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Judge to decide whether cellphone use constitutes 'electronic presence' at crime
National Post
... couple are David and Linda Kubert, who were riding a motorcycle in the sparsely populated community of Mine Hill, NJ, when a car slammed into them, tearing off one of David's legs and injuring his wife so badly that one leg had to be amputated.

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Text Sender Sued for Allegedly Causing Driver to Crash
ABC News (blog)
Best was driving his pick-up truck and replying to a text he had just received from Shannon Colonna when his vehicle drifted into opposing traffic and slammed into David and Linda Kubert's motorcycle. The couple's injuries were horrific with David ...

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Casper soldier maintains positive outlook after Afghanistan explosion mangles ...
Casper Star-Tribune Online
Last week, Pfc. Colton Sasser opened his eyes for the first time in almost a month to find his soon-to-be amputated leg mangled, his back broken, and his chest stapled shut. But as the 21-year-old Kelly Walsh High School graduate starts to recover from ...

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Wash. man accused of killing classmate on trial
WIS
Sheriff's Deputies say someone kicked in the door of a home on McLearyMore >> Dozens of people escaped serious injury Thursday night when a car slammed into a restaurant on Bush River Rd.The crash happened around 10:15 at One More Grill and Pub, ...

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The Results of a Human Experiment
Courthouse News Service
By ROBERT KAHN Two weeks ago I wrote of an impending operation in which a surgeon was to inject my hand with Clostridium bacteria - instead of cutting me open and scraping away the bad parts - to relieve me of DePuytrens contracture, or claw hand.

JWCC graduate uses life-changing accident as incentive to help others
Quincy Herald Whig
Her right leg had been smashed, and doctors had to amputate all but about four inches of her upper thigh. "I was very lucky to have kept my left leg," she said. "It was torn open above the knee also. They were able to save it." Kleemeyer was in an Iowa ...

Motorcyclist Rams Festival Barricades
WOWT
Aguilar slammed into a metal gate and went flying off the bike. Witnesses said he was speeding. "He and the motorcycle slid about 200-300 feet," said Omaha Police Traffic Unit Sgt. Jason Menning. "Right now it's a possibility that he might have lost ...

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National Parks Traveler
Investigation Shows Denali Climbing Team Doomed By Lack Of Equipment, Poor ...
National Parks Traveler
He suffered a broken lower right leg and frostbite that forced doctors to amputate all his fingers, both thumbs, and part of one foot. Lawrence Cutler, of New York, also suffered frostbite and a strained back, while Mr. Staeheli, a 30-year-veteran of ...

Mansfield Rotary Club Presents McGowan Courage Awards
North Central Ohio
Casto says the courage awards should send a positive message to other teens. Prior to his birth, Travon Slaughter suffered an eneutero stroke which caused substantial muscular atrophy to the right side of his body. He has endured five surgeries and ...

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Arab News
A story of courage, conviction and determination
Arab News
He was chosen from among the 20 top graduates to represent all the graduating students and to speak on their behalf at the graduation ceremony. Many eyes moistened as Mohannad addressed the gathering that had Eastern Province Deputy Gov.