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The Effect of One Prescription-Impaired Driver: A Victim’s Daughter Remembers  


Author:  Denis  Foley.


Source: Volume 18, Number 01, Winter 2014 , pp.5-8(4)




Impaired Driving Update

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Abstract: 

On August 10, 2011, LuAnn Burgess (56), while drug-impaired on prescription Parkinson medication (Xanax®, Seroquel®, and Wellbutrin®), and driving 46 mph, killed three women hikers (Frances Pallozzi (81), Carol Lansing (66), and Rosemarie Hume (79)) at the entrance to St. Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church in Voorheesville, NY. The driver never applied the brakes, and over a year later has no recollection of the crash. IDU editor Denis Foley interviewed Frances’ daughter, Catherine Pallozzi, in spring 2013.

Keywords: Parkinson’s; legal consequences; pharmaceutical cocktail; pharmacy; electronic medical record; license revocation

Affiliations:  1: Journal Editor.

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