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• Car - Train Accident Kills Two Women

  Christina Cole | March 17, 2007 1:44 AM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  An unfortunate train-car accident today resulted in a commuter train colliding with a car at a railroad crossing, killing two women, said transit police.The driver of the car was trying to beat the train across the tracks on Sunday, said the Police Chief for the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District that is in charge of operating the railroad.Both women were pronounced dead at the...

• Infected Employees Can Spread Salmonella

  Staff Writer | March 15, 2007 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  Indianapolis injury lawyer Steve Wagner's staff has posted about a possible Brownsville Wal-Mart deli worker being infected with salmonella. The worker contacted the Indiana Department of health and was informed this was a health code violation. The employee clearly was unaware that his or her sickness was salmonella poisoning from eating tainted peanut butter, but perhaps Wal-Mart management...

• Infant Trapped After Car Crash

  Christina Cole | March 05, 2007 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  When firefighters arrived on the scene of a car accident near South Haven, they found a five-month-old baby girl trapped inside the vehicle.The baby was suffocating and turning blue. Her car seat was crushed and her mouth was pressed up against the dashboard.One firefighter worked to turn her head so she could get some air, while another took her from the car. The baby was in the front passenger...

• Lawsuit Filed Against Nursing Home for Neglect

  Christina Cole | February 28, 2007 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  A nursing home operator that has facilities in Illinois and Indiana is once again facing neglect charges. The suit involves a case of an 83-year-old patient whose leg was amputated, allegedly because the nursing home staff continually didn't feed her. A lawsuit has been filed in Cook County Circuit Court by a woman on behalf of her mother, accusing the South Shore Nursing and Rehabilitation...

• Man Injured in Car Accident with Semi-Truck

  Christina Cole | February 19, 2007 7:51 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  After a car accident on an Indiana toll road, one person is hospitalized.The crash occurred at 10:30 last night near Elkhart. Officials say the driver of a semi-truck was in the process of making an illegal u-turn when a car struck the truck.The car driver was transported to the hospital. At this time there is no information about the severity of injuries.

• Driver Killed in Weather Related Crash

  Christina Cole | February 14, 2007 9:50 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  A driver was pronounced dead on the scene after she lost control of her car in a weather related car accident, police said.Police say the driver was going east around 8am on a snow covered highway, half-mile west of Indiana 39 when she lost control of the vehicle she was driving. She was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident.Her car slid across the highway into westbound traffic and...

• Hasbro Toy Ovens Recalled

  Christina Cole | February 06, 2007 11:28 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  Hasbro has recalled approximately 985,000 Easy-Bake toy ovens after they discovered a child's hands and fingers can get caught in the oven's opening posing a serious burn risk.The Consumer Product Safety Commission has received five reports of burns amid 29 reports of children getting their fingers caught in the opening of the oven.Model number 65805 and "Hasbro" are stamped into the plastic on...

• Woman Dies After Car Skids Off Road, Sinks in Pond

  Christina Cole | January 29, 2007 1:29 AM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  Icy roads may have caused a woman's car to slide off the road and sink to the bottom of a pond on Sunday morning, said Blooming Police Department.The woman, who could not be named due to her next-of-kin- not yet being notified, was believed to have lost control of her car on Pete Ellis Dr. at the entrance to Woodbridge Apartments.After over-correcting, the 4 door compact car ran off the road...

• Man in Car Wreck Drowns

  Christina Cole | January 24, 2007 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  Police say a Bloomington man drowned when trying to wade across a flooded road after his car wrecked on Indiana 157 in Greene County on Tuesday.James L. Chambers was pronounced dead at the scene. The 77-year-old man's death has been ruled an accidental drowning.Chamber's family reported him missing from his home on Monday. Family members told police Chamber's was an Alzheimer's patient.A Greene...

• Nursing Home Receives Maximum Fine

  Christina Cole | January 17, 2007 1:18 AM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  The maximum fine allowed by law, $100,000, has been fined to a Sacramento nursing home in the death of 84-year-old resident, said state officials on Friday.An investigation by the Department of Health Services has concluded that poor care of the man by the Arden Rehabilitation and Health center lead to his death on July 13, 2005, said Dr. Mark Horton. The coroner's report said the causes of...