Automobile Accidents

• New Program Will Match Children's Car Seats with Appropriate Vehicles

  Sandy Grinnell | April 27, 2009 3:21 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  After the Chicago Tribune found that not all child restraint seats perform the same way in different vehicles, on Friday the U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a new system whereby...

• Crash into Klamath River Kills Driver, Injures Passengers

  Todd Slaughter | April 27, 2009 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  REDDING, Calif. - On Tuesday, March 21, 2009, a single car crash off State Route 96 in Somes Bar took the life of the driver and critically injured two passengers. According to the Eureka...

• Your lawyer is not your doctor

  Lauren Holtzman | April 27, 2009 9:22 AM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  Recently, we had a potential client who asked us whether his son should delay having follow-up care for his injury because it might “help the case.” Our answer to that is the same as...

• Georgia Pedestrian Struck & Killed by Driver

  Jessica Smagacz | April 26, 2009 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported this past Friday that an Atlanta woman was hit and killed by an illegal driver in southwest Atlanta. Her name was Francis Kirby, 52 years old. According to...

• Child On Guam Ejected From Car

  Wayne Parsons | April 26, 2009 2:43 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  A 5-year-old boy was ejected from the passenger side of a car Friday morning. The car crash happened across from Our Lady of Peace and Safe Journey Church in Chalan Pagowho, Guam. The boy is in...

• Soldier Hit By Car As He Walks Along H-2

  Wayne Parsons | April 24, 2009 5:43 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Schofield Barracks soldier PFC Jesse Hart was on foot along the H-2 Freeway in the northerly direction shortly after midnight when he was struck by another car just before the Wahiawa off-ramp. Mr....

• New Law In Honolulu: City Council Bans Use Of Cell Phones While Driving

  Wayne Parsons | April 24, 2009 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Honolulu City Council on Wednesday voted to ban drivers from using any mobile electronic devices. That means anyone holding a cell phone or other device while driving will be ticketed by...

• Proposed STANDUP Federal Act Driving to Save Lives

  Sandy Grinnell | April 24, 2009 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Just as high school prom season is about to start, the Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection (STANDUP) Act and the SafeRoads4Teens campaign were announced in Washington DC yesterday. U.S....

• Crews Work To Remove Debris From Road Following Truck Accident

  Chrissie Cole | April 24, 2009 3:17 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  An Ohio Department of Transportation ODOT driver suffered injuries in a truck accident on northbound Ohio 4 Friday morning, according to Dayton police. The road was closed from 8:15 a.m. to just...

• Following too close behind a cyclist is dangerous

  Danny Feldman | April 23, 2009 4:34 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  This is the fifth in a six part series on driving behaviors that are annoying or dangerous to bicyclists. Previously covered were buzzing, the right hook, pulling out too close in front of the...