Posts tagged accident

• Warning from CPSC on Kazuma Meerkat 50 ATV

  Staff Writer | June 15, 2007 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  The Kazuma Meerkat 50 Youth All-Terrain Vehicle, which is designed for children from 6 to 11 years old, is not being recalled even though the product has serious safety defects. This all terrain vehicle lacks front brakes, has no parking brake and can be started in gear, which puts many children in serious danger of injury. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was unable to recall the...

• I-85 pileup causes traffic jam

  Staff Writer | May 30, 2007 8:49 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A multiple vehicle accident on I-85 yesterday morning caused a two-hour back-up as emergency personnel worked to clear the roadway.Two collisions near exit 57 in Auburn were reported, possibly caused by a the driver of a pickup truck pulling a utility trailer who fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a wall. The vehicle then overturned and caused a chain reaction as drivers braked and...

• Freight train carrying space shuttle parts derails

  Staff Writer | May 15, 2007 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  An Associated Press report last week says that a freight train transporting parts of the space shuttle's rocket boosters wrecked after a bridge collapsed in Myrtlewood, Alabama.In the report, six people onboard were said to have been injured in the train accident. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the bridge's collapse.NASA reported that the train derailment is not...

• Tragic accident kills woman, injures children

  Staff Writer | April 29, 2007 4:22 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A fatal one-car accident Friday killed the driver nad injured three minor children wh owere passengers on Interstate 20-59 at mile marker 64.The cause of the motor vehicle accident was not reported, but Alabama State Troopers said that the driver was ejected from the car. The three children who were injured were taken directly to DCH Regional Medical Center.If you or someone you know has been...

• Fatal head-on collision between bus and car

  Staff Writer | March 31, 2007 3:50 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An Associate Press story today describes a head-on collision between a Greyhound bus carrying 49 passengers and a car driven by a woman.The deadly motor vehicle accident, which occurred in Montgomery, Alabama, killed the woman driving the car and injured at least 20 passengers on the bus early this morning. The AP report says that the woman in the car was driving the wrong way on a divided...

• Woman thrown from car lives through accident

  Staff Writer | March 28, 2007 10:32 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Tuesday morning a woman driving a 2006 Nissan Altima lost control of the vehicle on I-65 near Creola and was involved in a one-car accident. Just after crossing a bridge, the vehicle ran off the road and rolled into a ditch. The car actually rolled over, ejecting the driver about 10 feet away. Somehow, the woman miraculously lived through the ordeal. She was treated at the scene by paramedics...

• Kentucky school bus accident injures 13 children

  Staff Writer | March 05, 2007 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A school bus accident was reported this morning in Louisville, Kentucky, when a school bus crashed into a car, injuring 13 Blake Elementary students. Fortunately, the injuries were only minor, and the students were being treated at a local hospital. The Courier-Journal reported on the story:The students complained of minor injuries, according to Rick Caple, director of transportation for the...

• Car hits and kills girl after Mardi Gras parade

  Staff Writer | February 22, 2007 9:04 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Mobile's Mardi Gras parade Tuesday was tainted by tragedy when a five-year-old girl was hit and killed by a Buick. The motor vehicle-pedestrian accident happened just after the parade at the corner of Congress and Kennedy.The Associated Press report says the 23-year-old man driving the car did not stop initially, and crashed into another car while trying to flee the scene of the accident....

• Propane Truck and Train Collide Killing Driver

  Christina Cole | February 21, 2007 10:06 PM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Late Monday, firefighters were still attempting to control the fiery wreckage of a propane delivery truck that collided with a train on Monday in Morgan County. An AmeriGass employee's wife said a company official told her that the body of her husband was found beneath the truck but rescue was not able to get to it. "He's dead, trapped beneath the truck," said his wife through tears. "They will...

• Underage driver causes fatal car accident

  Staff Writer | February 20, 2007 1:23 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A sad story out of Wilmer, Alabama, reports that a 13-year-old boy driving a car full of older teens caused a fatal car crash last night. Alabama state troopers reported that the underage driver crossed the center line of the road on U.S. 98 near Big Creek Lake, then overcorrected causing the car to flip. A 16-year-old boy thrown from the car died, and a 17-year-old girl was injured. This tragic...