reported concerning one couple that died in the crash according to officials. The estates of Jessie Clark Benton and his wife Bobbie Benton, reached a confidential settlement with Comair, a Delta Air Lines subsidiary, recently after the decedents were instantly killed due to pilot error and negligence. The...
According to the latest information, the roof covering ConAgra's peanut butter plant in Slyvester, Georgia is now being blamed for the recent peanut butter outbreak that gained nation attention last February. According to ConAgra, moisture from a leaky roof and an indoor sprinkler was the source of the plant's contamination of salmonella that affected the lives of thousands of people all over...
In a tragic turn of events, a Douglas, Georgia teenager was killed Wednesday after being struck by a hit and run driver early that morning. Jose Garcia, 16, was found on Warren Carter Road around 6:00AM. The Georgia State Patrol is currently investigating the hit and run accident but no suspects have been named thus far. Garcia, who is survived by his family, was found near his home in Coffee...
KETEK (telithromycin), manufactured and sold by Sanofi-aventis U.S. recently decided, after prompting by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to include a revised black box warning and contraindication for myasthenia gravis patients. The new warning also removed the labels recommendation that KETEK be used in patients with chronic bronchitis (AECB) and acute bacterial sinusitis (ABS). For more...