Automobile Accidents

• Two-car accident with multiple injuries

  Staff Writer | June 11, 2007 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Press-Register reported yesterday on a two-car crash on Airport Boulevard near Newman Road in Mobile that injured five people, including an infant.The vehicles collided at about 10:20 a.m. Sunday when a man driving a 1991 Ford Mustang hit a 2000 Nissan Maxima while trying to make a turn.The injured included a 5-month-old boy, his mother, a 5-year-old girl, her mother and the man driving the...

• Car Accidents - Parking Lots

  Rob Quattrocci | June 11, 2007 12:45 PM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  We have to be extremely careful when travelling in busy parking lots as pedestrians are constantly crossing and children can dart out from parked vehicles. Most shopping centers now have appropriate traffic devices and cross walks however some older ones have yet to be designed. In any event, regardless of the parking lot please drive slowly and watch for pedestrians.Recently, a man was struck...

• Electrocution In Cave City Hotel Pool Injures 2

  Lee Coleman | June 11, 2007 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  The swimming pool at Quality Inn in Cave City turned a family's swim into a nightmare. A father turned to see his daughter floating in the water, not knowing she'd been electrocuted, he then jumped into the pool and was also electrocuted. Both were taken to T.J. Samson Community Hospital where the daughter was flown to Kosair Children's Hospital and the father was taken to the University Of...

• Tree Falls On Parkway Causing Fatal Car Accident

  James Sabatini | June 10, 2007 11:22 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A man and a woman from New York state were killed Saturday night when a tree fell onto the Merritt Parkway and smashed through the front windshield of their car. Two passengers riding in the back seat of the 2006 Volvo station wagon suffered minor injuries and were transported to Norwalk Hospital for treatment. Joseph J. Stavola, 46, of Pelham, N.Y., and his passenger, Jeanne C. Serocke, 44,...

• CHP Offier Killed in Car Accident

  Christina Cole | June 10, 2007 8:07 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A California Highway Patrol Officer (CHP) was killed ina tragic car accident, Sunday, when his patrol car veered off the side of the road and crashed.The single vehicle crash happened at approximately 9 a.m. on Interstate 8, according to CHP officials.The officer, of Winterhaven's CHP Office, was traveling eastbound in the right lane when his tired blew out on the left side of his car. The...

• Plane Nose-Dives Into Jacksonville Beach

  Eddie Farah | June 10, 2007 7:56 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Amazingly no one was hurt Saturday evening, when a single-engine plane lost its engine power and took a nose-dive into Jacksonville Beach.The temperatures were in the 90's all day and the beach had plenty of weekenders trying to enjoy their day. Shortly after 5 p.m. a plane, travelling north seemed to be having trouble. Jacksonville Beach Police Sgt. Tom Bingham says the plane was returning to...

• San Antonio Car Accident Kills Four People

  Shannon Weidemann | June 10, 2007 5:36 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A San Antonio car accident on Interstate 35 killed four people Saturday morning. The four were in one vehicle that crashed through the center guardrail and hit an SUV on the opposite side of the interstate. The person driving the SUV was injured and in serious condition at a local hospital. The victims ranged in age from 39-years-old to 44-years-old. The police are investigating the accident...

• Hit and Run Driver Injures Two People

  Shannon Weidemann | June 10, 2007 2:07 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Two teenage girls trying to cross a road in Long Beach were hurt by a hit and run driver. The pedestrian accident happened on Saturday night. The victims were hit at the intersection of Second Street and Bay Shore Avenue. Police are not sure if the car ran a red light, or if the girls crossed when the light was still green.The vehicle fled, and the two teens were taken to a local hospital in...

• Minnesota woman killed by commuter train

  Barry Doyle | June 10, 2007 10:07 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Passengers boarding a Minneapolis Metro Transit train made a gruesome discovery last week: blood spatters on the side of the train. Apparently, a 79-year old woman who gotten off the train and was walking alongside it when she lost her balance, touched the side of the train to regain her balance, and was sucked underneath the train.One she was pulled underneath the train, she suffered fatal...

• Verdict for Wheelchair Passenger Injured Due to Improper Application of Occupant Restraints

  David Lowe | June 10, 2007 7:16 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Been in trial so I haven't blogged for awhile.But the case was quite interesting, involving wheelchair transportation safey issues. My client, Russell Worth is an 83 year old T-12 paraplegic, having suffered injuries 16 years ago in a motor vehicle accident. But despite his age and physical disability, was very active as a participant in the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in...