Posts tagged accidents

• Lakeland Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | November 14, 2007 9:05 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A 21-year-old man from Lakeland was killed in a motorcycle accident on Tuesday. The man collided with a semi-truck on a road in Polk County. At 11:20 p.m., a 2005 black Yamaha 600 sport motorcycle was traveling northbound on County Line Road just south of Interstate 4 in Lakeland when it struck the trailer of a 2000 white Kenworth tractor-trailer, the Sheriff's Office said. The truck was...

• Thomasville Man Killed in Trucking Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | November 05, 2007 8:40 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A 24-year-old man from Thomasville was killed in a trucking accident on Highway 19 in Mississippi. He was driving a pickup truck and he was hit by an 18-wheeler. He died on the scene from his injuries. The 18-wheeler was based out of Montgomery. Shreds of rubber from at least three blown tires on the flat bed trailer were strewn along about 100 feet of the roadway. There also were shredded...

• Motorcyclist in Critical Condition After Colliding with SUV

  Chrissie Cole | November 03, 2007 11:16 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle accident involving an SUV, on Friday, shut down the southbound lanes of Shug Jordan Parkway for over a half hour.The accident occured when a motorcyclist, 25, of Opelika, was traveling south on Shug Jordan Parkway and a Chevy Suburban was traveling north and made a left turn onto North Donahue and they collided, according to Auburn Police Department.The motorcyclist suffered serious...

• Focus on teen driver safety

  Kimberly French | October 15, 2007 1:29 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The statistics for teen drivers are staggering: motor vehicle crashes comprise 36 percent of all deaths for teens, amounting to more than 6,000 dead teens each year on our nation's roads. Congress has addressed this serious issue with National Teen Driver Safety Week, meant to bring to the forefront the dangers of teen driving and curb the problem. With so many distractions for teens, including...

• National Teen Driver Safety Week

  Kimberly French | October 15, 2007 1:17 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This week marks the first annual National Teen Driver Safety Week, a designation by the U.S. Congress to raise awareness of the causes of many teen motor vehicle accidents that result in injury or death.Right now, vehicle crashes that involve teens are the leading cause of death for young people in our country. The sad facts are that more than 6,000 teens are killed in automobile crashes each...

• Dad Backs Over Toddler in Tragic Driveway Accident

  Chrissie Cole | October 09, 2007 2:41 AM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A two-year-old girl died from injuries she suffered in a driveway car accident Sunday night, when her father backed over her in the family driveway, according to Houston County Coroner.Dothan Police is investigating the accident, which has been ruled an accident at this time. The girl died a 8:30 p.m., after her parents took her to the emergency room at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. The...

• Tragic motorcycle accident claims life

  Kimberly French | October 03, 2007 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  The Sand Mountain Reporter published an article about a deadly motorcycle accident that claimed the life of a local high school student on Friday. The 15-year-old victim was driving a 2005 Honda motorcycle on DeKalb County Road 9 and crashed into a 1992 Ford Taurus. The story does not provide details of how the accident occurred or road conditions. The story, however, is a sad reminder of the...

• Winslow Truck Driver Killed in Truck Accident

  Chrissie Cole | September 21, 2007 3:20 AM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A Winslow man, 57, lost his life in a truck accident on Wednesday, when his Tyson feed truck overturned on Arkansas Highway 59, landing in an embankment on the highway.The truck driver was attempting a sharp right-hand curve, but lost control of the 2004 Mack Truck he was driving. The truck overturned onto the driver's side and went off the side of the roadway, according to Arkansas State...

• Girl Dies in Mine Shaft ATV Accident

  Courtney Mills | 2007-09-04T10:42:46 | 0 Comments Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 13-year-old Rikki Howard and her 10-year-old half-sister Casie Hicks were riding on the rolling hills of Arizona in a three-wheeled ATV and were seriously injured Saturday in an ATV accident, when their vehicle suddenly tore down a 125-foot mine shaft. The Arizona hilly countryside apparently obscured the opening to the mineshaft, and the girls' vehicle fell right into it.According to media...

• Deadly Virginia pickup truck accident

  Staff Writer | 2007-09-04T09:41:58 | 0 Comments Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A tragic motor vehicle accident out of Cana, Virginia, made headlines yesterday, when three teens were killed after the pickup truck they were riding in crashed.My FOX 8 in Virginia reports that two of the teens who died were riding in the back of the truck, and one was in the cab. Three other teens in the vehicle sustained injuries and were treated at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical...