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• NTSB: Government Partly To Blame For Deaths Of Bus Passengers

  Craig Cherry | February 21, 2007 9:43 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ruled that a lack of oversight by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was partly to blame for the deaths of 23 bus passengers that occurred on September 23, 2005 near Dallas, Texas. The bus, operated by Global Limo Inc., was carrying passengers who were fleeing the Texas Gulf Coast due to approaching Hurricane Rita. A rear wheel of...

• Agency Recalls Two Lots of Plavix

  Christina Cole | February 19, 2007 12:40 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  France's pharmaceutical regulatory agency is recalling two lots of Sanofi-Aventis' anti blood-clotting drug Plavix in France as a precautionary measure. The decision was determined after officials in Britian discovered counterfeit Plavix bearing the same lot numbers 3051 and 3091, France's Afssaps Agency said.Sanovi-Aventis stresses they are confident that its Plavix were up to standard and the...

• Worker Killed In DART Rail Construction Accident

  Christina Cole | February 15, 2007 12:17 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  A trench collapsed Friday along a DART rail line under construction, killing one worker and injuring another, officials report. The accident transpired at 1:30pm at a work site. The trench collapsed on two workers that were resetting a water line between Deep Ellum and Baylor stations along the planned Green Line rail tracks, a DART spokesperson reports.Dallas Fire Rescue said the department's...