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On July 9, an elderly pedestrian was struck and killed by a pickup truck in western Pennsylvania. According to this article on Philly.com, a 79-year-old man was struck as he was crossing a city street. He died of blunt force trauma. The man lived at an assisted living center in Altoona, PA. The article did not report if the 28-year-old man driving the pickup was injured. Pedestrian accidents account for 9.7% o [...]

An early morning auto accident in Philadelphia on I-95 North left two state troopers and a tow truck operator with mild to severe injuries. News source philly.com reports that the pair of authorities had been working with the professional driver of a tow truck to remove a vacant car that had been obstructing a right highway lane near the Girard Avenue exit. As the three men were attaching the car to the driver’s [...]

A man from central Pennsylvania has been charged with drunken driving and homicide by vehicle in a crash that killed a taxicab driver and one of his passengers in October. According to an article on Philly.com, the 31-year-old man is also charged with aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence and other counts. The article said that his blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit, he tested [...]

A Florida dentist is being sued for allegedly dropping tools down the throat of an elderly patient - twice. According to an article, relatives of the 90-year-old man recently filed the suit in circuit court accusing the dentist of negligence. The lawsuit that the elderly man’s family filed claimed that the doctor dropped an “implant screwdriver tool” in 2006 and a “mini-wrench” in 2007. The suit also sa [...]