Ovoid these common Summer Vacation injuries…
Top 10 Summer Activities that Cause Injuries You’ll probably be surprised by our list of top 10 summer activities that cause the bulk of injuries (many of which can result in serious neck and back pain) because they all sound like so much fun! Remember, helmets have proven to reduce the risk of head injury […]
Lindenhurst Woman Dies After Being Hit By Car
A Lindenhurst woman crossing a street in West Babylon was struck and killed Monday afternoon, Suffolk police said. Amelia Couvertier, 83, was walking east on Montauk Highway about 3:20 p.m. when she attempted to cross Great East Neck Road, police said. She was struck by a 2008 Toyota Corolla driven by Carol Lawrence, 73, of […]
Florida gas plant explodes – 53,000 propane gas tanks
TAVARES, Fla. – A series of explosions rocked a central Florida propane gas plant and sent “boom after boom after boom” through the neighborhood around it. Eight people were injured, with at least four in critical condition. John Herrell of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said early Tuesday that no one died despite massive blasts […]
Man Fall From Overpass Above Southern State Parkway
The Suffolk County police Aviation Unit transported a man to a nearby hospital Tuesday after he was reported to have fallen from an overpass above the Southern State Parkway in West Babylon, a police spokeswoman said. Police had few details but the spokeswoman said a police helicopter took the man to Stony Brook University Hospital. […]
RECALL ALERT: Fast Lane Remote Controlled Helicopter..BURN HAZARD
SAFETY RECALL Fast Lane FA-005 Radio-Control 3-Channel Helicopter with Gyro Stabilizer and Charger Model Number: 5F5F2F5 Toys”R”Us Item Number: 758776 UPC Number: 886150510022 The rechargeable battery may overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard. Child Injury Risk. Immediately take the Helicopter from children and return it to the nearest Toys”R”Us for a refund or store […]
Joseph Beer – Fatal Car Accident that Killed Four Teens
A Queens teenager seemed dazed in October as he wandered through the aftermath of a deadly car crash that “looked like someone had taken a stick to a piñata,” a state trooper testified Wednesday. “There was debris everywhere. And body parts. Blood all over the place,” said State Trooper Eduardo Arias. Yet Arias said Joseph […]
Carbon Monoxide Injures 9 at Roosevelt Field Mall
Nine people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning that was possible caused by a construction worker using an improperly vented propane-powered tool at Roosevelt Field Mall. Among the injured were construction workers, security guards and staff who were later taken to an area hospital with possible carbon-monoxide poisoning. In total, seven were taken to Nassau […]
Postal worker dies after his truck is hit from behind
A postal worker whose truck was rear-ended before it crashed into a tree in Lloyd Harbor has died, Lloyd Harbor Village Police said. A police spokesman said Suffolk County’s Second Squad is investigating the death of the worker, whose name has not been released. The worker, a man, was driving a postal truck on West […]
Hands-Free Cell Phone Use MORE Dangerous Then Originally Thought
The increasingly popular voice-activated, in-car technologies that allow drivers to text, talk on the phone or even use Facebook while driving still allow for dangerous mental distraction, according to a new study. In the most comprehensive study of its kind to look at drivers’ mental distraction, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that as […]
Balcony in Long Beach collapses injurying 5 people
The city’s building department has prohibited access to second-story exterior balconies at a 64-year-old Long Beach apartment complex after one of them collapsed Monday, injuring five people. Scott Kemins, a commissioner in the Long Beach Building Department, said Tuesday that none of the injuries in the balcony collapse was serious but each person was taken […]
