Automobile Accidents

• Motoryclist hits telephone wire downed by drunken teen

  Barry Doyle | June 01, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  An Indiana teen is under arrest after he struck a telephone pole and then fled the scene. The impact between his vehicle and pole knocked the pole down, leaving a wire hanging over the road.A motorcyclist came upon the scene shortly thereafter and struck the wire, causing a loss of control. The motorcyclist suffered multiple fractures, but his passenger was killed due to blunt force trauma.One...

• Georgia Memorial Day Traffic Fatalities Down

  Eddie Farah | May 31, 2007 10:40 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It sounds sort of morbid. Only seven people lost their lives on Georgia's roads this Memorial Day holiday weekend. That was the "good news" announcement from the Georgia State Patrol.But those are seven families who will never be the same.And the number represents the lowest number of traffic fatalities on Georgia's roads during that weekend ever on record. Back in 2006, there were 17 traffic...

• Fatal Car Accident - I91 Connecticut

  James Sabatini | May 31, 2007 8:18 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  An accident on the northbound side of I-91 near Exit 24 has left at least one person dead, state police said.Traffic has backed up on both sides of the highway. A flipped-over vehicle lies roof-down in the middle of the highway median, witnesses said.Due to the death, the state has sent its accident reconstruction team to investigate how the car accident happened. The State of Connecticut...

• Car Insurance - What Kind and How Much?

  Matt Christian | May 31, 2007 5:28 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  As an attorney that handles personal injury cases, I am frequently asked by clients that have been injured in a motor vehicle accident what kind of automobile insurance they should purchase and how much. Most of the time they are prompted to ask because the other driver that injured them has minimum limits that are insufficient to cover their injuries.The first issue that should be addressed is...

• I-90 Closed by Truck Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | May 31, 2007 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A truck accident on the I-90 closed the freeway on Wednesday morning. A tractor trailer rolled over at the Northway exit. The truck's load spilled all over the freeway. The accident happened just after 7 a.m. as a tractor trailer loaded with 54,000 pounds of construction material was traveling west on I-90. That's when another car crossed into its lane. "The most serious contributing factor...

• I-64 Crash Kills Grayson Man

  Lee Coleman | May 31, 2007 12:46 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A car accident on I-64 in Huntington killed a Grayson man and two others were injured Memorial Day. According to the Huntington Police Department a 19 year old Grayson man was traveling at a high rate of speed when he tried to pass a Dodge Dakota pickup driven by a 42 year old Huntington woman. She thought the vehicle was about to make contact with hers so she hit her breaks, the car then veered...

• Popular Iowa Principal, 30, Dies in Car Crash

  Mike Ferrara | May 31, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  An assistant principal at Fort Dodge (IA) Senior High School, involved in a one car auto accident Friday, has died.Kyle Andersen, 30, died Saturday of injuries he sustained in the crash. He was a popular assistant principal at the school. A memorial was held at the school's graduation the following day. Anderson had graduated from the same school in 1994 and many of his co-workers...

• I-85 pileup causes traffic jam

  Staff Writer | May 30, 2007 8:49 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A multiple vehicle accident on I-85 yesterday morning caused a two-hour back-up as emergency personnel worked to clear the roadway.Two collisions near exit 57 in Auburn were reported, possibly caused by a the driver of a pickup truck pulling a utility trailer who fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a wall. The vehicle then overturned and caused a chain reaction as drivers braked and...

• School bus collides with vehicle

  Staff Writer | May 30, 2007 8:20 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Times Daily reported that a school bus crash occurred in mid-May on Lauderdale 7 near Florence, Alabama.The 2004 International School Bus was carrying more than 30 students when a 2005 Nissa crashed into it. Fortunately, the drivers of the vehicles and all passengers walked away from the crash without injuries.In a separate motor vehicle accident, two men were injured when their vehicles...

• San Francisco Car Accident Kills Teenager

  Shannon Weidemann | May 30, 2007 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A single vehicle car accident in San Francisco has left one teenager dead and three others hospitalized. All four people in the car were 17-years-old. According to South San Francisco police, a black 2004 Pontiac GTO was heading north in the 1400 block of El Camino Real around 9 p.m. when the driver lost control, struck a curb, hit a brick wall and flipped over. The three other passengers were...