Accident & Injury Law in Texas

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The Department of Public Safety said two children died and two other people were hurt after their car was, hit by a train in Milam County.

DPS spokesman Tom Vinger on Tuesday identified the children who died as 9-year-old Monterious Hancock and 8- year-old Ahkeem Williams.

DPS says the woman driving the car and a 4-year-old passenger also were hurt in the collision Monday afternoon about two miles east of Rockdale.

DPS says the driver was the only person in the vehicle wearing a seat belt.

Children should be screened for heart problems with an electrocardiogram before taking drugs such as Ritalin to treat hyperactivity and attention-defecit disorder according to the American Heart Association.  Children already on the drugs should also be tested.

Stimulants can increase blood pressure and heart rate which for most children isn’t a problem.  But for those with heart conditions, it could make them more vulnerable to sudden cardiac arrest – an erratic heartbeat that causes the organ to stop pumping blood through the body – and other heart problems.

About 2.5 million children and 1.5 million adults in America take some form of medication for attention-deficit (hyperactivity) disorder, or ADHD, according to government estimates.