Automobile Accidents

• 4-Year-Old Girl Injured During Street Race

  Chrissie Cole | May 22, 2007 9:15 PM | 0 CommentsBeaumont, TX

  A four-year-old girl was thrown from a vehicle when it was hit by another car. Authorities believe the car accident was caused by street racing.Authorities are searching for one of the cars they believe were involved in the racing. The driver sped away following the accident.Two cars were racing down the highway when a third car with a child inside pulled out from a stop sign and crashed into...

• Car Accident Injures Five People in Charlotte

  Shannon Weidemann | May 22, 2007 7:14 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A three car accident on Sandy Porter Road in Charlotte ended with five people being taken to the hospital. The accident happened on Monday around 4:20 p.m. Charlotte Paramedics and Firefighters responded to the scene. A total of five people were taken to Carolinas Medical Center. Four were taken by ambulance and one driver was airlifted to the hospital. A pet dog that was in one of the cars...

• Virginia's Eastern Shore Highway Death Rates Remain High

  Rick Shapiro | May 22, 2007 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  By Randy Appleton, HSCLA AttorneyIndividuals who have suffered severe personal injuries and wrongful death on Virginia's Eastern Shore (as well as their family members) often travel on Route 13 over the 17 mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel spanning the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, south to the "mainland" area of Virginia. The Bridge Tunnel geographically links the finger of land called the...

• Three Police Officers Hurt in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | May 22, 2007 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  A man was killed in a motorcyle accident on I-275 on Saturday night. The Florida Highway Patrol was on the scene investigating the accident when a man driving a car lost control and ran into three of the Troopers. The car accident resulted in the three men being taken to a local hospital. Shortly after 11 p.m., they were still working the scene, which was marked with flares, traffic cones,...

• Three Men Killed In Chicago Car Accident

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 22, 2007 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  An accident around midnight claimed the lives of three men on Chicago's Southeast Side. It is believed that two vehicles collided when one car was speeding and disobeyed the traffic signal causing it to slam into and t-bone the other car. There were several parked cars that were also involved in the accident.The families of the men killed may be entitled to recover for the wrongful deaths of...

• Hayride Accident Injures 7 In Henry County

  Lee Coleman | May 22, 2007 1:34 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A hayride in Henry County took a serious turn when seven people were injured Saturday evening. The tractor was pulling the wagon with nine passengers when it apparently drove into a sink hole. The nine passengers fell from the wagon and two of the nine were then run over by the wagon five others were injured also. The injured were taken to area hospitals and the injuries did not appear to be too...

• Don't be mislead about lawsuit abuse

  Joe Stanley | May 22, 2007 11:58 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern New York, NY

  The US Chamber of Commerce has been filling the airwaves with ads about lawsuit abuse.When looked at closely the ads contain misleading information at best for example FactCheck.org labels as "false" the TV spot alleging that "lawsuit abuse" costs each U.S. family $3,500 a year. Other aspects of the campaign have been harshly critical of seeking to harm those least able to protect...

• Beware of further attempts to mislead about lawsuits for injured victims

  Joe Stanley | May 22, 2007 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  The US Chamber of Commerce has been filling the airwaves with ads about lawsuit abuse.When looked at closely the ads contain misleading information at best for example FactCheck.org labels as "false" the TV spot alleging that "lawsuit abuse" costs each U.S. family $3,500 a year. Other aspects of the campaign have been harshly critical of seeking to harm those least able to protect...

• Driver Distractions

  Ed Smith | May 22, 2007 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  State Senator Carole Migden rear-ended vehicle while possibly talking on cell phone causing a three car accident.Driver distraction as a cause of motor vehicle crashes is an important issue. We find that drivers can be distracted by discussions with other passengers, eating or drinking, picking up things off the floor and changing radio stations. Another source that has become an increasing...

• Michigan Car Crash Death

  Larry Buckfire | May 22, 2007 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  Police are investigating a weekend Michigan car accident on Mound near Hall Road that claimed the life of a 25-year-old Sterling Heights resident. Police say the victim was trapped in the front passenger seat of a black Pontiac Grand Am after the crash and was taken to Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. He later died. The victim's family can file a wrongful death lawsuit against the...