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• New Jersey Tire Importer Recalls 450,000 Tires

  Steve Lombardi | June 26, 2007 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  The company Foreign Tire Sales of Union, New Jersey has been ordered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recall radial tires made for pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans. They recently admitted that the Chinese manufacturer of the tires, Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber, had stopped placing a safety 0.6 millimeter layer of rubber (called a "gum strip") in the tires to prevent separation....

• Smoke Inhalation Causes Death of Two Children

  Steve Lombardi | June 25, 2007 3:27 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  A house fire on Tuesday, May 15 led to the death of a brother and sister in Keokuk, Iowa. The children were Elizabeth White and Dylan White. A medical examiner has determined that the cause of death was smoke inhalation. The parents, Matthew White and Joyce Boley, suffered serious burns and were taken to University of Iowa Hospitals. One other child also survived the fire. The cause of the...

• Young Girl Severely Injured After Being Thrown From Truck

  Steve Lombardi | June 25, 2007 3:11 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  On Thursday, May 31, a seven-year old girl was thrown through the windshield of a pick-up truck on Interstate-35 near Norwalk. The vehicle was reported as swerving and hitting the side guard-rail before spinning out of control and hitting the opposite side guard-rail. The girl was then thrown from the truck, landing near a cement rail.The girl was taken by helicopter to a Des Moines hospital...

• Car-Tractor Accident Leads to Death of Akron Teen

  LLFClerk LLFClerk | June 20, 2007 9:27 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Tyler Edward Dawdy, an 18-year old from Akron, Iowa, was killed Saturday, May 19 in a collision with a tractor. Dawdy was headed westbound on county road C-38 when his car collided with a tractor driven by 83-year old Gerald Deiterman.Deiterman was headed eastbound, trying to make a left-hand turn when the tractor loader arms struck the left side of Dawdy's car. Dawdy was immediately taken to...

• Hand Sanitizers Dangerous for Young Children

  LLFClerk LLFClerk | June 20, 2007 9:03 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Hand sanitizers are thought to be a safe way to kill germs quickly without water. However, small children may think sanitizers look like water and some have fruity smells, so they think it is okay to drink. Many sanitizers are alcohol-based and a small amount consumed by a child could result in serious problems.Tammy Noble, a nurse and spokeswoman for the Iowa Poison Control Center, says there...

• Car Accident Causes Two Fatalities Memorial Day Weekend

  LLFClerk LLFClerk | June 19, 2007 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  A fatal car crash occurred on Sunday, May 27. The car that the two victims were in drove off Highway 6 and landed in a pond in Iowa County. Although this accident resulted in the death of two people, Scott Falb, from the Iowa Department of Transportation, said that there have been fewer fatal car crashes this year than last year.Falb claims that the decrease in fatal car crashes is due to the...

• FDA Questions Safety of Avandia

  LLFClerk LLFClerk | June 19, 2007 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Patients need to be informed, ask questions and protect themselves. Avandia (rosiglitazone) is a drug used by patients with type 2 diabetes. The FDA has recently discovered that patients taking Avandia show an increased risk of heart attack and other heart-related deaths. The FDA has not yet issued a recall, however, since they are continuing to conduct tests on the safety of this drug.The FDA...

• Construction Workers at High Risk of Injury

  LLFClerk LLFClerk | June 18, 2007 9:55 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  An increase in the construction industry in King County, Seattle has resulted in more people working in high-risk construction jobs. In 2006 alone, 14 workers died in King County as a result of construction-site accidents. Tyler Scott, a victim of a work related accident, says that construction workers are pressured to produce more and at a faster pace, and safety is compromised as a...

• Boston Scientific Defibrillator Suits will Proceed to Trial

  LLFClerk LLFClerk | June 18, 2007 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Boston Scientific is currently involved in 1,600 product-liability lawsuits related to claims involving the Model 1861 defibrillator. The issue concerns a flaw that could cause the Model 1861 defibrillator not to produce a life-saving jolt. Guidant Corp. (purchased by Boston Scientific in 2006) discovered this flaw in 2002, but did not warn patients until the recall in 2005. This flaw proved...

• Motorcycle Crash Causes Death of Norwalk Teenager

  LLFClerk LLFClerk | June 18, 2007 9:10 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Jennifer Reynolds, a 17 year old student who planned on attending community college this Fall, was killed Wednesday June 6 as a passenger in a motorcycle accident. The crash occurred in West Des Moines at the intersection of Woodland Avenue and 58th Street at 1:25 am.Matthew Garlick was driving the motorcycle. A police officer described his injuries as "non-life threatening." Charges have not...