Posted on April 30, 2018
An accident left eight people injured today in Springfield, Massachusetts when four vehicles collided. Five of the eight people were rushed to the Baystate Medical Center, but they are expected to recover.
The crash took place around 12:17 p.m. at the intersection of Allen Street and Allen Park Road. One driver was cited for causing the accident when they crossed the line into oncoming traffic.
Posted on April 30, 2018
A construction worker was taken to the hospital in serious condition when he was injured at the Tower Square parking deck while working a construction job. The worker was taken to Baystate Medical Center with a serious arm injury.
Contractors have been working for quite some time to replace the auto ramp entrance that leads to the parking deck. The injured worker was working on a tread about 15-20 feet from the ground when the incident occurred.
Posted on April 30, 2018
Three people sustained serious injuries in a crash that took place on Oxford Avenue in Dudley. The two-car accident happened around 8 p.m. and happened when the driver of a Suburban crossed over the centerline and drove into a Ford Taurus.
The driver of the Suburban was identified as 29-year-old Robert Landry, who suffered serious injuries that were not life-threatening. The driver of the Taurus was 21-year-old Timothy Ouimette with his passenger, 22-year-old Melissa Dailing. All three people were taken by ambulance to a local medical center.
Posted on April 30, 2018
An unlicensed 17-year-old boy was high when he ran over a 64-year-old Medford woman who was walking at the time. The 17-year-old was driving an SUV at the time of the accident. The Medford woman lost her life.
After he struck and killed the 64-year-old woman, he also seriously injured a couple and killed the dog that they were taking for a walk at the time. The teen has been identified but his name has not been released because of his age.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has two primary programs intended to provide for those who cannot work due to being disabled.
The first program, supplemental security income (SSI), is available for both the elderly and the disabled. SSI benefits are granted on a means-adjusted basis, meaning the greater your need, the greater your benefit.
The other program is known as Social Security Disability Insurance, or SSDI. It is intended for those who have earned a safety cushion should their work cause them to be disabled. SSDI benefits are determined by age, given the assumption that an older worker has paid more taxes, thus deserving more benefits.
Pets can improve our physical health. Physicians have documented measurable improvements to the cardiovascular system, immune system, and emotional moods of pet owners.
In the state of Massachusetts, companion animals can even be included in restraining orders pertaining to domestic violence cases. This demonstrates the connection we have with our pets – sometimes we’re willing to stay with them even if it means keeping ourselves in an undesirable or unsafe situation.
Most pets are peaceful. At times, however, some have been known to cause serious injury. In almost all cases, the owner will be held liable for injuries their pet inflicts upon another. Exceptions to this rule exist when the victim of a bite was the actor of another crime.
Modern medicine has conceived many wondrous achievements in recent years.
Heart attacks can now be treated with the use of angioplasty and stents. Medications can be used to prevent patients from experiencing future cardiac events.
More effective treatments have been discovered for chronic conditions like diabetes. Some diseases, such as Hepatitis C, have been presented with cures for the first time ever.
The lawyer you choose will be important. A successful personal injury claim can lead to many benefits such as peace of mind, getting the medical treatment you need, not having to go into debt for medical treatment, getting compensation for the work you missed because of your accident.
Clearly, there is a lot at stake. So, finding a good injury lawyer in Boston is going to really matter. If someone else’s careless or reckless behavior caused you to sustain injury, you deserve to receive all of those benefits as well as many more. You also deserve to have an injury lawyer who is working their hardest for you and to ensure you receive those benefits.
Late Wednesday night, April 25, 2018, Michael Mangeri was struck by his own car and killed, while helping an injured pedestrian, Jessica Gelebert. The accident occurred around 10:00 pm Wednesday night on Route 75.
Mangeri, a 64-year-old man from Windsor Locks, was driving down Route 75 in the pouring rain, late Tuesday night around 10:00 pm. Gelebert, a 30-year-old woman from Hartford, was walking across the street, while Mangeri was driving by, and was hit by Mangeri’s car. Mangeri stopped and exited his vehicle to assist Gelebert when another car hit his car. The other car was being driven by Brian Root, a 30-year-old man, originally from Agawam and just moved to Windsor Locks.
While it might be taking a while to feel like it, springtime is here and the warmth is slowly coming around to blanket us. Before anything else, we must understand that the warm weather brings not only the sunshine but the numerous people who enjoy it. One way in which we enjoy the warm, gorgeous weather, is by taking the bicycle out. There can often be no better feeling than a bicycle ride on a beautiful day, just so long as that ride doesn’t turn into a nightmare.
Unfortunately, when we take these bicycle rides we need to exercise precautions more than anything else. Sometimes this can impede the amount of enjoyment we have, but the importance of bicycle safety cannot be overstated. Of course, we would all love to know that our cruise through the city is shrouded in safety, but that is not the truth. There are a number of safety precautions you must take as a bicycle rider in Boston.
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