Automobile Accidents

• Freak Accident with Bus Kills City Worker

  Eddie Farah | March 26, 2008 1:16 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The likelihood of this happening is very slim.But one man who worked as a traffic engineer was in a bucket working on a traffic light. The driver of a Jacksonville Transportation Authority bus either didn't see the flag man or ignored him and struck the truck knocking the man 52-year old Cesar Solomon out of the bucket to fall to his death.Police report that the work crew appeared to be doing...

• Florida Man Arrested For Hitting Police Cruiser in Georgia

  Eddie Farah | March 25, 2008 9:47 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A Florida man is under arrest after ending a police pursuit by crashing his vehicle into a Georgia State Patrol deputy's car.Sunday about 1 in the afternoon, Theodore Thomas Wagner approached the security guard at the Bayer Corporation in Kingsland, Georgia. He was reportedly acting erratically. He said he was being chased and he was a short while later when he was on I-95 after attracting...

• Cell phone use causes car accident, case settles for $5.2 million

  Anneke Kurt | March 25, 2008 5:16 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Currently in Ohio, it is not against the law to talk on your cell phone while driving. Georgia's cell phone statue, however, states that drivers are not to do anything distracting while behind the wheel. A $5.2 million verdict was recently reached in Fulton County, GA, in a the personal injury case involving the car accident caused by cell phone use behind the wheel. The case was set for trial...

• Hulk Hogan Sued for Son's Car Accident

  Rob McKinney | March 25, 2008 4:51 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Wrestler Hulk Hogan was sued in Florida by the family of a man who was critically injured in an accident involving Hogan's son. It is alleged that the Hulkster knew his son liked to speed and race other drivers. The purpose of the post today is when can a parent be sued for the acts of his child. The Family Pupose Doctrine is one instance a parent can be sued...

• Tejano Star Injured In Bus Wreck

  Brooks Schuelke | March 24, 2008 8:52 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  They say you've made it when people know you by one name. And in the world of Texas Tejano music, there are few, if any, bigger stars than Emilio. Unfortunately, the Grammy winner suffered serious injuries after a bus wreck this weekend. Emilio apparently sustained severe head injuries in the wreck, and he is taking part in a study using hypothermia to treat his brain injury. While this...

• Yet Another ATV Accident

  Bruce Bierhans | March 24, 2008 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  On Saturday night, a twelve year old boy sustained serious injuries in an accident involving an ATVin Harwich.For years, consumer groups have sought further regulation of these vehicles because of their weight, design flaws...and their propensity to cause serious injuries, including head injuries, in adolescent males. In the Harwich case, the Cape Cod Times reported that several witnesses fled...

• 3 Men Killed in Chicago Car Crash

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 24, 2008 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A fatal car collision took the lives of three family members and one other man. Five other people were also seriously injured in the crash, including a baby who was the son of one of the drivers. The three men killed were Jolliffs Thomas, Otis Thomas and Albert Cole Sr. It appears Cole was the driver of one of the cars at the time of the collision.Cole was driving eastbound when he crossed...

• Cincinnati Passenger in Fatal Crash Not Wearing Seat Belt

  Alison De Villiers | March 24, 2008 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsCincinnati, OH

  A Cincinnati woman died last night when she was ejected from the vehicle in a single car auto accident. The woman was a passenger in a vehicle that spun off the road and flipped. She was not wearing a seat belt. Ohio seat belt laws require all front seat passengers to wear a seat belt. According to a study at James Madison University, 60-70% of deaths in motor vehicle collisions can be...

• Car Accidents Cause Herniated Disc

  Sach Oliver | March 24, 2008 6:59 AM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  Motor vehicle accidents cause herniated disc. A disc is a structure that is found between the spinal vertebral bodies from the neck to the tailbone. Discs serves as cushions and help your spine move. A disc is composed of two parts the central part and the outer part. When someone is a car accident where the back is injured, it is common for them to suffer a herniated disc. A herniated disc is...

• High School Student Dies After Car Accident

  Jenny Albano | March 23, 2008 7:17 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A student from West Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina died in a car accident on Mount Holly Road on Friday, March 21.Alicia Davis, 17, was in the backseat of a Nissan 300zx, when the accident occurred. The driver, 20-year-old Jack Smith Jr., was trying to pass another vehicle when he lost control of the car and crossed into oncoming traffic. Once this occurred the Nissan...