Automobile Accidents

• Beloved Oconee County Teacher Involved In Fatal Auto Accident

  M. Brandon Smith | September 16, 2007 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  The students and citizens of Oconee County are now morning the tragic death of a beloved middle school teacher who was tragically killed in an auto accident earlier this week. The forty-three year old teacher of Malcolm Bridge Middle School was reportedly running an after school errand when her vehicle was struck by another unidentified motorist near Bogart, Georgia. According to the Georgia...

• Four Cited As Source of Alcohol That Killed Couple

  Eddie Farah | September 15, 2007 10:34 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  How often do we report of the death of teenagers when alcohol is involved?Unfortunately for 20-year old Ross Roberts and 18-year old Ashleigh Cook, that is likely what contributed to their deaths when the pickup truck they were in ended up in a boat ramp crash into Julington Creek last July4th. Roberts may not have seen a flashing red light at the top of the ramp before driving the truck into...

• Honda Civic Wheels May Fall Off and Cause Auto Accidents

  Ed Normand | September 15, 2007 8:09 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Honda is recalling thousands of 2006 to 2007 Honda Civics because of a defect that could cause the wheels to fall off during use. According to a letter from Honda to NHTSA, the Civics have a leaky seal in the rear wheel bearing that could corrode and lead to potential car accidents if the wheel fell off while the motor vehicle is being operated. For more information on this subject matter,...

• Port Huron Michigan Car Crash

  Larry Buckfire | September 15, 2007 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  Police say the sun was a factor in causing a serious Michigan car accident on Thursday that resulted in injuries to four people. The accident happened afte r7:00 a.m. when a 42-year-old Kimball Township woman rear-ended a van, causing her eastbound car into the westbound lane. She then collided head on with a mail delivery truck.Kimball Township and Marysville firefighters used a mechanicial...

• Farah & Farah Wins $3.4 Million For Mother of Two

  Eddie Farah | September 14, 2007 10:18 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  November 8, 2004. It started like any other morning for 37-year-old Wendy Sugalski. She had just dropped her teenage child at school and was heading east on Atlantic Boulevard near Kernan to pick-up her other teenager.Sugalski was stopped at a red-light when her car was rear-ended by a 26,000 pound moving truck traveling 40 miles per hour. Her Honda Civic was pushed forward, the force...

• More Plane Crashes at Reno Air Races

  Jenny Albano | September 14, 2007 9:12 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Two planes collided on Friday, September 14, at the Reno National Championship Air Races, which makes this accident the third fatal crash in the last four days. In this accident, the pilot of one of the planes was killed and the other pilot was injured.The victim has been identified as 51-year-old Gary Hubler of Caldwell, Idaho. Race officials say he was killed in the crash shortly after 9:30...

• Fatal Automobile Accident in Kern County

  David Rowell | September 14, 2007 6:14 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Patricia Tepetl, 27, from Lamont, was killed in a single-car motor vehicle accident on Friday. The woman was southbound on the Tejon Highway when she lost control of her vihicle and it rolled over. Tepetl, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle. She was airlifted to Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.For more information on this...

• Seatbelts on school buses prevent personal injury

  Anneke Kurt | September 14, 2007 5:53 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  Ohio law requires seatbelt use in all vehicles, for all passengers, to prevent personal injuries resulting from car accidents, and are used in all motor vehicles except school buses. Many school-aged children ride buses twice a day for over 200 days a year, yet they are not required to use this most basic safety precaution. "Every time a bus stops short, kids get smashed against the seat,"...

• California bans teen driver cell phone use

  April Armani | September 14, 2007 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  We all know that teenagers are inexperienced drivers and, often, easily distracted. It appears that California has officially recognized these facts and has now banned cell phone use by teens when driving. The law was pushed by the popularity of teen text-messaging and the often disastrous results which can occur. The law takes effect July 1, 2008, and those caught violating the law will be...

• Teen Cell Phone Ban

  Ken Margolin | September 14, 2007 3:35 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  California has banned cell phone use by drivers ages 16 & 17. The ban will include text messaging. Older drivers will be allowed to use hands free phones, but the ban for the teenagers will be total. While the legislation is positive and regrettably, too rare, it is insufficient. A number of studies have shown that even during conversations on hands free cell phones, drivers' reactions times...