The mother of a 30 year-old woman who died at Edensburg Center because of a drug overdose has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Pennsylvania.

According to court documents, Marlene Thrower, of Pittsburgh, claims negligence by the center’s medical staff caused her daughters death. She says her daughter, Csilisa received tow injections of a powerful drug within an hour on December 29, 22007. Thrower contends her daughter became unconscious and died about 40 minutes after the second shot.

The lawsuit names the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Secretary Estelle Richman, and numerous employees at the center. Thrower filed the lawsuit in the Cambria County Court of Common Pleas but it was recently moved to a federal court in Johnstown by the defense.

A man and a woman were killed in a Pennsylvania motorcycle accident early Monday in a suspected DUI incident.

According to officials with the Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Department, 35 year-old Jefferey Canaan and 23 year-old Katy McCorkendale were on an eastbound motorcycle on Route 780 in Lower Burrell shortly after 3:00 a.m. Monday when the crash occurred. Police say Canaan failed to negotiate a curve and went up an embankment, striking two trees.

Sergeant Jason Napier says Canaan was found in the front yard of a home and McCorkendale on the roadway. They were pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy Coroner Dennis Johns. Authorities say both had trauma to the head and torso.

Officer Steve Cernava said speed contributed to the crash, but police do not know how fast the motorcycle was traveling. Police believe alcohol was a factor, but are awaiting the results of toxicology tests.

The parents of two Hungarian students killed in a duck boat accident on the Delaware River last month filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Pennsylvania Tuesday against the tour operator, the city of Philadelphia, and others.

According to court documents, the lawsuit contends that the tour company was negligent in allowing the captain of the vessel to turn off the overheated engine with 35 passengers aboard and drop anchor in a busy shipping channel. The lawsuit also accuses the city of running a dangerous waterway shared by large commercial vessels and small pleasure-craft alike.

The tug company, which pushed a 290-foot barge upriver into the duck boat, is charged with recklessness for failing to post a lookout despite significant blind spots.

“At the time of the incident, the tugboat was pushing a 290-foot barge upriver both blind and deaf, without caring what or whom they would run over or kill,” the lawsuit says.

The families are seeking more than $50,000 a piece in damages, claiming the deaths were senseless and preventable.

Authorities say they will review a fatal Pennsylvania car accident, in which a five year-old boy was killed, to determine if criminal charges are appropriate.

According to officials with the Pennsylvania State Police, 20 year-old Cynthia Eure was traveling westbound in a white 2000 Chrysler minivan when a rear tire blew out and she lost control of the vehicle, which rolled over. The deceased child, one of ten occupants in the vehicle, was not secured in a child seat and was ejected.

Chester County Assistant District Attorney Ann Marie Wheatcraft announced Tuesday that the case will be reviewed by authorities to determine if there was criminality.

Police say only an 8-moth-old was buckled into a car seat; the other five children were not using car seats or seat belts. Several passengers sustained moderate injuries.