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• Motorcycle accident claims woman's life

  Staff Writer | November 01, 2006 9:10 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A story in the Press-Register online reported Sunday that an Irvington woman driving a 1998 Honda Shadow motorcycle died in a collision with a 2001 Chevrolet Blazer. Apparently the woman on the motorcyle was wearing a helmet. Though investigators have not revealed fault in the case, they did say that one of the drivers did not yield the right-of-way. Sadly, motorcycle and auto accidents cause...

• Fatal accident on U.S. Hwy. 84

  Staff Writer | October 31, 2006 8:58 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Yet another fatal auto accident was reported today in The Andalusua Star-News. The tragic story describes the deaths of two men, who were not wearing seat belts, thrown from the 1997 Pontiac Trans-Am when it veered off the road and struck a bridge abutment. The Alabama Department of Public Safety is still investigating the accident.

• Deadly accidents plague Alabama 20

  Staff Writer | October 31, 2006 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A stretch of highway on Alabama 20 has had more than its fair share of motor vehicle accidents, many of them with fatalities. The latest accident occured on Wednesday, October 25, when an Iraq war veteran from Decatur's car ran off the road an struck a utility pole. The cause of the accident is unkown. Both the Decatur man and a Trinity woman who was the passenger died in the crash. According...

• Accidents on Alabama 20 totaled 83 last year

  Staff Writer | October 30, 2006 8:32 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to a report from DecaturDaily.com yesterday, a stretch of just over two miles on Alabama 20 between I-65 and U.S. 31 has seen 83 motor vehicle accidents last year alone. Many drivers treat this dangerous stretch of four-lane country highway like it's an interstate. The story reports that although the road carries about 36,000 vehicles per day, it is only designed for up to 34,000. Tena...

• Fatal school bus accident in construction zone

  Staff Writer | October 26, 2006 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A motor vehicle accident involving a van colliding with a school bus in Athens, Alabama, left the van driver dead and a van passenger severely injured. The bus driver and a seven-year-old boy on the bus suffered minor injuries. According to a WAFF 48 News report, the bus was traveling west as the van was traveling south and the two collided, possibly as a result of the van's failure to stop....

• Motorcycle death prompts safety campaign

  Staff Writer | October 24, 2006 8:40 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  The recent death of Fort Rucker's Warrant Officer 1 Michael Boykin from a motorcycle accident has prompted the military base to implement a motorcycle safety awareness campaign. An article on MontgomeryAdvertiser.com details the program, its goals and success among military personnel.Fort Rucker officials say that many soldiers have an extracurricular interest in riding motorcycles, and some are...

• The Hidden Dangers Of Reclining Seats

  Tom Methvin | October 24, 2006 2:52 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Recently a jury in Jacksonville, Florida awarded $16.9 million to a young college student who was rendered a paraplegic in a motor vehicle accident. The student was a belted passenger in a Ford Windstar who had reclined her seatback. During the trip, the Windstar was involved in a low impact collision. Because the student's seat was reclined, the seatbelt did not hold her in place. As a result,...

• Alabama traffic and pedestrian accidents high

  Staff Writer | October 23, 2006 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Sadly, one need only scan recent headlines pointing to Alabama traffic and pedestrian accidents to see that the roads continue to be a dangerous place. One article on the Press-Register's al.com details the problem for pedestrians and how the government is addressing it. Two weeks in September brought nine pedestrian accidents in Mobile County alone. The Alabama Department of Public safety...

• New law brings stiffer penalties for passing school buses

  Staff Writer | October 23, 2006 9:54 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A recent law signed by Gov. Bob Riley in April raises the penalties for illegally passing a bus loading or unloading students to up to $3,000 in fines and more. This law is part of the state's push to help prevent motor vehicle accidents and protect our children.http://firms.injuryboard.comAn article on Montgomeryadvertiser.com details the new law and the positive reaction of the school...

• A jury verdict in an alcohol-related motor vehicle accident

  Tom Methvin | October 20, 2006 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Alabama has a law called the Dram Shop Act that makes it a civil wrong for a bar to sell liquor to a person who is visibly intoxicated. While a good number of other states have similar statutes, some don't. Mississippi happens to fall in the latter category. But, a Jones County circuit court jury has ordered Applebee's, a restaurant that served alcohol to a man who ran over two people, to pay...