Mays Autopsy Shows Heart Disease

June 29, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner the man known for Oxi-clean probably died from a heart attack.

Vernard Adams the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner has stated that while further tests are needed Billy Mays in his estimation died from a heart attack and suffered from hypertensive heart disease.

The medical examiner also stated Mays had been taking pain medication for hip pain, the prescription medication Tramadol and hydrocodone. Vernard also stated that there was no indication of abuse and the pill count matched what would have been the correct amount taken.

Vernard stated there was no head injuries found on Mays head from the rough landing on Saturday’s flight where he was struck on the head by falling items.

Mays was found early Sunday morning by his wife unresponsive according to police and he had told his wife the night before that he did not feel well and went to bed.

The 911 tapes have also been released, it was stated by his wife Deborah and another family member that he was unresponsive, cold to the touch, his lips were purple and he was not breathing.

Saturday Mays was also a passenger aboard a U.S. Airways plane that had a front tire under the nose blow out while landing at the Tampa International Airport. Mays was struck on the head by things falling from the ceiling.

According to the FAA spokesperson Laura Brown they do not know if Mays was wearing a seatbelt at the time the flight landed and added the FAA is not investigating Mays death.

Jim Olson spokesperson for U.S. Airways there was no reports of serious injuries from the passengers that were on the flight. Olson also stated that they plan to cooperate fully with any questions the local authorities have.

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The FAA Claims Mays Was Not Wearing Seatbelt When Plane Landed

June 28, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports by at least one airplane accident attorney, the FAA has stated Billy Mays was not wearing a seatbelt.

After a comment to reporters and an entry on his twitter page by Billy Mays that he was struck on the head by things dropping from the ceiling on the U.S. Airways flight that front tire blew out upon landing at the Tampa International Airport. The flight 1241 from Philadelphia to Tampa Mays was on had a rough landing after the front tire under the nose blew out while it was landing, shaking passengers up, leaving some with bumps and bruises.

In a quote by Mays to Fox 13 in Tampa Mays stated, “ All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head.


According to reports a spokesperson from the FAA, “ passengers are required to wear seatbelts during landings and Mays did not.

U.S. Airways has declined to comment on the situation.

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Pedestrian Fatally Injured In North Hollywood Hit and Run

June 22, 2009 (by Horatio Algren)

According to reports by a pedestrian accident lawyer in Los Angeles, a pedestrian was fatally injured in a North Hollywood hit and run.

The hit and run occurred at approximately 2:15 a.m. in the vicinity of the Satsuma Avenue and Vanowen Street intersection in the NoHo area.

According to reports a motorists was the person lying by the curb, and called 911. The person that was fatally injured is reported to be a male in his 20’s or 30’s and was struck by a vehicle, whose driver did not remain at the scene of the accident.

The Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Sgt. Ben Alonso the watch commander at the Hollywood division stated that the area was not marked with a crosswalk where the man was struck, and that no witnesses have come forward. Sgt. Alonso stated the Los Angeles police are not sure what occurred yet, but there are cameras in the area. They are eager to see if these will have caught the driver and vehicle that fled the scene of the accident.

The identity of the man that was fatally injured has not been released pending notification of his family. The information that has been released is the man is believed to be in his 20’s or 30’s and is of Hispanic decent.

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State Fines Orange County Nursing Homes For Death Of Two Patients

June 11, 2009 (by Horatio Agern)

Fines have been levied against two nursing homes for inadequate care that led to the deaths of two patient deaths in Orange County. One death was due to dehydration, and in the other lack of CPR after a heart attack. The nursing home contends, they believed it was family wishes to not provide resuscitation in one case, the other involves the patient not getting ample fluids, which caused the patients death on Christmas day.

Alamitos West Health Care Center, in Los Alamitos was fined $100,000, and an $80,000 fine at the Huntingon Valley Healthcare Center in Huntington Beach. The California Department of Health found that at Alamitos West, the nursing home failed to provide an 82 year old woman sufficient fluids causing her to suffer dehydration and acute kidney failure. After the situation was attended to, it caused her death six days later. The woman first was admitted in November to the nursing home. Doctors ordered fluid intake and urine output to be observed and monitored 24 hours a day. Investigations revealed a registered dietitian at the nursing home had insufficient or improperly kept records to confirm that the patient was drinking enough fluids daily.

Betsy Hite, a spokeswoman at Alamitos West was interviewed and said the fine will be appealed. Declining to discuss the incident in detail, but said the nursing home was using this as an opportunity to look at systems and improve them if possible.

At Huntington Valley Healthcare Center, administrators told state officials that on March 2 a registered nurse supervisor did not call 911 as a patient was dying. Because she thought the patient had orders not to be resuscitated. The facts show the patient's medical records include a directive from family members which marked the option I do want CPR in an emergency situation.

Medical personnel at the time of the patient's death who were present were no longer employed by the nursing home when state officials investigated.

According to state officials, a nurse from the nursing home called to inform family members that the patient had died. According to the state's investigation, the nurse had told family members that patient was dead and that paramedics had not been contacted, because the facility had orders not to resuscitate the patient. The family replied by instructing the nurse to hang up and call 911. When the paramedics arrived the patient was in bed and had no heartbeat. No signs that CPR had been given were present, and a sheet covered the patient.

The administrator for Huntington Valley healthcare Center has not decided if the facility will appeal the fine.

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Man Fatally Injured In Pacific Coast Highway Accident Identified As L.A. Resident

June 7, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) The man that was fatally injured in a Pacific Coast accident on Friday has been identified as a 58-year-old man from Los Angeles.

The man was identified as Antonio Perez by the Los Angeles Coroners Office, was killed during an accident on the Pacific Coast Highway while driving a flatbed truck. The accident occurred when the truck he was driving struck the back another commercial truck traveling in front of him. The collision crushed the front of the flatbed truck Perez was driving and according to the Los Angeles Fire Department he was killed instantly.

The accident occurred on the Pacific Coast Highway in the vicinity of Temescal Canyon Road according Los Angeles Fire Department. Traffic was backed up in the northbound lanes in the Pacific Palisades area for several hours according to the California Highway Patrol while the wreckage was cleared from the scene of the accident.


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