Author Archives: Jay Butchko
The Dangers Of Bouncing
About a year has passed since the freak accident in which an inflatable bounce house was blown across a parking lot into a road as a result of a waterspout coming ashore in the Fort Lauderdale area. During the incident, an adult and three children were injured, one seriously. Fortunately, the most seriously injured… Read More »
The Risks Of Self Improvement
Losing weight can be life-changing as far as the health benefits one reaps from dropping just a small percentage of body weight. Along with the change on the scale, changes happen to your body. Most of the time these changes are a desired result, but some of the changes may not be exactly what… Read More »
A Lesson In Being Thankful
Every single time we get on the road, there is a chance that something can go wrong. A local aspiring musician is an example of someone who is able to find the bright side of a situation even when things go very wrong. Despite enduring a six-hour reconstructive surgery on his face, this young… Read More »
Bulldogs Attack Women And Kill Her Dog
Two Hollywood women were attacked by bulldogs recently during a tragic incident while the one woman was out walking her terrier. The bulldogs broke loose and began to attack the woman walking her dog; a second woman ran to assist her and was also attacked by the bulldogs. Both women suffered injuries as a… Read More »
“All Natural” Drug Anything But All Natural
A Florida man recently received a four-year prison sentence for distributing diet pills as ‘all natural’ diet supplements that actually were made with a prescription weight loss drug that had been taken off the market years earlier due to its link to risks of heart attacks and strokes. For people who subscribe to a… Read More »
What Are The Chances?
Often times, an accident is just that – an accident. No one can predict it will happen, and there is not much to prevent its occurrence. At first glance, that is exactly what happened recently to cause a popular South Dade high school principal severe injuries, when a South Florida high school principal struck… Read More »
Shocking Experience At New Aldi Construction
A routine day at work became anything but that recently when a local man suffered serious injuries during electrical work at a new Aldi grocery store and was taken to the hospital for treatment of serious burns on his upper body. The man is an employee of an air conditioning company and was working… Read More »
Hazardous Highway Construction Zone Corrected Without Incident
A dangerous situation on an area highway was corrected recently before any injuries resulted when a mishap on a construction site on Interstate 75 occurred. The Florida Highway Patrol reported that machinery in use during bridge construction on a ramp knocked pieces of a temporary guardrail onto the roadway below, creating a hazardous condition… Read More »
Beware The Big Rig
Driving on our busy South Florida highways can be quite a stressful experience, as many drivers ignore the speed limits and drive aggressively, creating dangerous driving conditions for everyone on the road. It is hard enough to feel safe when you are surrounded by passenger cars and trucks, but often times our interstates are… Read More »
Wrong Way Driver Was Drunk
Driving the wrong way on the highway – it is hard to understand how it can happen to begin with it, and it happens rarely. When it does happen, though, it rarely ends without incident and tragedy – not just for the wrong way driver but for those other drivers who have the misfortune… Read More »
