Automobile Accidents

• Man Dies in Michigan Motorcycle Accident

  Larry Buckfire | April 29, 2007 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  I have been reading way too many accounts recently of people suffering serious injuries and death in Michigan motorcycle accidents. Perhaps spring fever is bringing many motorcyclists back on the road but the number of injuries and deaths reported lately seems atypical. Another sad story was reported of a 20 year old man who was riding his motorcycle when it apparently left the road in...

• 19 People Injured in New York City Bus Crash

  Christina Cole | April 28, 2007 7:12 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  19 people were injured today, in a car - bus accident, one person was critically injured in the crash, authorities said.The New York City Transit bus and car crashed shortly before 6am in Queens, said a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.At the time of the accident, fifteen people were traveling on the bus. Thirteen passengers were taken to local hospitals and two were...

• Maryville Teen Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | April 28, 2007 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  A 14-year-old licensed motorcycle driver was killed in an accident on Louisville Road in Alcoa. According to witnesses he may hav lost control of the motorcycle and crossed the center line in the road. He hit another car and was thrown from his motorcycle. The driver of the car suffered minor injuries. Her passenger was not hurt. The victim only qualified for a Class M Limited motorcycle...

• St. Mary Parish Site of Two Car Accidents

  Shannon Weidemann | April 28, 2007 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsNew Orleans, LA

  Two different accidents happened on U.S. 90 in St. Mary Parish this week. The first accident happended Tuesday afternoon and involved two vans and a truck. Six people were injured in the crash.The crash involved two vans and a pickup truck. One of the vans and the pickup truck flipped over during the crash.One man had to be removed from the van by the Four Corners and Jeanerette volunteer fire...

• Five Car Crash on Long Beach Freeway

  Shannon Weidemann | April 28, 2007 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  An early morning crash on the Long Beach Freeway caused several other vehicles to collide into each other. The crash involved five cars and left 10 people injured. The accident happened north of Long Beach Boulevard around 2:15 a.m. A witness at the scene said the initial accident prompted the Long Beach Fire Department to place flares on the freeway, and confusion with the pattern after the...

• Five Killed In Osage County Crash

  Matthew Bergmann | April 28, 2007 9:06 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  Five people, including two toddlers and three adults were killed in Osage County, Kansas on Friday after two vans collided head-on. The accident occured on K-268, just east of US-75 highway. At this point, the only known survivor of the tragedy is a 5-year-old boy who was rescued by emergency services and sent to a hospital in Topeka, Kansas with non-life threatening injuries. The Kansas...

• $175,000.00 SETTLEMENT IN COVINGTON, VIRGINIA ACCIDENT

  Ben Glass | April 28, 2007 5:41 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Based on published reports, the plaintiff's car was struck from the rear by a pickup truck. There was extensive damage to the car. Prior to the accident, the plaintiff had sustained an injury to her left elbow and had treatment for low back symptoms. In this accident the plaintiff re-injured her elbow and the plaintiff went through months of injections followed by surgery. A year and a half...

• Woman Killed when Car Pins her to Wall

  Christina Cole | April 28, 2007 2:02 AM | 0 CommentsBuffalo, NY

  A Brooklyn woman, 60, was killed when a car pinned her to a wall in a fatal car accident, police said.The woman, of Flatbush, was hit at approximately 2:30pm when a traffic light at Clarendon Road and New York Avenue that was stuck on red, prompting the driver to continue through the intersection.For a stop light to be malfunctioned with drivers being reckless, it's a recipe for danger and the...

• Car Hits Pedestrian in Port Arthur

  Shannon Weidemann | April 27, 2007 8:32 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A woman walking on Ninth Avenue in Port Arthur was hit by a car this morning. The pedestrian was airlifted to the hospital after the accident. Her name has not been released. Upon investigation it appears a vehicle was traveling south in the 7200 block of Ninth Avenue when a pedestrian, walking in the roadway, was truck. The driver of the vehicle advised police he did not see the woman and...

• Are Motorcycle Accidents a Health Epidemic?

  Greg Owen | April 27, 2007 8:32 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in Asia, motorcycle accidents have become a public health epidemic. It seems that people from low and medium income families use motorcycles as their mode of transport. They even pick their children up from school on motorcycles. According to polls taken by WHO, 1.2 million people die of road traffic accidents every year, with 40 percent of the...