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Published: June 17, 2013 4:14 AM

Seven people, including four children between the ages of 4 and 7, were killed after a broken locking mechanism caused a trailer to roll free and strike a minivan. According to a June 2 news report in The Post Standard, investigators are now looking into whether the truck driver performed the necessary safety checks before getting on the road.

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Investigators are attributing a defective or broken lock mechanism on the tractor part of a big rig for a devastating truck accident on Route 13 in Truxton, N.Y., that killed seven people including four children between the ages of 4 and 7. Based on a June 2 article in The Post Standard, Cortland County Sheriff’s investigators determined that a broken locking mechanism on the tractor

By Kerry Grens

NEW YORK |
Sat Jun 8, 2013 1:12am IST

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People who go on an extremely low calorie diet are more likely to develop gallstones than people on a moderately low calorie diet, according to a new study.

Dr. Michael Jensen, a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic, said dieters typically end up with similar weight loss in the long run whether they use extreme calorie restriction or more moderately restricted diets.

“You’re going to end up in the same place (weight-wise), so why take the risk of ending up in the hospital with a gall bladder problem just to lose weight faster?” said Jensen, who was not part of the study.

Gallstones affect as many as 20 million people in the U.S.

Dr. Kari Johansson, the lead author of the study and a researcher at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, said quick weight loss from very low calorie diets is thought to impact the salt and cholesterol contents of bile and the emptying of the gallbladder, both

Carino Vanorden, 24, was at the wheel Wednesday night when a trailer hauling crushed cars broke free of the big rig that was pulling it, cut across a rural, two-lane road and slammed into the minivan, his mother Kate Vanorden of Fayetteville said.

“There was zero time to make a maneuver,” she said.

Vanorden said her adopted son was engaged to Lena Beckwith, 21, who also was killed when the minivan was hit in rural Cortland County south of Syracuse. The couple, who lived in DeRuyter, had not yet set a marriage date.

The sheriff’s office said Friday investigators determined the cause of the crash was mechanical failure. A part intended to securely lock the coupling between the tractor and trailer failed, but investigators hadn’t yet determined why, the sheriff’s office said.

Trailers are typically attached to tractors by a “fifth wheel,” in which a pin on the trailer fits into the center of a large horseshoe-shaped piece of metal and is secured by an automatic locking device.

Also killed in the crash were 26-year-old Teresa Bush, her two daughters, Alexis, 4, and Jasmine, 5; and Alyssa Mead, 7; and Tyler Mead, 4.

“The kids would just love going out with him,” Kate Vanorden recalled.

Shawn Mead,

By JOHN KEKIS
Associated Press

TRUXTON, N.Y. (AP) – The driver of the minivan who was among seven people killed when a runaway truck trailer slammed into the vehicle in central New York was an aspiring mechanic heading home with his girlfriend and their friends and children who adored him, his mother said Friday.

Carino Vanorden, 24, was at the wheel Wednesday night when a trailer hauling crushed cars broke free of the big rig that was pulling it, cut across a rural, two-lane road and slammed into the minivan, his mother Kate Vanorden of Fayetteville said.

“There was zero time to make a maneuver,” she said.

Vanorden said her adopted son was engaged to Lena Beckwith, 21, who also was killed when the minivan was hit in rural Cortland County south of Syracuse. The couple, who lived in DeRuyter, had not yet set a marriage date.

Also killed were 26-year-old Teresa Bush, her two daughters, Alexis, 4, and Jasmine, 5; and Alyssa Mead, 7; and Tyler Mead, 4.

“The kids would just love going out with him,” Kate Vanorden recalled.

Shawn Mead, the father of the two Mead children, was taken to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. He was released from the hospital Friday.

The Cortland County

Federal statistics from 2007-2011 show that just one in a thousand crashes of large trucks involved the couplings, hitches or chains.

The crash on Wednesday in Truxton, a rural town 25 miles south of Syracuse, killed three adults and four children. Another adult was hospitalized in good condition.

Police say they are looking at several possibilities, from mechanical failure to human error.

The truck was inspected in March during a roadside check that found no violations serious enough to take it out of service.

That “walkaround” inspection would have included a look at the coupling mechanism.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.

Even seasoned firefighters said they couldn’t believe what they saw when they responded to a crash that killed seven people in upstate New York:

A trailer hauling crushed cars broke free of the big rig that was pulling it, slashed across a rural, two-lane road and slammed into a mini-van whose driver tried desperately to avoid the runaway rig.

Four children, ages 4 through 7, and three adults died in the crash Wednesday night in Truxton, about 25 miles south of Syracuse. Another adult was hospitalized in good condition. Police are investigating the cause of

Coroner: NY crash victims include 4 kids, 3 adults

By JOHN KEKIS | Associated Press | 2 hours, 35 minutes ago in

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A minivan carrying two families was hit by a runaway trailer hauling crushed cars in upstate New York, killing four young children and three adults in their early 20s, authorities said Thursday.

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First responders gather at a staging point in Ephratah, N.Y., Saturday, May 25, 2013, before continuing their search for the pilot of a light plane that crashed in the wooded area day before. The twin engine plane was flown by an Angel Flight volunteer pilot and was carrying at least two passengers when it took off from Hanscom Field in Bedford, Mass., and was headed to Rome, N.Y. on Friday. Angel Flight is a nonprofit group that arranges free air transportation for sick patients from volunteer pilots. (AP Photo/The Daily Gazette, Bethany Bump) NO SALES

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The daughter of 58-year-old Evelyn Amerosa said Sunday her mother was on the Angel Flight that crashed Friday with her husband, Frank.

Heather Theobald says her mother directed activities at a nursing home and her stepfather used to be a trucker. She says Frank Amerosa had received treatment in Boston shortly before the crash in Ephratah, a small town about an hour west of Albany.

The daughter of John Campbell of Stamford, Conn., tells The Associated Press her father was the pilot.

The bodies of Campbell and Evelyn Amerosa have been recovered. Searchers were still searching Sunday for Frank Amerosa.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.

Authorities investigating the crash of a volunteer medical flight returned to the site Sunday to scour the woods and a nearby pond for a passenger, who remains missing days after the bodies of his wife and the pilot were found.

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Department had initially said the bodies of two passengers were found when the twin-engine aircraft went down Friday night with three people aboard in Ephratah, a small town about an hour west of Albany. But Sgt. Brian Van Nostrand corrected that report Sunday, saying the

The daughter of 58-year-old Evelyn Amerosa said Sunday her mother was on the Angel Flight that crashed Friday with her husband, Frank.

Heather Theobald says her mother directed activities at a nursing home and her stepfather used to be a trucker. She says Frank Amerosa had received treatment in Boston shortly before the crash in Ephratah, a small town about an hour west of Albany.

The daughter of John Campbell of Stamford, Conn., tells The Associated Press her father was the pilot.

The bodies of Campbell and Evelyn Amerosa have been recovered. Searchers were still searching Sunday for Frank Amerosa.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.

Authorities investigating the crash of a volunteer medical flight returned to the site Sunday to scour the woods and a nearby pond for a passenger, who remains missing days after the bodies of his wife and the pilot were found.

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Department had initially said the bodies of two passengers were found when the twin-engine aircraft went down Friday night with three people aboard in Ephratah, a small town about an hour west of Albany. But Sgt. Brian Van Nostrand corrected that report Sunday, saying the