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After leading Starr County authorities on a wild chase, a suspected smuggler jumped out of his car and into the river in an evident attempt to escape into Mexico. But he was exhausted and went under water. When he started calling for help, and Border Patrol agent jumped into the water to rescue him, where he was plucked from the river’s dangerous currents by a Border Patrol agent and a police officer. The suspect is now reportedly in custody and…

The aunt of a New Jersey toddler has been charged after the boy drowned in a New Jersey lake earlier this month, reports say. Reports say Felicia Tucker, 26, of Monroe Township, has been charged with second-degree endangering of a child in the death of her nephew, who was two-and-a-half when he died. Reports say Tucker allegedly called police after finding the front door of her home open and the boy missing. The boy, who reports say was autistic, was…

Houston personal injury attorneyAustin Police Officers responded to an auto- pedestrian accident early last month which occurred in the 1800 block of East State Highway 71. The incident occurred when a black 2002 Volvo, traveling eastbound in the 1800 block of East State Highway 71, struck a pedestrian who was walking across the highway. After the victim was struck by the Volvo, he was hit by several other vehicles. The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. His name was…

A group of eight Texans filed suit against the maker of Avandia, the diabetes drug, adding to the growing list of lawsuits over the drug and its maker. The suit alleges GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia caused heart problems, among other issues. Avandia, which is part of a group of drugs described as thiazolidinediones that lower blood sugar by decreasing insulin resistance, has been under attack since a 2007 label on the product contains a warning over possible heart attacks. The warning was…

Amanda DeLoach Slappey, the widow of The widow a Leesburg, Ga., man, has filed suit against the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, seeking $40 million in damages for the death of her husband who drowned in 2009 while duck hunting on Lake Seminole, reports say. John Mark Slappey was swept over the Jim Woodruff Dam while hunting on Lake Seminole in (???). Slappey’s body was not recovered until January 2010. The lawsuit reportedly alleges that Slappey’s death was directly…