Be Aware:Understand the Most Commonplace Summertime Injuries Even though COVID-19 stay at home directives loom over most the United States, there is increasing talk – even among acclaimed infectious disease specialists – that we are likely to begin seeing easing of the isolation orders associated with the coronavirus pandemic within coming weeks. In other words, odds are growing a bit stronger every day that most people in the United States will be able to engage in certain activities typically associated…
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…
An Ohio woman drowned last month when information she was given from the 911 operator after floodwaters swept her Volkswagen Beetle into an Ohio creek kept her in the car instead of trying to save herself by getting out of the submerged vehicle. The woman, Lisa Roswell of Norwalk drowned February 28 of this year after she called 911 for help. On the recording of the call, the Norwalk police 911 dispatcher told Roswell to stay in her sinking car….
As some members of two-year-old Brandon Luna’s family spent time making funeral arrangements following the toddler’s tragic drowning death last month, others were complaining about the lack of a fence around the pond and the warning that others may die without changes. Brandon Luna drowned in a retention pond near his home. Reports say Brandon’s father has stated that his son’s death could have been prevented and wants a fence built around the pond to keep others from suffering the…