Blog Posts in March, 2013

Girl attacked by pit bull

A pit bull attacked a young girl, who is reportedly 4 years old or 6 years old, on March 10 while the event was captured on a surveillance video. Bystanders intervened and came to the girl's aid as they pulled the animal off the sobbing girl. Their quick action at the scene may have saved the child from serious dog bite injuries . The girl was walking with her grandmother when the attack happened. ...

Autoimmune response may be behind neural degeneration

New York residents who have sustained a brain injury and neuroscience aficionados alike may be interested in findings recently published by the Cleveland Clinic and University of Rochester Medical Center that may yield new treatment options as well as a shift in thinking regarding brain injuries . The prevalent thinking up until now has held that conditions such as a traumatic brain injury are the ...

NY man hit by semi while pushing truck

An unidentified victim was hit by a semi truck on Interstate 90 while he attempted to push his vehicle out of the line of traffic after he ran out of gas. The truck accident took place on the westbound side of the interstate near the Cazenovia Creek overpass. According to New York State Police, the driver of the pickup was hit by a tractor trailer and suffered a fractured shoulder and hip bone. He ...

Four injured in Annsville snow plow accident

A recent collision involving a snow plow truck and a car in Annsville resulted in injuries to four residents. The truck accident took place on the evening on Feb. 20 on Route 69 when the snow plow truck, driven by an employee of Oneida County, was struck by a car driven by a 61-year-old woman. The car was south on the road near Taberg when it struck the snow plow truck head-on. As a result of this ...

Three women, teen mauled by pair of dogs in Lakeview attacks

On the evening of Feb. 12, four separate dog attacks by a pair of unsupervised pit bulls in the Lakeview area of Long Island left three women and a 16-year-old boy wounded. The dangerous animals were first encountered near the intersection of Parkside Road and Ceder Road by the teen, who sustained bite wounds to his left arm. Only 10 minutes later, the pair attacked a 54-year-old woman pedestrian ...