Patients who lack health insurance are more likely to die from car wrecks and other traumatic injuries than people who belong to a health plan, even though emergency rooms are required to care for all patients. regardless of ability to pay, according to a study to be published today. An analysis of 687,091 patients who…
Read More >A 25-year-old man was being held Monday in the Travis County Jail in connection with a one-vehicle wreck that killed a 19-year-old Hutto woman. Arturo Vazquez-Corona was charged with intoxication manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, both felonies, according to an affidavit filed Monday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has also, placed a…
Read More >A 20-year-old man was charged with felony intoxication manslaughter in the death of one of his passengers after a crash Saturday night in northwestern Travis County. According to an arrest affidavit filed Monday, Jose Olvera-Tovar lost control of a Ford Explorer late Saturday on General Williamson Drive near RM 620. The Explorer struck several concrete…
Read More >State Farm Insurance was slapped on Monday with a far-reaching state order that calls on the state’s largest insurer to refund $310 million to its Texas home insurance customers for overcharges dating back to 2003. Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin said that State Farm, which provides coverage to 1.2 million Texans, must pay up after…
Read More >The Texas Medical Board fined Dr. Philip W. Caterbone of Pflugerville $1,000 for a record-keeping violation. He was among 75 doctors disciplined at the board’s meeting this month. The board’s order said that Caterbone, who is engaged in family practice, failed to document the progress notes from a patient’s visit in September 2008.
Read More >Two popular heartburn medications can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drugtaken by millions to reduce risks of heart attack and stroke. The Food and Drug Administration said the stomach-soothing Prilosec and Nexium cut in half the blood-thinning effect of Plavix, or clopidogrel.
Read More >An 18-year-old was arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide after a fatal wreck in Lakeway on Saturday left another man dead. The charge is a state jail felony, which carries a maximum penalty of two years if he is convicted. Siji Alfredo Moreno was driving a Chevy pickup South on RM 620 about 8:30…
Read More >An 83-year-old man was killed in a car wreck Thursday morning in Cedar Park, Police said. Police said that they responded to a call regarding a multiple car crash about 11:30 a.m. in the 1500 block of Whitestone Boulevard near North Lakeline Boulevard. A four door Buick was traveling west on Whitestone and failed to…
Read More >A Canyon Lake man died Friday after a wreck on Interstate 10 near Seguin, Department of Public Safety officials said. Officials reported that Jason Kline, 38, was driving a Ford pickup west on I-10 when a tractor-trailer hydroplaned and skidded through the median into oncoming traffic. The trailer struck Kline’s truck, and he died at…
Read More >This came across my desk and was too good to not pass on: COMMUNITY POLICING Recently, the Chula Vista, California Police Department ran an e-mail forum (a question and answer exchange) with the topic being, “Community Policing.” One of the civilian email participants posed the following question, “I would like to know how it is possible for police…
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