Posts tagged vehicle

• 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...

• Weekend brings fatal car accidents

  Staff Writer | February 05, 2007 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A report from the Times Daily says that at least 11 people died on Alabama's roads this weekend. One of the tragic motor vehicle accidents occurred last night at 9:30 p.m., killing five people in a head-on crash.Alabama State Troopers report that the accident last night in Hale County involved two cars colliding head-on at the intersection of Alabama 61 and County Road 10. The five victims were...

• 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...

• Police Investigating Hit-and-Run Accident

  Christina Cole | January 30, 2007 10:27 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Former Auburn student was involved in a hit-and-run accident on South College Street on Sunday morning.Erin Klein, 22, was leaving Bodega with her boyfriend Cory Kuczynski and their friends when Klein was hit crossing College Street while making her way to her car, that was parked behind Mellow Mushroom."I was walking back to my car across the street and as soon as I turned back around, I heard...

• 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...

• Two men die in weekend car accidents

  Staff Writer | January 23, 2007 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two Mobile County men died in separate one-car accidents over the weekend. A report from The Press-Register Monday details both tragic motor vehicle crashes.The first accident, on Saturday, involved a 1999 Chevrolet pickup truck that ran off Tanner Williams Road, rolled over and struck a tree. A passenger who was not wearing his seatbelt was thrown from the vehicle and died. Two other passengers...

• Traffic fatality in Lawrence County

  Staff Writer | January 23, 2007 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Times Daily reported a motor vehicle accident that resulted in the death of a Courtland man last Thursday. The one-car crash occurred on Lawrence 150 at about 11:30 p.m. when the car left the road and hit a tree. Emergency personnel say that the 1996 Chevrolet S10 pickup truck hit the tree almost head-on, immediately killing the driver. The passenger, who was the driver's twin brother, was...