Automobile Accidents

• Carjacked Woman Fights For Her Life

  Eddie Farah | September 17, 2007 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Your driveway is probably the last place you might feel you're in danger from a carjacker.But that's what happened to Jaime Hile early Friday morning. Getting out of her car in her Jacksonville neighborhood, a man dressed in black and armed with a gun approached the driver's side.Get out of the car he demanded. Mrs. Hile was feisty enough to refuse. But when the gunman asked, "Have you ever...

• 22nd Pedestrian San Francisco Death This Year

  Claude Wyle | September 17, 2007 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  An elderly Asian woman was killed last Tuesday afternoon when she was struck by a black Chevrolet sedan on Geary Boulevard, just across from St. Mary's Cathedral. This is the 22nd pedestrian death on the streets of San Francisco this year, a markedly deadly year for seniors, and a sharp increase from the 2006 pedestrian fatalities. Although this woman may have been jaywalking, according to an...

• Motorcycle Riders in Modesto Beware

  Larry Knapp | September 17, 2007 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  Riding a motorcycle can be a dangerous activity, particularly if you happened to be in Modesto last week. Inattention by other drivers is a big factor in many instances. It is critical for the motorcyclist to pay particular attention when entering or exiting Highway 99. Because motorcycle riders tend to be harder for automobile drivers to see it is very important to use extra caution to avoid...

• Highway 49 Drivers in MotherLode Exposed to Injury

  Larry Knapp | September 17, 2007 10:12 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  Highway 49 is the major arterial road that runs through San Andreas, Angels Camp and Sonora. Due to, among other things, the increased weekend traffic that occurs in the Mother Lode as a result of people looking to get away from the Bay Area and the Central Valley and escape to the Sierras it is not uncommon for increase exposure to injury. This was borne out in the news this weekend when...

• Please wear your seatbelt

  Joe Stanley | September 17, 2007 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern New York, NY

  A recent fatality on the thruway shows the dangers of not wearing your seatbelt. Even in a brand new vehicle the results can be terrible. Buckle up.For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• Days After Atco, NJ Man Killed in Iraq, Two Die in Tragic Car Crash in Same Town

  Mike Ferrara | September 17, 2007 3:05 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  The small town of Atco, NJ, is located in Camden County and is about 20 miles from Philadelphia. The town mourned the loss of one its young men in Iraq on Friday. Two days later, a New Jersey State Trooper, Robert Parducci, 27, of Atco, and his passenger Jennifer Kehril, were killed in a tragic car crash. A third passenger, Anthony Shendock, also of Atco, was critically injured and was...

• Truck Pile-Up Blocks I-10

  Eddie Farah | September 17, 2007 1:50 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The eastbound lanes of I-10 turned into a parking lot for three hours before dawn Monday after three tractor-trailers collided.FHP reports that a big rig driven east by Michael Suber of Callahan approached two semi-trucks that had already collided. Suber couldn't stop in time and hit both trucks.The chain reaction left one driver with seriouis injuries. Suber is cited with careless driving. ...

• 17 Tourists Dead in Mexico Bus Crash

  Jenny Albano | September 16, 2007 10:09 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A bus crashed in western Mexico Saturday, September 15, killing at least 17 tourists, many of whom had just arrived from Phoenix. The bus was carrying 35 passengers from the resort city of Puerto Vallarta to Guadalajara when it ran off a mountain road and plunged into a ravine near the town of Compostela, about 125 miles from Guadalajara, the Nayarit's state prosecutor's office said in a...

• 88 Died in Thai Plane Crash- Many Tourists Aboard

  Jenny Albano | September 16, 2007 8:31 PM | 0 CommentsCheyenne, WY

  A plane carrying many foreign tourists crashed Sunday, September 16, in Thailand. The plane was trying to land while it was raining onto the Phuket, a small Thai island. The plane then split in to and burst into flames, authorities reported at least 88 people have died from the crash.The budget One-Two-Go Airlines domestic flight OG269 was carrying 123 passengers and seven crew members from...

• Fatal Motorcycle Accident on Interstate 80

  David Rowell | September 16, 2007 6:33 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A motorcycle accident on Interstate 80 in Berkeley today resulted in the death of at least one person. The motorcycle driver was westbound on I 80 near Ashby Avenue when he collided with another vehicle about 2:00 p.m. today. The driver died at the scene.For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.