Automobile Accidents

• Tragic Death of Boy on Bike in Crosswalk

  Mark Williams | October 06, 2009 1:45 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  During the evening of September 22, 2009, a 12-year-old boy rode his bike into a crosswalk in Centerville, Utah and was struck by a car whose driver apparently did not see the boy in time to avoid...

• U-turns Can be Made Safely

  Bret Hanna | October 05, 2009 9:33 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  U-turns are illegal in many places, but not in Utah unless the narrow exceptions apply: 41-6a-802. Turning around -- Where prohibited -- Visibility. The operator of a vehicle may not make a...

• What caused the Birdland Marina car crash?

  Steve Lombardi | October 05, 2009 8:11 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Metrick Lawan, the driver of the car that crashed on September 21st 2009 killing passenger Heaven Chumos, has been charged with two counts of serious injury by vehicle, OWI, and the most serious...

• Charlotte Mother Crashes and Flips Car with 3 Kids on Board

  Rick Shapiro | October 05, 2009 7:36 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Recently, in the morning hours in Charlotte, North Carolina, a car flipped over the median on Interstate 77 Northbound, near the John Belk ramp. The traumatic car crash involved three children and...

• Nebraska's Attempt to Keep Drunk Driver's Off the Road

  John Inserra | October 05, 2009 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Recently, the Nebraska legislature passed two bills, LB 497 and LB 736 amended the state statutes to increase the previous consequences for those that drive drunk. Previously, legislation did not...

• Old Fashion White Stripes: Making Minnesota Roads Safer?

  Mike Bryant | October 05, 2009 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Drive any road that is sufficiently maintained and you will see white stripes. The Minnesota Department of Transposition has been looking at the question of : Does Size Matter? In Otter Tail County...

• Carlisle's Complaint: Hawaii Supreme Court Ruling Makes It Tougher to Ticket Speeding Drivers

  Wayne Parsons | October 05, 2009 5:06 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  I hope you like the catchy title. I could have used Portnoy's Complaint _ and for Honolulu insiders _ you know that we do have a Portnoy who is an attorney like Carlisle and me, complains a lot, and...

• Overloaded SUV Rolls And Kills 8-Year-Old boy

  Eddie Farah | October 04, 2009 12:33 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  An eight-year-old boy was killed Saturday when an SUV, fill with kids going to a church event, rolled on I-95. The single-vehicle crash occurred 4:45 p.m. near the Volusia and Flagler county...

• MNDOT Needs To Look At Most Deadly Section Of Highway 14

  Mike Bryant | October 04, 2009 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Highway 14 between Dodge Center and Owatonna is starting to attract more state attention as the number of accidents and highway deaths seems to be on the increase. The concern is a busy highway,...

• Birdland Drive and Saylor Road Crash Update in Des Moines

  Steve Lombardi | October 03, 2009 10:03 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  More information behind the car crash on Monday morning near Birdland Drive and Saylor Road has come to the for front. The woman who died in the crash, Chumos, age 32, had called her mother,...