Nearly 100 Children were killed and 2,000 injured in 2007 when they were backed over, mostly on residential driveways the National Highway Traffic Safety Council reported.

The report found that 221 people were killed and 14,000 were injured by backing vehicles. Ninety-nine of the deaths and 2,000 injuries were children under 14 years old.

Legislation sponsored by former New York Senator Hilary Clinton will require vehicles to offer additional mirrors, sensor devises and cameras to help reduce blind spots with the intention of reducing the number of these tragic accidents.

Over the course of years Debbie Blake, deceased, complained to her doctors about shoulder pain. She was prescribed pain medication and anti-inflammatories but nothing relieved the pain. After years she was finally sent for an MRI which revealed a cancerous tumor located in her lung pressing on her brachial plexus. The MRI also showed that the cancer had metastasized to her brain which eventually lead to her death. A jury found against BroMenn Physicians Management Corp. for failing to diagnose the cancer sooner, depriving the plaintiff a chance to be cured. The jury awarded the estate of Debbie Blake $704,636.

A four year old boy was attacked and mauled by the family’s Rottweiler on the Southwest Side of Chicago on Sunday. The boy was identified as Alex Angulo. The boy was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A neighbor on the 3800 block of West 61st Street said he feared the dog because it appeared aggressive and sometimes got free from the backyard where it was confined.

Six people were critically injured in a car crash Saturday night at the intersection of Ashland and Lake in Chicago. A Chevy Impala and a Dodge Durango collided at the intersection, sending the Durango into an “L” support base.

Four people from the crash were taken to John H. Stroger Hospital and two people were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. All were in critical condition.

A south side of Chicago car crash killed two people at the intersection of 87th and Michigan Avenue. The car crash took place at 4:15 AM early Sunday morning.

This was one of a number of fatal car crashes that took place in Chicago in the early hours of Sunday morning. People should be extra careful driving in the early hours and be watchful of other drivers coming from bars and parties where alcohol may have been consumed.

Sergio Correa, 35, was driving northbound on Milwaukee Avenue near Devon Avenue in Chicago when his vehicle was struck from behind by a vehicle being driven by a woman who appeared to be drunk. The auto crash took place at 2:57 AM Sunday morning.

Both drivers were taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge where Mr. Correa was pronounced dead. The apparently drunk woman’s injuries were not life-threatening.

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