Junior Seau’s family recently decided to donate his brain tissue to the National Institutes of Health to study the connection between sports injuries and traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), reminding the nation that athletics often pose serious health risks. Athletes from many backgrounds have died from TBIs, including NASCAR drivers, high school football players, Olympic cyclists,… read more
Things don’t go as planned when a pueblo man flees police. Robert Frye, a 31-year-old resident of Pueblo West, Colorado, crashed his motorcycle into a dump truck after a high-speed police chase. A police aircraft clocked Frye heading north on I-25 at speeds close to 130 mph. The aircraft notified the ground patrol. When the… read more
Athletic stars and organizations have expressed concern about the role sports play in traumatic brain injuries, particularly long-term effects like depression. Junior Seau’s family donated brain tissue from the departed linebacker so scientists could better determine a link between the two. Seau’s suicide suggests that ignoring or fighting the pain after a concussion can do… read more
Organizing a motorcycle ride takes a lot of time and effort. You have to coordinate stopping points, try to get a solid group rate at a hotel and do your best to keep the group together as much as possible. Motorcycle riders are a community, and a group ride is the best symbol of that… read more
Former NFL linebacker Junior Seau committed suicide in May of this year. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest and did not leave a note. His death reminded many of Dave Duerson’s, a former Chicago Bears safety who committed suicide. Duerson arranged for the Boston University’s Center for the Study of Traumatic… read more
There are many factors involved in truck accidents. Sometimes drivers are responsible: the truck may jackknife into a passing car, the driver may not see a car in his or her blind spot or the truck may not stop in time if a vehicle slows down in front of it. In some cases, the loading… read more
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn passed two motorcycle laws this month. 1. Free Pass Through Long Red Lights The first law gives motorcyclists a right that many motorists will likely covet. With the exception of Chicago, riders in Illinois can now go through red lights if the light has stayed red for longer than two minutes.… read more
Truck accidents can happen at any time. Sometimes you have no time to act (or split seconds, like in the video above), but there are a few precautions you can take to avoid truck accidents. Stay out of blind spots. These are usually marked on the rear of the truck. In particular, stay away from… read more
Motorcycle accidents in Nebraska have increased by 71 percent from 2011, according to Rose White, spokesperson for AAA-Nebraska. “With 12 motorcycle deaths reported so far this year, the first half of 2012 has proven to be one of the deadliest years on record for bikers in Nebraska,” White said. “At this same time a year… read more
It has been a rough year for fires in Colorado. Experts say that it is the worst the state has seen at least in the last decade, possibly longer. Officials have determined that that they were mistaken in identifying the cause of one fire. Initially thought to originate from a discarded cigarette, Colorado State Patrol… read more
