Race Against the Odds: Bike Accident Survivor Runs Cincinnati Marathon
A 29-year-old ran along the streets of Greater Cincinnati on Sunday, keeping pace to complete the 14th Annual Flying Pig Marathon in a little over three hours and coming in fourth among all women runners. 18-months-earlier she was lying in the same streets with a cracked jaw, broken clavicle and sternum, bruised lungs and heart, and a devastating head injury that lead to a near fatal aneurysm. Sunday’s marathon wasn’t her first (she won the Flying Pig in 2005), but considering her condition a year and a half earlier, running it was an amazing feat of self-determination. On a sunny day in...
continue readingOhio Woman Struck and Killed by Police Cruiser
An Ohio woman was killed after she was struck by a police cruiser early Thursday morning in Dayton. The cruiser, driven by a 32-year-old deputy, was traveling westbound on Needmore Road when he hit the 43-year-old Dayton woman. A sergeant from the Ohio State Highway Patrol has stated, ‘It would have been the same thing if anybody would have been driving – not necessarily just a deputy. It’s a dark intersection, the roadway is dark there’s no real businesses here that light up the area, and I think this would’ve happened to anybody. It just so happens it happened to a...
continue readingDriver Fatigue Leads to Truck Accidents in Ohio
New Regulations Aim to Keep Roads Safer Semi-trucks are a constant on Ohio highways. Unfortunately, so are big truck accidents. Drivers are often under incredible pressure to deliver freight on time. That means pushing the limits as to how much time they spend on the road and how little time they spend resting. This leads to 80,000lb trucks barreling across cities like Cincinnati with exhausted drivers behind the wheel. Fatigue can have a devastating effect on a driver’s judgment. It can slow their reaction time and dull their vision, making them much more susceptible to accidents. These...
continue readingFatal Ambulance Accident Claims Two Lives
A fatal collision occurred in Green Township on Wednesday, March 14th. A 2007 GMC C-7500 lumber truck was traveling southbound on Hospital Road when it stopped to make a left turn onto Delano Road. According to Ohio State Police at 9:47 am, the lumber truck was struck in the rear by a 1999 Ford E-350 Life Ambulance. The ambulance was driven by a 21-year-old Chillicothe resident with a 72-year-old passenger, also a Chillicothe resident – both were pronounced dead at the scene. The 50-year-old driver of the lumber truck was transported to Adena Regional Medical Center where he was treated for...
continue readingHelp for Cincinnati Head Injuries
A Bengals linebacker tackles the opposing team’s quarterback, crashing him to the ground. A Cyclones hockey player smashes into the boards. A Reds pitcher takes a line drive straight to the head. Playing sports increases your risk for head injury, particularly concussions, and a new study at the University of Michigan plans to follow athletes from the time they’re in high school through possible professional careers to determine the long-term effects of head injuries. “There has been considerable attention paid to concussion recently, by the media and others, spurred by reports of...
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