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The Lowell Sun reports that an 8-year-old Ayer girl is currently recovering at a Worcester area hospital today after she was hit by an 18-wheeler yesterday afternoon on Littleton Road in Ayer while riding her bicycle. The young girl, who has not been publicly identified, rode her bicycle onto the busy roadway as she came [...]
Lead poisoning poses a significant danger to children of any age and can result in permanent brain injury if not caught in time. This type of poisoning can stem from a variety of sources, such as paints on products that have been recalled, jewelry for children, toys, and glassware. Another origin of lead poisoning can [...]
What Happened According to The Boston Globe, an unidentified 38-year-old Pennsylvania woman and her 8-year-old son were rescued from nearly drowning in a swimming pool at the Winstead Village Inn in Harwich this past Sunday evening. The incident occurred just before 9:00pm when the woman’s husband found her floating in the pool and their son [...]
A 3-year-old child was seriously injured in an Interstate 91 accident in Springfield on Saturday night when the car the child was traveling in was struck near the Interstate 291 interchange. A 27-year-old woman who was driving the struck car, a 1991 Buick Century, was also injured in the crash. According to police, the accident [...]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that the leading cause of fatalities for children aged 1-14 in the U.S. is motor vehicle crashes. Of these tragic child fatalities, nearly 60% were a direct result of the child not being restrained in a car seat or seat belt. More than 80% of individuals [...]
According to an article out in The Boston Globe this week, the family of Mark DiBona, 4, has announced that it has filed a wrongful death claim for the death of their son. DiBona fell to his death in an escalator accident on March 11 at the Auburn Mall. There was a large gap that [...]
A 2-year-old boy and his father were injured last week when their SUV crashed in Alton, NH. The boy, who may not have been properly restrained before the crash suffered a head injury when the SUV rolled several times, throwing him and his father from the vehicle. Both were taken to Maine Medical Center for [...]
Erb’s palsy can occur during birth. It is the result of a nerve network being extended, which in turn affects the spine, shoulder, arm and hand. If an infant experiences his or her shoulder becoming stuck during birth, the nerves may become severely stretched, torn, or bruised. The most extreme instances involve nerves that are [...]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Dream On Me, Inc. have announced a voluntary crib recall of approximately 22,000 Dream On Me’s full-size and portable drop-side cribs due to posing significant risks for suffocation, falls, entrapment and lacerations among infants. Based in Piscataway, New Jersey, Dream On Me’s cribs were manufactured in China and [...]
