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• Cribs Recalled Due to Suffocation Risk

  Shannon Weidemann | September 21, 2007 4:58 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Two children died after being suffocated in their cribs and now over one million cribs have been recalled due to a design flaw. The recalled cribs were made in China and are sold under the name Simplicity and Graco. They are drop side cribs that were sold in stores from January 1998 through May 2007. The retail price for the cribs was from $100 to $300. Two infants, a 9-month-old and a...

• Pedestrian Hit by Louisiana State Representative

  Shannon Weidemann | September 10, 2007 1:47 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A Louisiana State Representative hit a pedestrian in Terrebonne Parish with her car on Sunday. The pedestrian's arm was broken in the car accident. State Representative Carla Dartez was driving the car. The accident took place on Bayou Black Road.Dartez failed parts of the field sobriety test but passed a breathalyzer test administered soon afterward with a "0.00" score, said Trooper Gilbert...