Automobile Accidents

• Nighttime Crashes Linked to Lack of Seat Belts

  Drew Dixon | May 23, 2008 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  This past Monday the National Highway Safety Administration released a report stating that more than two-thirds of young drivers and passengers killed in nighttime car crashes weren't wearing seat belts. This report should be an important reminder to all of us that teenagers don't always listen to parent's advice.

• Over-Correcting Leads to Wreck

  Drew Dixon | May 19, 2008 4:40 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  A Magazine, Arkansas, native died late Thursday night in a head-on collision in Logan County. Scott Allen Rogers, 39, died when another individual’s Jeep left the road on a curve, was over-corrected, and then crossed back across the road, hitting Rogers' car head-on. This unfortunate event should be a reminder to all of us that over-correcting can lead to an accident. People who drive SUV’s and teens are the most susceptible to over-correcting which can lead to both head-on collisions and rollovers.

• Early Treatment for Whiplash Injuries Improves Results

  Sach Oliver | April 02, 2008 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  After someone has been in a car accident, the chances are high they suffered a hyperextension/ hyperflexion injury or more commonly known as whiplash. Studies have shown the sooner the person seeks...

• Seatbelts Can Fail

  Frank Bailey | February 27, 2008 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  As much as we depend on seatbelts to save lives, you would think seatbelts would never fail. This is not always true. A jury in West Palm Beach Florida ordered Mitsubishe to pay $11,000,000 in damages to the parents of their 25 year old son Scott, who died after being partially ejected from a SUV made by Mitsubishi.Attorneys representing the family argued that Mitsubishi sold the SUV even...

• Car Crash Not Always Driver's Fault

  Drew Dixon | February 21, 2008 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  There were nearly 6,420,000 auto wrecks in the United States in 2005. Of those 6,420,000 wrecks more than 2,900,000 people were injured and 42,636 people were killed. That means that every ten seconds someone in the United States is involved in a car wreck. Most often those wrecks are the result of driver negligence due to the driver's failure to obey traffic laws, use of a cell phone, or use...

• TODDLER SURVIVES SIX-VEHICLE COLLISION IN ROGERS, AR

  Sach Oliver | December 18, 2007 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  On Friday, December 14, 2007, a six-vehicle wreck on South Eighth Street killed Jerred Dubose, 18, of Springdale and Melinda Yates, 18, of Lowell. Their son,18-month-old Bryson was airlifted to Arkansas Children's Hospital, where he was in critical condition. On Saturday, his condition was upgraded to fair. Three others were injured and taken to local hospitals in the wreck. Rogers police...

• Two Lowell Teenagers Killed in Six Vehicle Crash

  Ryan Scott | December 17, 2007 4:38 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  Two teenagers from Lowell, Arkansas were killed Friday morning and an 18 month old child had to be airlifted to the Arkanas Children's Hospital after a car accident that involved six vehicles in Rogers, Arkansas. Timothy Aaron Smith, 21, of Lowell, Arkansas veered into oncoming traffic, side swiping three vehicles, including a tractor-trailor, and forcing one vehicle off the road and into a...

• Child Safety - Bus Accident - Lawyer

  Sach Oliver | November 08, 2007 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  Unfortunately, a local elementary student suffered a head wound and the Bentonville School bus driver is on paid leave as school officials investigate the incident that occurred Monday of this week. An elementary student who attended Cooper Elementary School and eight other students were getting off the bus somewhere on Oxford Lane this past Monday. Donald Espeseth, age 75, was driving the...

• Life Lost in Motorcycle Wreck in Northeast Arkansas

  Sach Oliver | October 30, 2007 6:29 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Hurshel Bentley, 57, was killed in a wreck in Fulton County on October 21. Mr. Bentley died when he lost control of his motorcycle on Highway 62-412 west of Salem. His 2005 Suzuki crossed the center line while attempting to negotiate a curve, hitting another vehicle in the opposite lane head on.At the point of impact, Bentley was thrown from his motorcycle into the west bound lane at which...

• Closed Head Injury

  Frank Bailey | October 21, 2007 12:47 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  A closed head injury is an injury to the brain without a breach of the skull or the brain's surrounding tissues by a penetrating object. The biomechanics of a closed head injury may be understood by examining the inner dynamics of the skull and brain when influenced by the forces of acceleration, deceleration and rotating motions.When the head is subjected to rapid acceleration and then...