Amtrak derails in South Carolina injuring 10
An Amtrak train from New York to Miami struck a log truck at a crossing near Coosawhatchie, derailing all 10 cars and the engine. Ten people were injured, two seriously, with neck and back injuries common. The driver was unhurt.
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S.C
Amtrak
Mike Hodges
Jasper County
New York
Miami
Savannah
Bill Schulz
Cpl
Chuck Wise
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Wise
Priest accused of abuse shot in Baltimore
In Baltimore a Roman Catholic priest, Rev. Maurice Blackwell, was shot and seriously wounded by Dontee D. Stokes, who had accused him of abuse years earlier. Stokes surrendered after a six hour wait and faces attempted murder and gun charge penalties. Blackwell, in serious but stable condition, had previously faced church investigations with mixed findings.
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Dontee D. Stokes
Maurice Blackwell
Ragina Averella
Stokes
Blackwell
University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center
Archdiocese of
Ray Keimpisty
Kempisty
St. Edward Roman Catholic Church
Matt Lane
U.S
Don A. Rooney
Cleveland
Shifting load kills truck driver on I-35
Willard B. Pace, 47, of Joplin Missouri, died when plate glass shifted on his flatbed and fell on him at a Cambridge Circle exit ramp on I-35. Pace radioed a partner at 9:20 a.m. and was found about 9:50 a.m. by another driver who called for help.
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Kan
Willard B. Pace
Joplin
Pace
Cambridge Circle
Amtrak kills couple in apparent suicide pact in New Jersey
In Elizabeth New Jersey a 26 year old man Damien J Conners and 22 year old Theresa E LaMarca walked hand in hand onto an Amtrak track and were struck and killed by a train. Witnesses said they appeared to intend self harm and had left their wallets on the station platform. Families reported drug addiction and eviction over unpaid rent.
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Elizabeth
N.J
Damien J. Conners
Theresa E. LaMarca
Amtrak
Karen Dunn
Conners
LaMarca
Conjoined twins thrive after separation surgery
In Baltimore the six month old twins Loice and Christine Onziga, born October 28 in Uganda, were successfully separated on April 19 after a 12 hour operation by 35 surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center for Children. They shared a diaphragm sternum chest wall and abdominal wall with a common heart vessel. Their mother Margaret Onziga and father Gordon farm six acres. The girls are thriving and cooing.
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Baltimore
Loice
Christine Onziga
Leiko
Uganda
University of Maryland Hospital For Children
Cindy Howard
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Margaret Onziga
Gordon
Researchers fault weak government cannabis for patients
In San Jose a government farm supplied marijuana for a medical study. Researchers warn the weed contains sticks seeds and stems and is low potency. NORML’s Dale Gieringer calls it stale ditch weed while officials insist the sample lacks sticks and seeds. Fewer than ten participants remain in the trial out of a planned sixty.
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Nan Fea Inden
Mississippi
Dale Gieringer
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National Organization For the Reform of
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