Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• 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...

• Four-car accident causes serious injuries

  Staff Writer | February 20, 2007 1:15 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An auto accident in Montgomery this morning involving four vehicles sent two seriously injured people to the hospital, according to a report from WSFA 12. The accident occurred on Vaughn Road and started when a Jeep Grand Cherokee traveling west crossed over the center line of the road and hit a Chevy Astro van. The van then hit a Ford and the Jeep crashed head-on into a Mercury Villager.The...

• Car-bicycle accident kills Auburn man

  Staff Writer | February 15, 2007 2:46 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A recreational bicycle ride turned fatal for an Auburn man Sunday morning as he and his wife collided with a motor vehicle driven by a 16-year-old boy.The couple were riding separate bicycles on U.S. Highway 280 near Lee Road 72 when the driver's car hit both bicyclists. The 37-year-old man died of his injuries on Tuesday night, according to a report from the Ledger-Enquirer in Columbus.The...

• Weekend accidents claim eight lives

  Staff Writer | February 14, 2007 12:10 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An Associated Press report from Monday says that at least eight traffic-related deaths occurred over the weekend in motor vehicle accidents on Alabama's rural roads.The deaths include an Etowah County couple killed in a one-car crash in Bessemer, a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a vehicle in Millbrook, and a man who died in a one-car accident in Macon County. Additional fatal accidents...

• Governor's group debates school bus seat belts

  Staff Writer | February 06, 2007 9:09 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The debate continues on whether school buses should provide seat belts for children, as Governor Riley's Study Group on School Bus Seat Belts begins day two of a two-day hearing on the subject.The group is weighing the pros and cons of seat belts on school buses based on presentations from a variety of experts, including bus makers, federal officials, and more.Mike Floyd, who serves as...

• Tips to prevent DUI accidents after your Super Bowl party

  Staff Writer | January 31, 2007 12:47 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Independent insurance company Lanier Upshaw out of Florida offers sound advice for those of us hosting Super Bowl parties this weekend to help keep drivers under the influence of alcohol off the roads.Many hosts do not realize that they could be held liable and face financial ruin if someone leaves their party after having a few drinks and is involved in a motor vehicle accident. Among the...

• Lawmakers seek new teen driving restrictions

  Staff Writer | January 30, 2007 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Associated Press reported yesterday that Alabama's State Highway Safety Coordinating Committee will address teen driving concerns at the next legislative session in an attempt to prevent motor vehicle accidents and deaths.In an effort to make Alabama's highways safer, the committee seeks to limit the number of passengers a teen can have in the car and ban cell phone usage while driving. The...

• Law requires bus drivers to wear seatbelts

  Staff Writer | January 29, 2007 9:25 AM | 1 CommentMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  If school bus drivers are required by law to wear seatbelts, why shouldn't the children riding in the same vehicle be required to wear them? Some argue that the padding in the front and back of the seats is enough to protect the children during a motor vehicle accident with a sudden impact. However, in a serious accident such as the school bus accident that killed four teens and injured many...

• First lawsuit filed in school bus tragedy

  Staff Writer | January 24, 2007 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The family of a Lee High School student who died in the November school bus accident in Huntsville filed suit against the school bus company and the driver of the car involved in the crash. The wrongful death lawsuit was the first to be filed in conjunction with the crash that killed four students and injured many others. An article in The Huntsville Times details the lawsuit, which cites the...

• Two-car accident injures three

  Staff Writer | January 24, 2007 12:36 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A motor vehicle accident on Alabama Highway 35 Monday left three people injured, one critically, according ot a report from The Daily Sentinel.The crash, which happened between Scottsboro and Section, blocked traffic in both lanes on Sand Mountain for about one hour. The driver of a 1989 Toyota Corolla was seriously injured when she veered into oncoming traffic and hit a 2001 Chevrolet pickup...