Posts tagged accidents

• Douglas County Motorcycle Accident Injures Man

  Shannon Weidemann | December 30, 2007 7:50 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A man was injured in a late afternoon motorcycle accident in Douglas County on Christmas Day. He was riding his motorcycle on a dirt road near Topsy Avenue and U.S. 395 in Nevada. He broke his arm in the accident. The driver's arm struck a boulder. He walked back to the highway and flagged down a motorist, who was an off-duty volunteer paramedic at about 3 p.m., Halsey said.It is unknown if...

• Christmas Day Car Accidents Claim Two Lives in Alabama

  Chrissie Cole | December 27, 2007 6:07 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two Alabama residents were killed in separate motor vehicle accidents in Escambia and Mobile counties on Christmas Day.A man, 40, of Mobile county died in a one vehicle accident that troopers believe may have been alcohol related, while a woman, 60, of Repton died in a two-car crash on Interstate 65, according to troopers.In the first accident the man was traveling west on Russell Road when his...

• Athens Car Accident Kills Person

  Shannon Weidemann | December 26, 2007 10:03 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident in Athens, Alabama killed one person and injured two others on Christmas Day. The two-car crash happened on U.S. 72 and one of the cars caught on fire. The victim's body could not be recognized. Limestone County Coroner Mike West said Tuesday that traffic-homicide investigators did find identification in the deceased driver's 1991 Buick, but authorities would not release a...

• Train Kills Man in New Jersey

  Shannon Weidemann | December 18, 2007 8:28 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  An 87-year-old man was killed while driving over a train crossing in Waterford Township, New Jersey on Tuesday. The train accident occured while the NJ Transit train was en route from Philadelphia to Atlantic City when it struck the vehicle. The man drove around the crossing gates and was trying to beat the train. None of 62 passengers aboard the train were injured. They were transferred to...

• Geneva Man Killed in Car Crash

  Chrissie Cole | December 15, 2007 3:05 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident, on Tuesday, claimed the life of a Geneva man while also injuring three of his passengers, according to Alabama State Troopers.The accident occurred on Geneva County Road 58 just after 8:10 pm, according to a news release by state troopers.The accident involved a 1998 Ford F150 pickup truck and a 1995 Dodge Neon driven by a man, 39, of Geneva. The driver of the Neon was not...

• Trucking Accident Kills Alabama Man

  Shannon Weidemann | December 14, 2007 8:33 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A trucking accident in Oregon killed a 23-year-old man from Alabama on Tuesday morning. He was driving an SUV on Highway 58 when he was hit by a semi-truck after crossing the center line. The semi-truck burst into flames after the collision. A good samaritan rescued the driver of the semi-truck. He is at the hospital.Investigation determined that the deceased drove a 2002 Nissan Pathfinder...

• Alabama Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident(2)

  Chrissie Cole | December 09, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle accident claimed the life of a Saraland man, on Friday, according to Alabama State Police.The motorcyclist, 18, was transported to the University of South Alabama Medical Center by helicopter ambulance, where he later died from the severe injuries he suffered in the crash.The accident occurred when the motorcycle crashed with another vehicle on Industrial Parkway near the Interstate...

• Montgomery County Motorcycle Accident Kills Three

  Shannon Weidemann | December 04, 2007 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle accident in Montgomery County, Tennessee killed three people and injured one on Monday. The accident involved a motorcycle and a pickup truck. The accident happened Monday afternoon on College Street. A truck collided with a motorcycle.The person on the motorcycle died, so did two people in the pick-up truck.A fourth victim was airlifted to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and...

• Police Investigating Car Accident that Killed 3 Alabama Cheerleaders

  Jenny Albano | December 02, 2007 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Police are investigating the cause of a car accident that killed three Alabama high school cheerleaders and injured four in Friday night, November 30.Sarah Casey, 16, Courtney Niceley, 17, and Whitney Bradford, 16, of Warrior, Ala., all died when the car they were in hit a tree and went over an embankment. The driver, Sarah Elizabeth Agee, 17, Brittany Lovejoy, 17, Ariel Nibblet, 17, and...

• Car Accident Claims the Lives of Three High School Cheerleaders

  Chrissie Cole | December 01, 2007 1:03 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident, on Thursday, claimed the lives of three high school cheerleaders and injured four others on their way home from practice. The accident occurred when the driver lost control of the vehicle, left the two-way highway and struck a tree and went over an embankment. Officials say it appears the driver was distracted.The Blount County coroner said, the girls were laughing and singing...