Automobile Accidents

• Three Injured in Pensacola Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | March 11, 2008 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  A car accident in Pensacola on Thursday sent three people to the hospital. The accident involved two cars traveling on Mobile Highway. One car flipped and landed on top of the other car. The first car was stopped, facing west on Boulder Avenue, then pulled out into the path of McClain's vehicle, which was traveling north on Mobile Highway, troopers said. McClain's vehicle collided with the...

• Toddler Killed by Truck in San Jose

  Shannon Weidemann | March 11, 2008 2:18 PM | 0 CommentsSan Jose, CA

  A 2-year-old boy was killed by a truck backing up in a parking lot last month. The car accident happened in San Jose. The boy's stepfather did not realize the child was behind his vehicle. It is believed the victim left his apartment through an open door. Nationally, there were at least 101 "backover" children deaths in 2007, according to data Kids And Cars compiles from coroners,...

• Black Ice Causes 10 Vehicle Auto Collision in Cincinnati

  Alison De Villiers | March 11, 2008 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsCincinnati, OH

  Black ice is attributed as the cause of a 10 vehicle auto collision in Cincinnati today. Three people were taken to the emergency room and six of the vehicles had to be towed from the scene. The collision happened at Harrison Avenue and Race Road. Black ice is a major cause of weather-related automobile collisions, as it has the same appearance as a wet road surface. Drivers should be...

• Kentucky Auto Accident Attorney(2)

  Daryl Dixon | March 11, 2008 5:12 AM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  Fourteen People die on Kentucky Roadways Last Week, March 3 thru March 9. Twelve of the fatalities were in Motor Vehicles and only half (6) were wearing their seatbelts.

• Kentucky Auto Accident Attorney

  Daryl Dixon | March 11, 2008 12:15 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Seventeen people died last week on Kentucky Roadways, February 24-March 2, which puts 2008 on a pace slightly ahead of 2007. Twelve of the victims were in Motor Vehicles and eight were not wearing their seatbelts. Four of the Fatalities are suspected DUI Wrongful Death Accidents.

• Cell Phones and Car Accidents

  Jeremy Thurman | March 10, 2008 10:07 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I recently bought a blue tooth headset for my phone. I bought this because I caught myself doing exactly what I condemn to insurance companies and juries in a car wreck case. What is that? Well, see I have this bad habit of talking on my cell phone while I drive. Many of our serious injury cases can be directly attributed to a driver talking on a cell phone and being inattentive. So i took...

• Jefferson City Car Accident Injures Three

  Shannon Weidemann | March 10, 2008 9:06 PM | 0 CommentsJefferson City, MO

  A car accident in Jefferson City sent three people to the hospital early Monday morning. The accident happened on Tanner Boulevard when two cars going opposite directions hit one another. The southbound vehicle crossed the center line, skidding into the passenger side of a northbound car. His vehicle then was pushed into another vehicle parked on the road.The driver in the first vehicle was...

• Critical Injuries in Hit and Run Accident

  Sandy Grinnell | March 10, 2008 5:19 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A 21 year-old woman was critically injured and her 20 year-old male passenger was seriously injured in a hit and run near Panama City Florida last Friday. It was felt that rain-slick conditions contributed to the two car crash. The vehicle that left the scene was a white or silver Scion that drove into the path of the the GMC Blazer. The Blazer hit the Scion and rolled over, throwing both...

• Update on Cellphone Distractions

  Rob McKinney | March 10, 2008 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  A new study reports that simply listening to a cellphone distracts drivers. Several states ban drivers from using cellphones while driving but allow hands-free cellphone use. Most drivers think hands-free cellphone use is safe, however new studies show it can be just as distracting. Neuroscientist Marcel Just found that "Listening while driving led to a significant deterioration in...

• 32 Pre-Schoolers Suffer Minor Injuries in School Bus Crash

  Amy Rothschild | March 10, 2008 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Thirty-two students at Harleyville-Ridgeville Elementary School, were headed to see "The Wiz" at Charleston Southern University on Thursday, March 6, 2008, when Dorchester District 4 school bus in which they were riding was involved in a head-on collision. On U.S. Highway 78 near U.S. Highway 178, the school bus collided with a sports utility vehicle driven by a county employee, Joe Simmons,...