Injury News

First time cyclist killed by car was determined to finish El Tour de Tucson cyclist John Henderson, 59, was killed when a car struck him from behind.

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• Bicycle Accidents
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• Car Accident
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• Personal Injury
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Police searching for driver of truck in fatal hit and run Police continue to search for a suspect involved in a fatal hit and run that occurred on Tucson’s west side.

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• Pedestrian Accident
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• Truck Accident
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Woman hospitalized after being hit by drunk driver A woman remains hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after the car she was a passenger in was hit head-on on New Year’s Eve by a suspected drunk driver.

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• Car Accident
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Construction worker trapped when trench collapsed Rescue crews were called to the scene of a construction accident where a private contractor was trapped in a trench that collapsed on him and kept him pinned up to his chest for almost three hours in sand, gravel, and broken up road bed.

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• Construction Accidents
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Over 300,000 victims hospitalized each year from wounds by dogs Every year in the United States, there are approximately 4.5 million reported dog bites victims.

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• Dog Bite
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• Wrongful Death
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No seat belts and number of passengers factors in school bus accidents. Public, charter, or school bus accidents can be devastating due to not only the number of passengers carried inside a bus but also because most buses are not equipped with, or do not require riders to utilize seat belts.

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• Bus Accident
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Dog walker charged for child endangerment when dog bites child. In Arizona, a dog bite can have major legal ramifications. When a dog bites a human, Arizona law immediately rules the owner or handler of the dog – both in civil law and criminal law - is legally responsible for injury, damage, and/or loss regardless of whether the person was negligent or reckless.

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• Dog Bite
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Medical errors are considered malpractice Statistics show that each year, in the United States, approximately 195,000 people die as a result of medical errors.

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• Personal Injury
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• Wrongful Death
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Childhood burns covering 60% have risks of death A recently published study has found that children who have sustained injuries from burns covering more 60 percent or more of their total body surface area (TBSA) are at much higher risks of experiencing severe complications or death.

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• Burn Injury
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Stryker parents and son die in head-first car crash Sixteen-year-old Travis Stryker and his parents, James and Rebecca Stryker, were killed when a Chevrolet sedan traveling southbound along a highway north of Flagstaff, Arizona, crossed the center divider line, colliding first with a Honda sedan and then head-first into the family’s Dodge van.

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• Car Accident
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• Crossing Accidents
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