Recent News, Recalls and Safety Alerts

Arrest made in connection with fatal Tallahassee school-bus crash
(Tallahassee.com, October 1, 2008)
The driver of a concrete-mixer truck that plowed into a school bus last month, killing 8-year-old Ronshay Dugans, was arrested Tuesday on several charges in connection to the crash. James Messer Jr., an attorney with Fonvielle, Lewis, Foote & Messer, is representing the family in a separate civil suit against Andrews and the Ready Mix Cement Co. Read the article.

Being tired can be as bad as being drunk when driving
(NewsMedical.cnet, published June 2004)
"Being tired can be as bad as being drunk, in terms of its effect upon performance," says safety expert, Dr Ann Williamson, who led the study by the University of NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre. Read the article.

Train crash probe renews focus on texting dangers
(Business Week, September 17, 2008)
investigators are looking into whether texting may have played a role in the disastrous California train crash that killed 25. Two teenage train buffs told a TV station that the engineer, who was killed, sent them a text message a minute before the crash. Read the article.