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Distracted Drivers Kill Thousands Each Year

Drivers who were distracted by electronic devices killed around 5,800 people in the United States during 2008, says U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The numbers were presented at a two-day Transportation...

created by Annina Bergman | 10 wks ago | updated 10 wks ago
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Alcohol Might Help In Brain Injury Recovery

A new study conducts alcohol may help people survive trauma to the head, and should perhaps be considered as a treatment method for patients with brain injuries in the future. The study, published in the Archives of Surgery, compared the outcome of patients who had been...

created by Annina Bergman | 11 wks ago | updated 11 wks ago
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Boat with Haitians capsizes, 113 saved, 85 missing

A boat carrying Haitian migrants overtruned and sank off the Coast of Turks and Caicos Islands. The U.S. Coast Guard reports that at least two people are dead and 85 are missing.The boat reportedly struck a...

created by albertacowpoke | 19 wks ago
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Police: 5 dead in car-train crash near Detroit

A car crossed in front of an Amtrak passenger train in Detroit Michigan this morning, killing five people in the car. Canton Township police say the victims included a 14-year-old female from Wayne and four young...

created by albertacowpoke | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago
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DC Metro Crash - People Diverted from Shutdown Fort Totten

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DC Train Crash-Computer Failure may be the cause

At least 9 people were killed and 70 more injured in a metro train crash in DC on Monday around rush hour. A computerized system apparently failed to stop a train from crashing head-on into another. ...

created by albertacowpoke | 24 wks ago | updated 24 wks ago
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Beer Bike tour of Amsterdam increases accidents, may be cancelled

The famous way to sightsee around the Dutch captial is on a beer bike, where ten people sit around a central bar and pedal through the city, but Amsterdam officials have said due to an increase of accidents, they...

created by Amy Judd | 25 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago
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Exodus Tyson hung with a treadmill cord; a random accident?

Exodus Tyson, the four year old daughter of ex-boxer Mike Tyson was found hanging by a treadmill cord, which was was playing nearby and accidentially became tangled in the rope. She was placed on life support, but she slipped into a coma and never woke up. Is this a random...

created by Amy Judd | 28 wks ago
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5,500 people die everyday due to working accidents: ILO

Work related accidents kills more people than the terror attacks.As par ILO estimates 5500 people die every year in this kind of accidents.The recent crisis and tough job market is the reason behind the upsurge in the number of death."More than 5,500 people die everyday,...

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created by Amitjha | 32 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago
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Cannabis Use Lowers Injury Risk by Two-Thirds, Swiss Study Shows

Researches uncovered some surprising results in a cross-over study of accident victims in a Swiss hospital ER: Cannabis use is inversely proportional to injury risk. In other words, the more cannabis used, the less chance of accidental injury. This same study showed a...

created by Brinna | 42 wks ago | updated 41 wks ago
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350,000 deer must be culled in UK each year to control numbers

An annual cull of about 350,000 deer will have to be done to keep the population under control, as the growing number are causing accidents and damaging the countryside. In the most recent years, the deer...

created by Amy Judd | 44 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago
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Ferry scare as lorry breaks free

A passenger ferry going from Scotland to Northern Ireland has had an accident. A lorry (truck) on the vessel broke free from its mooring and burst open the ship's rear door. The ferryhad to return to the Scottish port it had left from." A passenger ferry travelling from...

created by Dave Keating | 45 wks ago
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Farmers: ‘Come home safe’ new campaign launched

Farmers are only 1.5% of the British workforce but make up between 15 and 20 per cent of all deaths at work. Now a new hard hitting campaign is being launched to encourage farmers to take safety more seriously....

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created by LotusFlower | 49 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago
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Roadrunner Once

Drivers are to face 'fit to drive' tests every ten years under new Government proposals. The tests are primarily to address the fact that people are living and staying healthy for longer and so are driving past...

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created by LotusFlower | 49 wks ago | updated 49 wks ago
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California Rainstorm Accidents Increase to Triple Digits

The other day I was noticing all the idiots getting in car crashes. But now I see the statistics, it looks like an epidemic. Triple digit increases in California car crash cases."December 18, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by the by at least one...

created by panzerlawyer | 51 wks ago | updated 51 wks ago
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Israeli world first: Surgeons weld wounds shut with surgical laser

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Israeli world first: Surgeons weld wounds shut with surgical laser

This is a first in the world. An opportunity to seal incisions using a new method that discourages infection by its application and procedure."Surgeons of the future may have to learn welding rather than sewing,...

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created by tikun | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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