Tuesday evening a number of people, many of whom were children, were sent to local hospitals due to a chlorine leak at an indoor swimming facility. The leak caused nausea and respiratory problems for those at the facility but thankfully everyone got out of the building before anything more serious happened. The cause of the…
This year Houston Police have noticed a concerning rise in the number of auto-pedestrian accidents occurring in the Houston area. One area that has been the focus of this problem is a stretch of Bellaire Boulevard running through Houston’s Chinatown neighborhood. Since the beginning of the year 3 people have been hit and killed by…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service recently announced a massive recall of about 8.7 million pounds of meat from a California company amid concerns that the meat came from diseased animals which were not properly inspected. The government agency described the meat products as “unsound, unwholesome or otherwise unfit for human…
Late Sunday night a bicyclist was struck and killed by a car in east Houston. This became the third fatal hit and run involving a bicyclist in Houston in the past month and a half. These recent accidents once again bring to light the long standing issue of bikers and drivers sharing the road in…
It only took an hour for a drunk driver to cause Houston’s first fatal accident of 2014. Around 1 AM on New Year’s Day in downtown Houston a 21 year old man sped through a red light and hit another car, killing a passenger and injuring the driver in that other car. The drunk driver…
The holiday season is in full swing with the rush to complete shopping, travelling to visit family and of course holiday parties. However with all of the fun and revelry the fact that the holidays are among the deadliest times of year on roadways is often forgotten. In the days leading up to Christmas many…
Over the past year or so an increasing amount of attention has been paid to the relation between cell phones and breast cancer. This issue has primarily arisen from the fact that many women carry their phone in their bra against their skin. Many have heard about the potential danger of holding a phone against…
On this past Sunday morning just outside of New York City a commuter train jumped off its tracks and crashed killing 4 people and injuring numerous others. It has been determined that the train was traveling over 80 mph when it entered a curved section of track that had a speed limit of 30 mph.…
On Tuesday morning a motorcyclist was killed in an accident on the Southwest Freeway near Wesleyan. This accident shut down a very busy stretch of freeway for almost two hours and was right outside our windows here at Ben Bronston and Associates. According to police the man riding the motorcycle was not only speeding but…
The holiday shopping season is upon us again, which means many people will be spending countless hours in stores and shopping centers checking items off their shopping list. With so many people heading to stores it is inevitable that accidents will happen to some of those roaming the aisles. These accidents often involve customers slipping…
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