Automobile Accidents

• Connecticut Proposing Tougher Laws On Teen Drivers

  James Sabatini | March 05, 2008 9:34 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The Connecticut legislature is considering tougher penalties on teen drivers that violate the law. The proposed bill aims to place tougher penalties on teen drivers who break the law. Under the bill, if a teen driver is convicted of driving while under the influence of liquor, they would lose their license until they are 21 years old. In addition, if a teen driver gets a speeding ticket, there...

• Triple A Releases 2006 Auto Crash Data

  James Sabatini | March 05, 2008 9:09 PM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  According to the Triple A, 42,642 people died in car crashes in 2006. This equates to about 117 deaths per day and almost 5 per hour. This is the equivalent of two jumbo jets crashing every week. The AAA attributes many of the fatalities to excessive speed, drunk driving and the failure to wear a seat belt. Triple A also reports that the costs arising from car accidents have gone up with the...

• Closed Head Injuries More Common than You Think

  Drew Dixon | March 05, 2008 4:53 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  Open head injuries can be easily identified, but what happens if you have a closed head injury? Closed head injuries occur when there is trauma to the brain that does not result in a skull fracture. Because the injury does not cause a skull fracture, a closed head injury may go unnoticed and untreated for several days. Closed head injuries commonly occur during a car accident. During a wreck...

• Are you an injured "Faker"

  Bruce Bierhans | March 05, 2008 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  Please see the blog on our Southeastern Massachusetts site about the new "Fake Bad Scale" now being used by insurance companies to defeat or diminish injured victims claims.

• Are you an injured "Faker"?

  Bruce Bierhans | March 05, 2008 1:24 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA

  It's not bad enough that you've been in a car accident, have been injured, and have also been out of work. Now, with the help of neuropsychologists, the insurance industry has come up with yet another "fool proof" way to prove you're a "faker"As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the "Fake Bad Scale" is being used by neuropsychologists in court testifying as expert witnesses. However, some...

• Study Shows Children between 12 and 16 Increase Deaths in Car Crashes

  Beth Janicek | March 05, 2008 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A study from the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine shows children ages 12-16 are more likely to die in a car crash than children younger than 12.Of the nearly 10,000 passenger deaths studied by the CHOP researchers, more than half (54.4 percent) were riding with a driver under age 20; nearly two-thirds were unrestrained; and more than three-quarters of the crashes occurred on roads...

• Driving While Distracted Leads to Auto Accidents

  Stephanie Day | March 05, 2008 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsCincinnati, OH

  Everyday drivers are seen driving while on their cell phones talking, dialing, and texting. Because cell phones and other common electronic devices like PDAs, MP3 players, Ipods, and GPS devises, to name a few, have such appeal, there is a very good chance that any vehicle involved in a crash was operated by a driver who was distracted by one or more these devices. No generation is outside...

• Auburn Car Accident Injures Two

  Shannon Weidemann | March 05, 2008 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Two people were injured, one seriously, in a single-car accident in Auburn late Monday. The accident happened on Webster Road near an embankment. The car overturned and slid down the embankment. The vehicle had left the road while traveling between Pumphrey Avenue and Bellwood Place and struck a utility pole, according to Capt. Tom Stofer of the Auburn Police Division. The driver of the car...

• Western Kentucky Car Wreck Turns Deadly in Livingston County

  Daryl Dixon | March 05, 2008 5:15 AM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  A single vehicle crash in Ledbetter Kentucky on Tuesday evening has turned deadly. The Kentucky Auto Accident did not close US Higway 62 however. Police are still investigating the crash

• Officer in Crash, in Patrol Car, Positive Urine Test

  Mike Damaso | March 04, 2008 10:46 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A Casselberry Police officer was suspended after a minor traffic crash late Saturday Night or Sunday Morning. Thankfully, no one was hurt. A urine test on the officer was positive for a foreign substance, but the article in the Orlando Sentinel did not state what the substance was or provide any specifics regarding the collision. The officer was suspended.