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IKEA Begins Nationwide Repair Program to Fix Tip-Over Hazard in Dressers after Two Children Died

Posted on: July 1, 2015. Category: Product Liability

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) along with IKEA North America, have begun a repair program that will fix the tip-over hazard in IKEA chests and dressers. Two children died after dressers tipped over on them. The models include their MALM three and four drawer chests and two styles of the MALM six drawer chests. The repair program also includes any IKEA adult dressers and chests that are taller than 29 ½ inches and children's dressers and...

Latrobe Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash in Washington Township

Posted on: July 1, 2015. Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents

On July 22, 2015, early in the morning, a motorcyclist was killed in a head-on collision on Route 366 in Washington Township. A Chevrolet pickup truck that was driving east on Route 366 veered into the opposite lane and hit the motorcycle head-on. After the impact, both the pickup truck and motorcycle ran off of the road and over an embankment. The motorcyclist died at the scene of the accident due to the severe impact of the crash. The driver of the pickup...

More Airbags Recalled Due to Threat of Explosions in Crashes

Posted on: July 1, 2015. Category: Product Liability

Rather than saving lives in auto crashes, the Takata airbag is believed by investigators to be taking lives and causing injuries. The recalls of the airbags keep rising, with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles adding 88,346 Dodge Challengers to the totals. The Challengers manufactured from 2008-2010 have been recalled to replace the driver-side airbags. Consumer Reports says the recalls are due to defects in the airbag's metal inflators, which are filled with propellant...

Pittsburgh hospital: Condition of pedestrian injured in crash worsens

Posted on: July 1, 2015. Category: Car Accidents

Americans are living longer than ever and enjoying life in their senior years in new and exciting ways. Unfortunately, a 78-year-old Pennsylvania man is struggling to hang on to his golden years after being struck in a pedestrian accident a few days ago. The Pittsburgh hospital caring for his severe injuries has downgraded his condition to critical, an area newspaper reports. Allegheny General Hospital initially listed the North Sewickley Township man in...

Two workers hurt in backhoe accident, gas line explosion

Posted on: July 1, 2015. Category: Personal Injury

Pittsburgh sits about 38 miles southwest of the tiny town of Worthington, a place probably best known for its rich deposits of coal and natural gas. WTAE recently reported on a high-pressure accident that left two workers with injuries. A backhoe operator suffered apparently serious burns when the heavy machinery struck a high-pressure gas line, which then exploded. The fire spread to the backhoe with the operator caught in the blaze. He was flown to a Pittsburgh...

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