Automobile Accidents

• 8 Suffer Personal Injuries in White Center Accident

  Mark McLean | July 11, 2007 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  8 people suffered personal injuries in a t-bone car accident in White Center last Friday when a Honda Civic swerved into a Volvo. Seven of the eight injured people were taken to the hospital. Six of them had minor injuries to the head, neck and back.The most seriously injured was a passenger who was riding in the back seat of the Volvo at the time. That man, who is in his 20s, has taken to...

• Car Accident Injures Hailey Man

  Shannon Weidemann | July 11, 2007 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  A 59-year-old man driving his Jeep west of Hailey was involved in a single car accident. The accident was on Croy Creek Road on Monday night. The driver was thrown from the vehicle. The vicitim was found lying in the middle of the road just east of the Wood River Animal Shelter about a mile and a half out Croy Creek Canyon. Paramedics and the Blaine County Sheriff's Office were dispatched...

• Four Injured In Chicago Van Accident

  Jamie G. Goldstein | July 11, 2007 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A van drove up onto the sidewalk at 230 West Washington Monday morning causing injuries to three pedestrians and the driver of the van. The van struck two of the pedestrians and then a garbage can causing it to crash into the windows at Cosi, a local restaurant. There was no immediate information on what caused the van to drive onto the sidewalk.All four of the injured people were taken to the...

• Four Car Crashes Kill Four Near Williamsburg, Ky

  Lee Coleman | July 11, 2007 9:02 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A multi-vehicle crash on I-75 has left four people dead and several injured. A truck pulling a trailer crossed the median and hit three other vehicles killing 4 and injuring 9 others. One woman who was killed was 8 months pregnant. Nine others had to be transported to area hospitals. State Police say that it appears alcohol may have been a contributing factor in the fatal accident.For more...

• Four Car Crash Kills Four Near Williamsburg, Ky

  Lee Coleman | July 11, 2007 9:02 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A multi-vehicle crash on I-75 has left four people dead and several injured. A truck pulling a trailer crossed the median and hit three other vehicles killing 4 and injuring 9 others. One woman who was killed was 8 months pregnant. Nine others had to be transported to area hospitals. State Police say that it appears alcohol may have been a contributing factor in the fatal accident.

• Motorcycle Crash Kills Driver

  Mike Schneider | July 11, 2007 12:57 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  An Anchorage man died July 7, 2007, when the motorcycle he was driving, a Harley Davidson, crashed head-on into a motor home driven by an Arizona tourist. The fatal crash happened on the Glenn Highway. The motorcyclist crossed the double yellow line to end his life and do $10,00 damage to the motor home.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Car and Motorcycle...

• Insurance Company Settles Bad Faith Action Arising Out of Automobile Collision with Drunken Driver for $20 Million

  Harold Christian | July 10, 2007 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  Joseph Tuski, a former construction worker, was left a quadriplegic, after being struck by a drunken driver and thrown more than 100 feet. In addition to bringing a lawsuit against the drunken driver, Mr. Tuski appropriately brought a lawsuit against the tavern that served alcohol to the drunk driver to such a point as to make him intoxicated even after he was obviously intoxicated. On January...

• Motor Vehicle Accidents and Whiplash

  Rob Curtiss | July 10, 2007 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Whiplash is the common term for a painful injury to the ligaments, tendons, or muscles of the neck. This injury is often diagnosed in car accident victims, particularly those who are rear-ended. Insurance companies that defend personal injury cases have tried to make whiplash into a kind of cliché, insinuating that it is a made up condition. However, personal injury victims who suffer from neck...

• Berkeley Pedestrian Dies From Head Injuries

  Claude Wyle | July 10, 2007 3:57 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A Livermore California man who was struck last month in the crosswalk by a careless driver while crossing Telegraph Avenue at Blake Street , sustained severe head injuries, and died this last Thursday. According to the Berkeley PD, the negligent driver was arrested for driving while impaired. There may be further charges now that this is a wrongful death . Walk defensively! Even though you are...

• Carroll County Car Accident Leaves Two Injured

  Shannon Weidemann | July 10, 2007 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  A car and a semi-truck where involved in a motor vehicle accident on Interstate 77 in Carroll County. The accident happened on Friday morning and caused many traffic delays. It happened in the southbound lanes at mile marker 20, north of Hillsville. Witnesses told authorities that a car traveling too fast ran up under a tractor trailer. Both vehicles wrecked and caught fire. Both drivers of...