Police nab alleged driver in hit-and-run that injured man reportedly mowing lawn
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Authorities in Bucks County on Saturday arrested a man accused of striking someone with a vehicle then fleeing Thursday.
Joel McGriff, 40, of Milford Township outside Quakertown, was arrested by Richland Township police, assisted by Quakertown police, according to a bucks.crimewatchpa.com post.
McGriff is accused of driving a vehicle that struck 70-year-old John Gruver outside Gruver’s home in the 200 block of Mill Road in Richland Township, then continuing on without rendering assistance.
Gruver was taken to St. Luke’s University Hospital, Fountain Hill, where he has undergone multiple surgeries, police said.
3 died, 13 others were stricken with cancer due to B. Braun pollution, lawsuit says
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B. Braun Medical Inc. Corporate Headquarters at 824 12th Ave. in Bethlehem is seen Oct. 22, 2013.Matt Smith | lehighvalleylive.com contributor
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Sixteen people stricken with cancer, including the families of three who died, say emissions from medical products manufacturer B. Braun are to blame for their cancer diagnoses, according to lawsuits filed on their behalf.
The lawsuits were filed on behalf of people who lived, worked, and spent significant time near B. Braun’s Hanover Township, Lehigh County, plant and contracted cancer, according to a news release issued by the Philadelphia law firm Kline & Specter.
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Leapfrog Group gave D safety grades to Phoenixville and Pottstown hospitals in its spring report, while Chester County Hospital and Paoli Hospital received A s. (Shutterstock)
PHOENIXVILLE, PA Hospital safety grades from Leapfrog were low for several Tower Health hospitals in Chester County, including Phoenixville Hospital, Brandywine Hospital, and Pottstown Hospital.
The three facilities were awarded grades of D by the Leapfrog Group, an organization the performs regular assessments of hospitals. Numerous Pennsylvania hospitals received top safety marks while others didn t quite measure up in The Leapfrog Group s annual spring safety grades.
The nonprofit health care watchdog group grades hospitals twice a year, assigning letter grades from A to F based on each hospital s ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries, and infections.
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