The Food and Drug Administration has said that the manufacturer of Trasylol (aprotinin) needs to use a stronger warning associated with the drug to address the overwhelming number of risks associated with kidney damage. Bayer is being asked by the FDA to promote the use of Trasylol, a drug which is
In a recent fatal accident in New York, a drunk driver was being chased by local authorties after being suspected of conducting a drug deal. A high speed chase insued and ended when the drunk driver crashed into a suburban home that left the homeowner dead. According to authorities the home owner wa
Do you have a child? Is that Child small enough to require a car seat when traveling? If you answered yes to both of the above questions you might want to read this article on child safety seats. In a report conducted by Consumer Reports, the leader in consumer advisories and product opinions, recen
Three people were injured and one is dead after the driver of the vehicle they were riding in lost control of the vehicle and crashed on Christmas Eve. Michael Whitlock, 25, was a passenger in the vehicle and his life as a result of the crash. It is believed that the driver of the vehicle was drunk
Recently near Columbia Metropolitan Airport, a small plane crashed leaving no survivors. The plan had left Columbia earlier in the day as it went to Rock Hill, Virginia. Authorities investigating the wreckage are still not certain what caused the plane to crash on its way back from Virginia. Accordi
Fellow InuryBoard.com blogger Susy Owen, of the California law firm Owen, Patterson, & Owen, recently wrote a blog about what a person should do if they are involved in an automobile accident. It provides statistics of how approximately 90% of auto accidents are attributed to driver negligence and g
Two men have been arrested for their involvement in a recent hit and run auto accident that left a Cobb County sheriff’s deputy dead. The driver has been charged with vehicular homicide, a felony under these circumstances, hit and run, failure to maintain lane, and driving without a license. The pas
Joshua’s Law, a new law recently passed in the Georgia Legislature governing the licensing procedures for Georgia’s teen drivers, went into effect on January 1st of this year. The law requires new drivers to complete a driver’s education course and 40 hours of supervised driving, six of which must b
In an update to a previous post concerning a hit and run diver that struck and a 17-year-old man, the police have identified the owner of the vehicle in the hit and run incident: Edgar Pena-Fernandez. Pena-Fernandez, of Lawrenceville, is wanted for questioning regarding his vehicle and its involveme
Right after Christmas, four cheerleaders from Hauser High School were involved in a car accident while in route to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The cheerleaders were selected to perform at the New Year’s Day game but did not make it after another car swerved into their path causing the
A recent auto accident involving the Minnesota Vikings cornerback Fred Smoot will sideline the athlete for the teams final regular game of the season. Details of the auto accident show Smoot broke his jaw in five places during the auto accident and as a result, Smoot subsequently had to have surgery
The Christmas holiday period takes its toll in Georgia as a 17-year-old Roswell woman was tragically killed Christmas morning after being ejected and struck by a hit and run driver on I-285 near Ashford Dunwoody Road. Devon McKniff, deceased, was a passenger in the truck driven by Victor Cardajal-Al
