Posts tagged accidents

• Former University of Alabama Football Player Loses Wife and Four Children in Tragic Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | November 20, 2007 10:25 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Former University of Alabama football player, Siran Stacy, was involved in a horrific car accident, Tuesday, when a pickup truck struck the van he was driving. Six people were tragically killed in the accident including his wife and four of his children, according to State Troopers. The driver of the pickup truck was also killed in the crash.Stacy, 39, a star running back for Alabama during...

• Alabama Car Accidents - Collateral Source Rule

  Jon Lewis | April 08, 2010 7:27 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In Alabama, the Supreme Court has abolished the collateral source rule. What does this mean? A collateral source is sources of compensation a person might have other than the person who caused the...

• Car accident claims life of man without seatbelt

  Staff Writer | September 03, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A deadly, two-car accident in Mississippi yesterday claimed the life of an Alabama man who was not wearing his seatbelt. The Mississippi Press reports on the motor vehicle accident, which occurred on the U.S. 90 bridge in Pascagoula, and involved a Toyota Camry and a Toyota Tacoma. The report says the man driving the Tacoma hit the Camry from behind, causing the fatal accident. The Tacoma...

• Greyhound bus and SUV accident proves deadly

  Staff Writer | July 31, 2007 9:42 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Friday in Montgomery, a sport utility vehicle crashed head-on into a Greyhound bus. The motor vehicle accident caused fatal injuries for the SUV's driver and minor injuries for at least 36 passengers on the bus.The Associated Press reported that the SUV was going the wrong way on I-65 at just after 2 a.m. Just before the crash, police had been dispatched to pursue the SUV because it was going...

• Fatal motorcycle accident in North Georgia

  Staff Writer | January 10, 2007 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A 48-year-old man in North Georgia near Helen died Saturday in a motorcycle accident on Highway 356 near the Habersham County line. The man apparently lost control of the motorcycle and ran off the road about 12:30 p.m. He passed away while being airlifted to the hospital.This accident serves as a sad reminder about the risks involved in riding motorcycles on roadways.

• Weekend rain causes accident on Hwy. 14

  Staff Writer | January 10, 2007 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Inclement weather over the weekend caused at least one motor vehicle accident and minimal damage to roadways, says a report from The Montgomery Advertiser. The three-car accident occurred at Highway 14 and Fire Tower road, and was attributed to heavy rainfall and poor visibility. It is thought that several tornadoes touched down in the area, causing some damage, but fortunately no injuries or...

• 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...

• Couple Killed in Thanksgiving Motorcycle Crash

  Shannon Weidemann | November 30, 2007 1:24 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A couple that had been married for 24 years was killed in a motorcycle accident on their way to Thanksgiving dinner with their family. They were hit by a car that failed to yield at a stop sign. The wife was killed at the scene and the husband died later at the hospital. The couple was killed Thursday morning after a 2007 BMW failed to stop at a stop sign and hit the front of the...

• Fatal two-car crash near Opp

  Staff Writer | June 11, 2007 1:12 PM | 1 CommentMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An 18-year-old graduate of Huntington High School died yesterday afternoon in a two-car accident on U.S. Route 331, just north of Opp, Alabama.The tragic accident occurred at about 3:30 p.m. when five men, all recent Huntington High graduates, were traveling in a Chevrolet van and collided with a BMW carrying two people. Everyone in the accident was injured in some way.In Huntington, the family...

• Alabama Truck Driver Pleads Guilty in Deaths of Guardsmen

  Chrissie Cole | February 15, 2008 1:47 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A Citronelle truck driver accused of killing two members of the Alaska National Guard, in a 2006 truck accident, has plead guilty to charges accusing him of driving while under the influence of drugs.The man, 49, of Citronelle entered a guilty plea, Thursday, to four counts of driving under the influence. The trial started on Wednesday in Perry County Circuit Court.Prosecutors said an 18-wheeler...