New York City, NY –Actress Dana Jacks has filed a 3 million dollar lawsuit against the city of New York claiming that the city was “negligent, careless and reckless” in its traffic enforcement in Prospect Park.  Jacks was injured when she had a collision with David Sonenberg who was riding his bicycle in the park on June 11.  Jacks suffered brain trauma and face and skull fractures that caused her to be hospitalized for 25 days.  Already, she has filed a law suit against the cyclist and in response he …

Denver, CO — The Colorado Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict Monday granting a truck driver nearly $10 million in her slip and fall accident claim against Wal-Mart.  Holly Averyt, 41, of Cheyenne, Wyo., slipped and fell on ice and grease while making a delivery to a Wal-Mart store in northern Colorado.  Averyt had to undergo three surgeries on her spine and was unable to go back to work.  Her attorneys presented evidence that some grease from the deli in the store didn’t get trapped in a device designed to …

Santa Clarita, CA —A multi-car crash involving a big rig, trash truck and a Jaguar sedan killed one man and injured another person on Monday.  The crash occurred on the westbound side of Henry Mayo Drive just west of the Golden Sate Freeway at approximately 2:07 p.m.  All lanes except one were shut down for hours.  Authorities are looking into reports that the big rig may have blown a tire just before the crash.  The driver of the Jaguar, Douglas James Parry, 57, of Saugus was killed in the crash …

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Newport Beach, CA  –An explosion at an apartment complex on Baywood Drive in Newport Beach injured four people, three seriously.  The Newport Beach Fire Department received multiple calls at 9:58 a.m. about an explosion.  When firefighters arrived at 10:06 flames and smoke were coming from the first level of two apartments and there was an odor of gas.  The fire possibly originated near the water heater.  Three people were transported to the hospital with burns to their face and arms.  The fourth person drove himself to the hospital.  The residents …

Washington D.C. –During an altercation with a passenger, a Metro bus driver was stabbed Tuesday morning.  The 28-year-old bus driver was driving his route when a passenger told him that a man was masturbating in the back of the bus.  The driver told 52-year-old Victor McEachin to stop and he continued to pick up passengers.  After awhile the driver asked a female aquaintance to check on McEachin.  The woman told the driver that McEachin was covering himself with his shirt.  When the bus stopped at the Wheaton Metro station McEachin …

GLENDORA, CA– Milford Fonza, a retired fire chief, was out for his morning walk around 4 a.m. on Monday, when two pit bulls attacked him.  Fonza was trying to beat off the dogs with his walking stick when a Glendora police officer, Matt Fenner, saw him and helped. Fonza was trying to get away from the dogs by pulling himself over a wall, but the dogs kept pulling him back down.  He said the dogs were relentless and he believed he was going to be killed.  Fenner hit one dog …

STODDARD, N.H. — A truck driver caused a three car crash on Route 9 when he lost a 2,000 pound beam off his truck on Thursday in Stoddard.  The driver who works for Zanco Express was carrying sawmill parts to HMC Corp in Contoocook when the beam fell off.  The beam struck an SUV driven by 42-year-old Melissa Mitza, of Moultonborough. Her vehicle was then hit by a pickup truck driven by 58-year-old Gary Gipe, of Shoreham, Vt. A third car driven by …

Florida –The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating an incident where two tourists were left behind by a Florida tourism company while they were scuba diving.  Paul Kline and Fernando Garcia Puerta were part of a group of 30 people who were scuba diving in the open ocean with R J Diving Ventures of Miami Beach.  They said when they surfaced from the dive the boat was gone.  They were clinging to a fishing buoy for two hours in shark infested waters until they were rescued by a private yacht.  They …

Tucson, AZ — A huge dust storm blew through the Arizona desert, triggering three separate pileups on the Interstate 10 that left one person dead and many injured.
At 12:15 p.m. the first wave of dust blew across Interstate 10 about 40 miles north of Tucson causing a pileup of 16 vehicles, including some commercial trucks.  A 70-year-old man was killed and his wife suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to University Medical Center in Tucson.  The couple’s vehicle was smashed between two commercial vehicles. There were 17 other people …