May 10, 2010
Delivery Truck Crashes Into Hirshhorn Museum
All photos by Kriston Capps. (Apologies for their quality.) At around 8:30 p.m. Monday evening, a UPS driver suffered a seizure and swerved along Independence Avenue SW, driving through a light pole and a flower pot barrier before crashing the truck into the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden building. The driver was injured in the accident. D.C. Fire & Emergency Medical Services initially assessed his injuries as a priority two trauma, which means serious but…
May 20, 2008
Sen. Ted Kennedy Diagnosed with Brain Tumor
The Associated Press is reporting that Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. The tumor, on Kennedy’s left parietal lobe, is known as a “malignant glioma,” and was discovered when doctors conducted tests after Kennedy suffered a seizure over the weekend. The tumor has been determined to have been the cause of the seizure. The 76-year-old senator has been hospitalized in Boston since Saturday, and doctors have not yet given…