InjuryBoard Chico

Seatbelts likely saved the life of a Chico woman after her SUV plunged off Clark Road on Monday morning. Sheila Renee Manzella, the driver, was alone in the SUV when it rolled down a steep hillside and came to rest 150 feet below the roadway, stopped by many small trees.Initially Manzella's injuries were assessed as severe, but she was alert and talking when rescue arrived on the scene. While...

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Leonard Shapiro of Chico was on Northbound Interstate 5, south of Hooker Creek Rd. at 11:45am on Saturday, when he changed lanes and hit into the rear of a tractor trailer, according to California Highway Patrol. He lost control of the car, entered the center median and flipped the car over. Shapiro and passenger Deborah Shapiro, of Chico were injured. He was flown to Mercy Medical Center and...

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Emergency crews used the jaws of life to pry a woman from her car after a hit and run accident overnight.The accident occurred at the intersection of Norwoodand Silver Eage in N. Sacramento when a white mustang collided into another driver. The two men in the mustang took off running on foot, leaving the woman trapped in the car.Emergency workers at the scene cut the roof off the car and rushed...

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A motorcyclist died in an accident at the 'Orange Crush," according to the California Highway Patrol.The accident was reported at 10:06 a.m. Saturday on the transition road from the southbound Orange Freeway to the westbound Garden Grove Freeway.Samuel Vidana, 27, of Pomona died in the crash.

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San Diego, California Police have a mystery to unsolve. They are busy trying to figure out how a truck ended up on top of a parked car on Tuesday.Somehow, a tree trimming truck came to rest on top of a Porsche that was in a driveway. Thankfully, there was no one in the car at the time of the accident and the truck driver was uninjured as well. Police are still investigating.

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An elderly man died early evening on Wednesday after his motorcycle crashed.The cause of the accident was not known that evening but it now appears the driver either straightened out or lost control of his motorcycle on a curve. The driver and Harley-Davidson bike, skid 75 to 100 feet on the highway. Alcohol was not involved according to the California Highway Patrol and the driver did have a...

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Motley Rice LLC, together with co-counsel Wexler Toriseva Wallace LLP, announced today that it has filed suit against Davol, Inc. a manufacturer of the Composix Kugel Mesh Patch, a medical device used in hernia repair surgeries.The suit was filed in the Superior Court in the State of Rhode Island on behalf of Jimmy Warren of St. Charles County, Missouri, whose Kugel Mesh Patch failed allowing a...

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Wal-Mart is recalling approximately 70,000 Holiday Time Christmas Mug Gift Sets. The buttons on the plush characters included with the mug sets, can detach posing a choking hazard to young children. The gift set includes a decorated mug and a stuff Santa, snowman or reindeer. The characters measure 7-inches tall and they are made from fleece-like material. Two green and red buttons are sewn down...

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The Florida Medical Association has hired a firm to review medical malpractice insurance rates that a state consumer advocate has accused as being too expensive.The South Carolina firm, Bartlett Actuarial Group, was asked to review the finding of the consumer advocate, according to the Medical Association. "We are obviously worried about the rates," said Lisette Mariner, spokeswoman for the...

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Tuesday, authorities identified a man who was killed in a car accident on the 710 Freeway in Long Beach. Aaron, Gutierrez, 33, of Whittier, died at the scene of the car crash, said Lt. Cheryl MacWillie of the coroner's office.According to California Highway Patrol, Gutierrez was driving his truck north on 710 Freeway at 7:30pm Monday when his truck collided with a bus near Pacific Coast Highway....

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