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A recent crash with a Port Authority of Allegheny County bus in Pittsburgh left three people with minor injuries. While we are grateful that nobody sustained major injuries, we know that there will still be an investigation to figure out what happened and which party was negligent. The bus was traveling along Penn Avenue when the crash with a private car occurred. Two people from the bus and one person from the car were taken to the hospital. When there is a “bus vs. auto accident”, the results are often much worse. While you

When you consider how many places you go on a daily basis, it really is amazing how many people’s hands you put your safety in. If you go to the park with your kids, you trust that their maintenance team keeps the swings and other playground equipment well-maintained. When you get out of your car, your trust that the parking lot you have to walk across is even and there are no broken curbs. At the grocery store, we can be sure that the shelves and store displays are sturdy

The name is trusted and the packaging looks enticing: dinosaur shapes, 100% all-natural chicken, no fillers, no antibiotics. Unfortunately, there is one thing these Perdue nuggets forgot to include on the labeling – they forgot to mention the nuggets contain milk. This may not seem like a big deal, but it is. Could you imagine being the parent of a kid with a milk allergy? You do your best to check every single label to make sure you are not giving them anything harmful, but what happens when they leave the

Chances are, if you or a loved one have never experienced a brain injury, then you probably have not put much thought into what happens when they occur. The simple answer is – everything changes. Not all traumatic brain injuries are alike. Our brains are what make us who we are, yet they are not as well understood as the rest of our bodies. We can suffer a brain injury and keep living, but the person who remains after an injury may not act, think, or respond the same way

We are learning of a crash that took place in North Braddock in early January that should leave all of us cautious when we are outside of our vehicles. A woman was trying to put gas in her Buick Terraza at around 7 p.m. on January 7. She had pulled her vehicle into the right lane of traffic on Route 30 and was walking behind the vehicle when a 70-year-old driver in a Chevy Cruze struck her. The 28-year-old woman was pinned between the two vehicles. EMS arrived and transported her

When Ami Demi was attacked by three German shepherds while she was working last August, the only thing she was focused on was getting away and getting to the hospital. She certainly did not anticipate the attack, which happened quickly. “I pulled up, beeped the horn,” she said. “The first dog came right at me. The dog ripped my calf open, it looked like a shark bite. The two other dogs followed.”Demi says the attack felt like it took forever to end. This case just went to court over whether