Singer Natina Reed hit and killed by car
Authorities say R&B singer Natina Reed, known as a member of the female group Blaque, was killed after being struck by a car in the Atlanta metropolitan. Reed was hit by a car late friday while in the roadway at an intersection on U.S. 29 near Lilburn. Police say the driver called 911 for help, […]
Cops: Woman accidentally shot self in Nassau County
A woman taking a firearms training course accidentally shot herself in the right thigh yesterday morning at the Nassau County Rifle and Pistol Range in Uniondale, according to Nassau police and a county spokeswoman. She was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow with a nonlife-threatening flesh wound. The accident occured about 10:40am […]
MONSTER Energy Drink cited in 5 Deaths
Monster Beverage Corp.’s energy drinks have been cited in the deaths of five people in the past year.The Food and Drug Administration received five death reports that said the victims consumed Monster drinks, Shelly Burgess, and FDA spokeswoman, said yesterday.The FDA reports are being used by parents who sued Corona, California based Monster last week, […]
Contaminated steroid injection claim 23 victims injury nearly 300
Twenty-three people have now died and more then 280 have been sickened in the nationwide meningitis outbreak tied to contaminated steroid injections produced by a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy, U.S. health officials reported Saturday. Fungus found in steroid injections produced by this Massachusetts specialty pharmacy matched the fungus linked to the outbreak. The officials said they’d confirmed […]
Drunk Driving caused more Deaths then War in Iraq/Afghanistan
In the wake of the tragic death of Nassau County Police Officer Joseph Oliveri, drunk driving is once again at the front of all our minds. It appears that driving while intoxicated is the root cause of this tragedy. One thing is clear…the carnage drunken driving causes has to be curtailed. The nation has lost […]
Court: Cellphone, tumor tied
Italy’s top court has ruled that a businessman developed a benign brain tumor because he held a cellphone to his ear for hours daily for his job and deserves worker’s compensation. Innocente Marcolini, whose face is partially paralyzed, argued that using his cell and portable phones six hours a day for 12 years while dealing […]
Sunscreen recall: Banana Boat spray-ons can catch on fire
Energizer Holdings, the maker of Banana Boat sunscreen, is recalling about 500,000 defective product bottles of spray on lotion after reports surfaces that a handful of people have actually CAUGHT ON FIRE after applying the product and coming in contact with an open flame. Makers of product think the problem is caused by UltraMist’s spray […]
Police Officer Joseph Olivieri fatally hit on LIE
A Nassau County highway police officer was struck and killed while investigating a car accident on the Long Island Expressway (LIE) in North Hills early on Thursday morning, police said. Police Officer Joseph Olivieri, 43, was a 13-year Nassau County veteran. He was fatally struck at about 5 a.m., as he was assisting the driver […]
Black SUV crashes into divider on LIE
At approx. 9am this morning a black SUV veered off of the LIE and crashed into two dividers just short of the service road. The car was traveling westbound on the Long Island Expressway a few exits short of Rt. 110 when it lost control of the car in the wet conditions and smashed into […]
Fatal Car Accident Statistics on Long Island
With stretches on Long Island roads grossly nicknamed “Blood Alley” two things are clear:1) Drivers are more aggressive2) Long Island roads are unsafe.Robert Sinclair, spokesman for AAA New York said “The Southern State Parkway is the exemplar of the poorly engineered roads typical of our area. It’s lanes are too narrow, the road is […]
