Miscellaneous

• 207 Cruise Ship Incidents Reported to FBI in Last 6 Months

  Michael Myers | October 01, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  In April cruise lines adopted a new method of reporting crimes that happen at sea in an effort to establish a more definitive and standardized picture of crimes that happen at sea. Since April, cruise lines have reported 207 incidents to the FBI. Of those, 72 were considered to be potentially serious crimes by the FBI. 18 investigations were opened, 13 of those for rape. Cruise lines like...

• New Plan Proposes Paramedics on Motorcycles

  Michael Myers | September 28, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A new plan was unveiled by city officials on Wednesday that would entail Seattle Fire Department paramedics riding motorcycles to navigate through Seattle traffic and reached injured persons in a more timely manner. Similar programs are used in other cities and have resulted in significantly reduced response time to accidents. "All you have to do is look at Fourth Avenue during rush hour, when...

• Four Deaths Linked to Powerful Pain-Killer, Fentora

  Chelsea Gilbert | September 19, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On Thursday, September 13, Cephalon Inc. announced that four deaths have been linked to the powerful cancer pain drug, Fentora, which they manufacture. Fentora was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last September for use by specific cancer patients. The Fentora fatalities allegedly all involved patients using the drug improperly. Two of the patients who died were reportedly using...

• Washington Supreme Court Rules Statue of Limitations Applies to Minors

  Chelsea Gilbert | September 18, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The Washington Supreme Court recently ruled that the statue of limitations in a wrongful death case was not "tolled" (that is, continued to run) even though the person filing suit was a minor at the time of the incident and, thus, unable to file suit until he or she turned 18. Kaela Atchison, who was 15 years old at the time of her father's death, appealed a decision by the Clark County...

• Drinking Contributes to Boat Collision on Lake Washington

  Chelsea Gilbert | September 12, 2007 10:55 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On Monday night a powerboat collided with a sailboat, one boat 44 feet, the other 38, on Lake Washington near the 520 bridge. Four people, including the driver of one of the boats, were treated at a hospital for minor injuries.According to the Seattle Police Harbor Patrol the driver of the powerboat is to blame for the water collision as he had reportedly been drinking. The driver of the...

• 19-year-old Fatally Injured in Collision with Dump Truck in Seattle

  Chelsea Gilbert | September 10, 2007 7:15 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Last Friday afternoon, September 7, two bicyclists were hit by a dump truck near the intersection of Eastlake Avenue and Fuhrman Avenue East in Seattle. 19-year-old Bryce Lewis died on the scene, crushed under the front wheels of the dump truck. The other bicyclist, a friend of Lewis', was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The biking collision occurred on a...

• 2 Die When Fishing Boat Capsizes

  Chelsea Gilbert | September 10, 2007 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On Sunday a Seattle fishing vessel, The Papa George, sank 12 miles off the Washington coast. Two of the vessels' crew members, David Starbuck, 62, and Ethel Zelaya, 37, died when the vessel capsized. Traveling in the skiff, the surviving crew came ashore at Long Beach at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, bringing the bodies of the two victims along with them. None of the survivors required...

• General Contractors Must Formulate and Enforce Fall Protection Plans

  Michael Myers | September 02, 2007 8:44 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A recent Seattle Times article highlights an important issue in the construction trades--especially with so much building taking place in Seattle and around Puget Sound. The Times reported the following: A 73-year-old man was rushed to Bremerton's Harrison Medical Center with life-threatening injuries after he fell down a 30-foot shaft at a construction site this afternoon.Central Kitsap Fire...

• Four Killed in "Flightseeing" Plane Crash Near Ketchikan

  Mark McLean | August 24, 2007 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A plane crash north of Ketchikan, Alaska killed four Holland America Line patrons on a "flightseeing" tour. Five other Holland America patrons were seriously injured. Three of the five survivors were airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and are in critical condition. The plane was operated by SeaWind Aviation.Victims of the crash include Eric, Christine and (three year old)...

• Cruise Ship Passengers Injured From Glacial Ice

  Mark McLean | August 16, 2007 3:18 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  18 passengers were injured when a cruise ship in the Arctic Ocean was hit with ice falling from a nearby glacier. Three passengers and a Russian crewman were flown to hospital in Tromso after the incident, which happened off the Svalbard Islands 300 miles north of Norway on Wednesday.Two of the passengers have serious but non-life-threatening injuries after being thrown around on the ship when...