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A worker caught under a collapsed concrete slab at the old Galveston Flagship Hotel died of his injuries yesterday, say reports. The worker, Tauelangi Angilau, 65, of Salt Lake City, Utah, died Tuesday after a half-ton piece of concrete fell on him as he worked to demolish the historic Galveston hotel at 2501 Seawall Blvd.. Angilau, who was trapped for about 20 minutes before the slab was lifted off him and he was transported to University of Texas Medical Branch,…

Austin Police Officers responded to a serious injury collision in the 4800 block of Southwest Parkway, after it appears a senior citizen struck a tree along a roadside. A preliminary investigation shows that a vehicle was traveling eastbound on Southwest Parkway when it drifted off the roadway and struck a tree. The victim, whose name was not released by police, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The accident is still under investigation. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked…

Houston police have been asking for the public’s assistance in locating a motorist involved in a fatal hit-and-run traffic accident at 2000 State Highway 6 about 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 6th, reports say. The victim, a male, age unknown, was walking in the roadway of State Highway 6 northbound when he was struck by a vehicle of unknown make and model. The vehicle then fled the scene. There were evidently no known witnesses. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at…

The Federal Drug Administration has ordered that cautions be added to the labels of all antipsychotic drug as they pertain to the possibility of some birth defects when used by pregnant patients. The antipsychotic drugs, including Haldol, Moban, Navane, Fanapt FazaClo,Clozari, Risperdal, Zyprexa, Abilify, Thorazine and Symbyax, among others can provoke , hypertonia, hypotonia, tremor, somnolence, respiratory distress in some fetuses. Symptoms were reported from birth to one month later, and some infants recovered quickly while others needed intensive care and…

A pair of expensive racehorses collapsed and died last month under mysterious circumstances just before a race at in Britain, with speculation that electrocution was the cause.   The British Horseracing Authority is investigating the deaths of the horses, Fenix Two and Marching Song, but the deaths of the animals are consistent with electrocution. Marching Song was sired by Breeder’s Cup winner War Chant.   So far, the cause seems to be from underground cables, combined with the wet ground…