Now to the real news rather than the 'manufactured and regurgitated news.'
Busy signals and a man's death reveal problems with Montgomery's 911 system (click title to entry - thank you)Fast-moving storms batter D.C. area
By Dan Morse
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 23, 2010
What lightning strike victim Carl Henn needed were paramedics. What those trying to help him got were busy signals.
Heavy rains doused the D.C. area Wednesday morning, slowing the a.m. commute and forcing about a dozen rescues. The floods come after a storm last Thursday downed trees and knocked out power to thousands....
Appeals court: UA student's cell phone use relevant in accident case
Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010 3:02 pm
Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
A trial judge did not err when he let jurors hear that a University of Arizona graduate student may have been talking on his cell phone when he was run over by a pickup truck, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Monday.
The appellate judges rejected arguments by Melinda Preston, mother of Matthew Preston, that her son's phone use was irrelevant to the question of whether the city was negligent in the design and maintenance of the sidewalk, the intersection and the bicycle path. Judge Philip Espinosa, writing for the unanimous appellate court, said that, given the record of when Matthew Preston had made calls, the information was relevant to let jurors know he may have been distracted....
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/article_5da3a6b6-af02-11df-8718-001cc4c03286.html
Officer at wheel of crash vehicle
By SALLY KIDSON - The Nelson Mail
Last updated 13:00 24/08/2010
An off-duty police officer drove a 4WD vehicle that hit a 12-year-old boy leaving him with serious head injuries, and police confirm that they are looking into rumours that the officer was using his cellphone at the time of the crash.
Last Thursday, Joseph Cotton, 12, suffered critical head injuries when he got off the school bus at Atawhai's Corder Park and ran across the road.
This morning the Nelson Intermediate School pupil was in a stable condition in a children's ward in Wellington Hospital....
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/south-island/4056022/Officer-at-wheel-of-crash-vehicle
Cell phone explodes, killing young Indian man believed to be mid-conversation
BY Meena Hartenstein
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, August 19th 2010, 6:08 PM
Though some say talk is cheap, one man's cell phone conversation cost him his life.
Gopal Gujjar, 23, was killed Wednesday in India while talking on a mobile phone that exploded, the Times of India reports.
There were no witnesses, but Gujjar was believed to be mid-conversation when the accident occurred.
Police found pieces of the phone strewn about Gujjar's body, and he suffered burns on his left ear, neck, and shoulders.
He was reportedly talking on a Nokia 1209, a no-frills model of the phone that came out in 2008....
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/08/19/2010-08-19_cell_phone_explodes_killing_young_indian_man_believed_to_be_midconversation.html
August 18, 2010 11:44 AM
Frank Ryan, Plastic Surgeon, Dies: What Really Caused Crash of Heidi Montag Doc?
Posted by Aina Hunter
CBS) Dr. Frank Ryan, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon who gained notoriety for performing 10 procedures at once on TV star Heidi Montag, was killed Monday in a car crash.
Ryan's Jeep Wrangler veered off of the Pacific Coast Highway and landed on the rocks below, CBS News reported.
The 50-year-old doctor was tweeting that his border collie was enjoying the view before the fatal accident, according to the New York Daily News. Ryan's dog - reportedly unrestrained - was thrown from the car but survived.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20013972-10391704.html
Cell phone use probed as cause of fatal crash
Published:
August 20 2010, 12:00 AM
Updated: August 20, 2010, 6:41 AM
Investigators are looking at cell phone use as a possible cause of a crash Wednesday in Sardinia that killed a young Holland man, an Erie County sheriff’s deputy said Thursday.
Whether Jay Stevens-Gates, 20, was talking on the phone or texting when he crossed the center line on Route 16 and crashed head-on into a tractor-trailer is part of the probe, said Deputy Jeffrey Ely of the sheriff’s Accident Investigation Unit.
Investigators also are awaiting the results of a toxicology report, though there is no indication Stevens-Gates had been drinking or using drugs prior to the 2:30 p. m. accident.
Speed and weather conditions have been ruled out as factors in the crash, Ely said....
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/erie-county/article106239.ece
Puyallup teen dies in ATV accident in Ore.
by KING 5 News
NWCN.com
Posted on August 23, 2010 at 6:48 AM
Updated yesterday at 8:40 AM
PUYALLUP, Wash. - A 16-year-old Puyallup boy has died in an ATV accident in a rural area west of Portland.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says on Saturday just after 3 p.m., Louie Hertel called 911 and said he needed help and that he was "hurt all over." Shortly after telling the dispatcher he was hurt, the cell phone lost connection.
Several deputies and EMS responded but found it difficult to determine the boy's exact location. After a short search, EMS found the teen trapped under a Yamaha Rhino 450. Unfortunately, he had died of his injuries....
http://www.nwcn.com/news/washington/Puyallup-teen-dies-in-ATV-accident-in-Ore-101295029.html
Mel Gibson car accident: Cops respond after actor lost control of car, hit rocky hillside in Malibu
By Nancy Dillon
DAILY NEWS WEST COAST BUREAU CHIEF
Monday, August 16th 2010, 12:50 PM
...Cops said alcohol was not a factor like it was in Gibson's now-notorious 2006 DUI arrest, which spawned an anti-Semitic rant.
"He was very cooperative and respectful. There were no objective symptoms of intoxication or impairment," CHP Officer Leland Tang told the Daily News.
The Aussie actor denied that he was talking on his cell phone or texting, Tang said.
"He doesn't know how the vehicle drifted. If you're familiar with that roadway, if you sneeze the wrong way, your vehicle could drift," Tang added.
Gibson was alone at the time of the 8:35 p.m. crash and called for assistance, Tang said....
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/08/16/2010-08-16_mel_gibson_car_accident_cops_respond_after_actor_lost_control_of_car_hit_rocky_h.html
