Topic: Injuries And Traumas

Driver swipes L.A. police cruisers, injures 4 officers

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four Los Angeles police officers were injured on Saturday, one of them critically, when a 64 year-old woman who may have been asleep at the wheel struck their cruisers, police said.The 2:20 a.m. crash in the city's Woodland ...

Non-head injuries may impact thinking skills: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A blow to the head isn't the only injury that can make a football player a little slow and confused.A sprained ankle or strained knee might also affect how athletes perform on a computer-based test of attention, ...

Hernandez hospitalised after training injury

Mexico striker Javier Hernandez was hospitalised after suffering concussion in a training ground incident on Manchester United's US tour, the English champions announced on Wednesday.Hernandez, who hit 20 goals last season, was hurt when taking part in training at the Red Bull ...

Gervinho marks Arsenal debut with double

Ivory Coast international Gervinho marked his Arsenal debut with both goals in a 2-1 win over Bundesliga side Cologne in a pre-season friendly on Saturday.Gervinho, signed in the summer from French champions Lille, played just 29 minutes before he was substituted following ...

China bus blaze 'kills 41'

A fire on an overcrowded bus carrying flammable materials killed 41 passengers in central China on Friday, state television reported, in one of the country's worst road accidents this year.The double-decker bus was taking people to southern Hunan province when it caught ...

7 dead and 2 injured after Oslo blast: police

OSLO (Reuters) - Seven people have been killed and two are seriously injured after a blast rocked the center of Oslo, Norwegian police said on Friday."Seven people have died and two are seriously injured," Sveinung Sponheim, acting chief of police for Oslo, ...

Bomb caused Oslo explosion, two confirmed dead: report

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police said that a bomb caused the explosion in central Oslo Friday, news agency NTB reported, quoting a police chief.State broadcaster NRK radio said two people were now confirmed dead, raising the initial toll from one."So far I ...

Suspected vodka brewing blast kills five

A powerful explosion at a suspected illegal alcohol distillery in Lincolnshire killed five men and seriously injured another, police said on Thursday.The blast occurred late Wednesday at an industrial estate in Boston."There was a rumour going round that it was some Polish ...

Three injured in final Pamplona bull-run

At least three people were injured, none of them seriously, in falls during the final bull run of Spain's San Fermin festival, officials said.The injured suffered bruises and cuts in spills and were being treated in hospital, a spokeswoman for the festival ...

More woe for RadioShack as Popovych leaves Tour

American team RadioShack on Tuesday announced that Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych was out of the Tour de France because of a fever.Popovych, who pulled out of the race before the start of the 158km 10th stage from Aurillac to Carmaux, joins teammates Chris ...