Two people are dead, including a Whitesburg elementary school principal, after a driver crossed the centerline, apparently without warning, and hit an oncoming vehicle. The wreck happened near Campton in Wolfe County. According to police and witnesses, a 47-year-old...
Car Wreck Kills Kentucky Basketball Standout
19-year-old Terrence Clarke, who had just signed a contract with an NBA agent, died in a car wreck in Los Angeles. According to LAPD investigators, who primarily relied on security camera footage, Clarke ignored a red light and clipped a motorist who was attempting a...
What You Should Know About Swimming Pool Injuries
Drownings are the most talked-about swimming pool injuries, especially among children. In fact, among children between 1 and 4, unintentional drowning is the leading cause of death. If left unattended for more than a few moments, these children could easily drown in a...
Does Workers’ Compensation Always Protect Construction Workers?
Construction jobs are usually at or near the top of those most dangerous jobs list which pop up from time to time. Heavy equipment, high scaffolding, inexperienced workers, and a company which only cares about profits, mix to form a very dangerous cocktail....
Proving Fault in Grocery Store Fall Claims
Slip-and-fall injuries account for about a fifth of Emergency Room visits. That’s the largest single cause of all injury and non-injury trips to the ER. Since most grocery stores have hard, concrete floors, many of these incidents happen at busy supermarkets where...
Deadly High-Speed Police Chase in Shelby County
State troopers relentlessly pursued a man for several miles, eventually forcing him into a wreck which ejected him from his vehicle. Shelbyville police officers responding to a disturbance call encountered the suspect’s vehicle on the road. When officers tried to...
Letcher County Left-Turn Crash Kills ‘Halfway to Hazard’ Dad
The father of one member of the country-western duo is dead after a pickup apparently broadsided his vehicle outside a gas station. The wreck happened at the intersection of Highway 150 and Highway 7N in Isom. According to police, 85-year-old Jackie Tolliver, who is...
Birth Injuries: Does the HELPERR Mnemonic Really Help?
The HELPERR mnemonic, which is examined below, helps doctors and nurses deal with shoulder dystocia emergencies. If the baby is too big to drift through the mother’s narrow birth canal, the umbilical cord could essentially strangle the baby in about five minutes....
Some Dos and Don’ts Following a Vehicle Collision
Every year, car crashes seriously injure millions of Americans. So, the chances are that you or a loved one will be a victim. Most of these injuries are permanently disabling, at least to an extent. Such serious injuries often mean tens of thousands of dollars in...
Legal Options Following a Nursing Home Fall
Fall injuries are the leading cause of nursing home admissions. Instead of getting better at a long-term care facility, many of these fall victims get worse. Almost two-thirds of nursing home residents fall every year. Repeat falls have especially severe physical and...
