The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, along with Echo Inc., announced a recall of 16,000 gas powered backpack blowers due to a fire and burn hazard. The reason given for the recall is that the fuel tank and carburetor may have been damaged during assembly. The damage
Read more →According to Bradenton Police reports, a 46 year old pedestrian, William Ray Perri, 46, was crossing at 1700 17th Ave. W. in Bradenton, when he was struck by a vehicle. The incident occurred at approximately 2:00 a.m. on Saturday February 25th. The driver of the vehicle did
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The CareFusion Cortical Stimulator is used by physicians for medical procedures related to brain mapping of patients with brain tumors and seizure disorders. The CareFusion Cortical Stimulator and associated software assist in the identification and mapping of the different areas of the brain. CareFusion has issued a
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A nationwide recall of of seven (7) lots (8 million pills) of oral contraceptives Norgestimate and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets USP (0.18 mg/0.035 mg, 0.215 mg/0.035 mg, 0.25 mg/0.035 mg) has been issued by Glenmark Generics Inc. The recall was issued as a result of a packaging error
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Goodyear has announced that they are recalling certain Wrangler Silent Armor tires due to the possibility of a partial thread area separation under certain severe conditions. The possible partial thread separation could lead to vehicle damage when the separated thread strikes the vehicle. The thread separation could
Read more →On Wednesday February 15, 5 year old Isaiah Jackson was critically injured after being hit by a dump truck on Univerity Parkway. Jackson was unsupervised and without a helmet as he rode his bicycle southbound on Lockwood Ridge Rd.; attempting to cross the eight lanes of University
Read more →According to Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) reports a Bradenton man riding a scooter was seriously injured on Thursday night after a woman struck him with her SUV. Robert Torez, 19, was riding a scooter in the area of University Parkway and Whitfield Avenue when his scooter was
Read more →A 60 year old bicyclist, Bruce Alan Mason, was hit by a car as he attempted to cross U.S. 41 in Sarasota close to Hillview Street. The accident occurred on Wednesday evening at approximately 10:30 p.m. Mason was transported to Sarasota Memorial Hospital where he later died
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in conjunction with American Honda Motor Co. Inc., has announced the recall of roughly 126,000 All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs). The recall involves different problems for two models of Honda’s ATV line of products. The first recalled product involves the Honda
Read more →According to Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) reports, one person was killed and a second person seriously injured in an I-75 accident on Sunday evening in North Port. The 2001 Ford SUV involved in the accident was traveling southbound, approximately two miles west of North Sumter Blvd. in
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