Topeka Personal Injury Lawyer - Motor Vehicle Accidents

Riley County Crash Leaves Three Injured

Matthew Bergmann — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:23:34 GMT

A three-vehicle crash in Riley County early this morning left three people injured. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol two of the three people injured were seriously hurt and required immediate medical attention.

At approximately 6:30 am today, Bruce Stroud, 32, of St. Francis, was driving a 1984 Toyota truck south on K-18 highway when he tried to make a left turn onto Walnut Street at the Ogden city limits. At the same time Amanda S. Winkler, 21, of Clinton, Iowa, was southbound on the highway and hit the back of Stroud's truck, pushing it left of center, where it collided head-on with a northbound 1989 Chevy truck driven by Janice Harris, 60, of Junction City.

Harris and Stroud were taken to a Manhattan hosptial for treatment. Stroud was later transferred to a Wichita hospital. Both are believed to be in stable condition. Winkler did not report any injuries.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Matthew Bergmann

Five Killed In Osage County Crash

Matthew Bergmann — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:06:52 GMT

Five people, including two toddlers and three adults were killed in Osage County, Kansas on Friday after two vans collided head-on. The accident occured on K-268, just east of US-75 highway. At this point, the only known survivor of the tragedy is a 5-year-old boy who was rescued by emergency services and sent to a hospital in Topeka, Kansas with non-life threatening injuries.

The Kansas Highway Patrol stayed on site for more than four hours Friday afternoon trying to determine what exactly caused the accident. .

According to the highway patrol accident report, a 1992 Ford van was traveling eastbound on K-268 when it went left of the center line in a no passing zone and collided with a 1999 Dodge van. The highway patrol said it didn't know what caused the Ford van to cross the center line. Officials have confirmed that the 1992 Ford Van was driven by Charles Campbell of Wellsville, and that the 1999 Dodge van was driven by Rebekah of Quenemo.

Those killed were Charles Campbell, 63, Wellsville; Ramona Ball, 56, Ottawa; her grandson Elijah Ball, 1, also of Ottawa; Rebekah Davidson, 35, Quenemo; and Nora Davidson, 1, Quenemo. Abraham Davidson, 5, Quenemo, survived. Nora and Abraham are the children of Rebekah Davidson.

All but Abraham were pronounced dead at the scene. The highway patrol said late Friday that next of kin of all involved in the crash had been notified.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Matthew Bergmann

Hit And Run Leaves Man In Critical Condition

Matthew Bergmann — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:22:32 GMT

A dangerous intersection in North Topeka has claimed another victim as a man riding his bicycle was involved in a hit and run accident late Tuesday evening. Authorities have yet to identify the man, who suffer severe head injuries, but have confirmed that the incident took place in the 1300 block of N.W. Harrision.

Apparently, a vehicle traveling northbound veered across the southbound lanes of N.W. Topeka Boulevard and entered N.W. Harrison at the southernmost point of the V-intersection, where the two streets converge. Authorities say that the man on the bike was traveling southbound when the collision occured, and that rider was not wearing protective equipment.

When emergency responders arrived on scene, the man and his damaged bike were lying in the middle of the street. No information has been release as to the driver of the vehicle, and the Topeka Police Department's Accident Recovery Team was immediately called to investigate.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Matthew Bergmann

One Dead And Two Injured In Three Motorcycle Accidents

Matthew Bergmann — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:32:28 GMT

A rash of motorcylce accidents left one person dead and two others seeking medical treatment on Sunday.

William John Moser, 57, a resident of Liberty, Mo, was killed in Leavenworth County when he lost control of his motorcycle and slid under an oncoming vehicle. The accident occured on Kansas Highway 5 at approximately 4:40 p.m. Authorities say that Moser, who had just purchased the the Harley-Davidson motorcycle the week before, was riding in a group of other motorcyclists, who saw the crash and called police. It is not known whether Moser was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.

Another crashed involved a Lawrence resident, Brian A. Thornton, 33. Thorton was riding his Honda motorcycle in rural Jefferson County, when he lost control and entered a ditch. Thorton was not wearing a helmet and was immediately taken by helicopter to the Kansas University Hospitial in Kansas City. No word has been given as to his medical condition.

Christopher M. Hultine, 22, was involved in yet another motorcycle crash on Sunday afternoon. Hultine's accident occured around 1:40 p.m. when the Honda cycle he was driving when off the road while exiting U.S. Highway 40 onto Kansas Highway 10. He was treated and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital. At the time of the accident, Hutline was wearing a helmet.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Matthew Bergmann

Lawrence Woman Hurt in Car Accident

Shannon Weidemann — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:03:21 GMT

A woman from Lawrence was hurt in a car accident on I-70. The 49-year-old woman driver of the car started to leave the road and tried to get back on when she overcorrected and ended up driving off the road and flipping the car.

The accident occurred shortly after 1 p.m. Friday about two miles east of the Topeka service station, or about 10 miles west of Lawrence.

It is believed she was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the accident. She is being treated for her injuries at Kansas University Medical Center. The Kansas Turnpike Authority is investigating the accident. No one else was involved or injured in the crash.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Shannon Weidemann

Driver Hits School Bus, Four People Injured

Matthew Bergmann — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:47:39 GMT

Topeka, Kansas -- Several U.S.D. 501 students suffered injuries Monday morning when a vehicle ran a red light and crashed into their school bus.

The driver of the school bus and three children were treated for minor injuries following the accident which occured near the corner of S.W. 6th and Washburn. Fortunately, the school bus had just begun its morning route and had not picked up many children for the school day.

The car, driven by Stephanie Nickelson, 31, of Topeka, crashed into the side of the school bus after passing through a red light at the intersection. No other vehicles were involved in the accident. Nickelson was released after recieving a traffic citation for the incident. Medical treatment was provided at St. Francis Health Center and all persons injured were released later in the day.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Matthew Bergmann

Head-on Collision Kills One Man

Shannon Weidemann — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:43:58 GMT

A man was killed late Monday night when he drove over the center line on Kansas Highway 4 and was hit by another vehicle.

John Michael Nunn, age 43, was driving his 1991 Honda Accord in the southbound lane. He was hit by a 2003 Ford pickup truck that was going north. The driver of the pickup truck Thomas J. Henniger, age 71, was injured and taken to St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. He is in good condition.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Shannon Weidemann

Search Continues for Vehicle in Deadly Hit and Run Case

Matthew Bergmann — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:39:08 GMT

Local law enforcement continues to search for a vechile involved in a hit-and-run accident last week. Topeka police have determined that a 1990s model Chevrolet van or van-type vehicle was involved in death of Eric Schneider, 53, of Topeka, last week. The department's Accident Reconstruction Unit is continuing to investigate the accident that killed Schneider. Scheider was found lying in the streent early on July 14 in the 500 block of N.W. Lyman, after a driver's tip. Emergency services forwarded him to a local Topeka hospital where he later died.

See more information on the car accident.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Matthew Bergmann

Jefferson County Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

Matthew Bergmann — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:27:09 GMT

The intersection of US-59 and K-16 highways was the scence of fatal accident yesterday. Nathan High O'Neill (21)was pronounced dead at the scene after the motorcyle he was riding sturck the back end of a semitrailer.

Tha accident occured about 10:34 a.m. when O'Neill, a Winchester native, was driving his motorcyle northbound on US-59 and merged to the southbound lanes to yield to a paint-striping vehicle. He then collided with the semitrailer when he attempted to move back into the northbound lane.

To read more about this see http://cjonline.com/stories/072006/kan_mandies.shtml

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Matthew Bergmann

Millons Hurt By Drug Errors

Matthew Bergmann — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:51:12 GMT

Fox News has recently reported that more than 1.5 million Americans are injured every year by drug errors in hospitals, nursing homes and doctor's offices. That number has the potential to be even higher if patients' own medication mix-ups were added to the mix. A staggering report from Instiute of Medicine has called for major steps to increase patient safety when dealing prescription drugs.

Heading the list of recommendations is that all prescriptions should be written electronically by 2010. The report also noted that at least a quarter of all medication-related injuries are preventable. Stunningly, the study found that, on average, a hospitalized patient is subject to at least one medication error per day. As for death directly related to these drug errors, the report did not have any exact figured, but a rather conservative 1999 estimate put the number at 7,000 per year. The number of serious injuries from drug errors is unkown.

Likewise, the financial costs associated with these errors are mammoth. A drug error can add more than $5,800 to the hospital bill of a single patient. If one calculates that hospitals commit 400,000 preventable drug errors each year, that's $3.5 billion. Of course, this figure does not take into account lost productivity and other costs.

Just how hard is it to combat these errors? If you look at the sheer volume and complexity of today's medications, there are more than 10,000 prescription drugs on the market, and 300,000 over-the-counter products. A large majority come with vastly different usage and dosing instructions depending on the patient's age, weight and other risk factors, like a failing liver. Four of every five U.S. adults take at least one medication or dietary supplement every day; almost a third take a least five. In other words, the more one takes, the greater the risk of taking two that interact badly.

Another common cause of drug errors is bad handwriting by physicians, like when a pharacist has to determine whether a prescription is in millgrams or micrograms. Also the report found that sound-alike drug names also lead to confusion, for example the hormone Premarian or the antibiotic Primaxin.

Additional recommendations by the report included:

-- The government should take action to speed electronic prescribing, including fostering technology improvements so that the myriad computer programs used by doctors, hospitals and drugstore are compatible.

-- Health workers must take steps to fully inform patients about medication use, including checking every drug they use before prescribing a new one.

-- The nation should invest about $100 million annually on research into drug errors and how to prevent them. Among the most-needed studies is the impact of free drug samples, which often lack proper labeling on medication safety.

-- The Food and Drug Administration should improve the quality of drug information leaflets that accompany prescription drugs, but often have incomplete information or are written in jargon the average consumer can't understand.

-- The government should establish national telephone hotlines to help patients unable to understand printed drug information because of illiteracy, language barriers or other problems.

The Institute of Medicine is a branch of the National Academy of Sciences, an independent organization chartered by Congress to advise the government on scientific matters.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Matthew Bergmann