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Dylan Williams, 8, died after being struck on the head by a baseball at his youth all-star game practice in Union City, Indianapolis. Dylan went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to Riley Hospital for Children where doctors struggled to save his life. He was pronounced brain dead after his brain was deprived of oxygen for 40 minutes. An autopsy showed that Dylan had died from ‘complications of blunt force trauma to the right side of his head and neck’.

As a patient, you believe you are in good hands, but even the best doctor can make a mistake that could change your life or a loved one’s life forever. Medical errors kill more than 250,000 people every year in the U.S. and injures millions. These injuries are often preventable and there are strategies that you can use to help your doctors and nurses get things right.

Swan Creek Candle has recalled their loose votive candles due to fire hazards. The candles are sold loose, not in a container, and were displayed in open trays or bins. The candles are 2-inches high and are wider at the top.

17-year-old Amanda Morabito died after the car she was traveling in on Saturday, July 6^th hit a utility pole. At 4:30pm, a 1996 Honda Civic driven by Joshua Crespo, 18, was traveling northbound on County Route 31 near Glen Spey when it ran off the road and hit a utility pole. Morabito died of her injuries at Westchester Medical Center after being flown from the scene. She was sitting in the front passenger’s seat.

A Kingston man was in critical condition on Sunday, June 7^th when he drove his car off Route 28 and down a steep embankment. Gregory Dubois, 60, was driving his Chevrolet Aveo eastbound south of Jockey Hill Road when he swerved across the lanes, through oncoming traffic in the westbound lane and down an embankment, then hit a tree. Dubois suffered severe head and leg injuries and was taken to the Broadway hospital campus of Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley.