Automobile Accidents

• One Killed, Three Injured in Breathitt County

  Lee Coleman | December 14, 2006 12:32 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Monday morning a two car collision on Ky. 15 at Vancleve killed the son of Breathitt County surveyor Jake Combs. According to a police report Shawne Combs was heading north on KY 15 near the junction of KY 205 when he apparently crossed the center line and collided with a vehicle driven by a 42-year-old South Fork resident. Combs was flown to the University of Kentucky Hospital. Passengers in...

• Stay safe during holiday travel

  Staff Writer | December 14, 2006 12:30 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  More families than ever are planning to take to the roadways this holiday season. Starting the Thursday before Christmas through the Thursday after New Year's Day, the highways and streets will be clogged with motorists going to and from their holiday celebrations. It's important to stay safe during these congested travel times. If you plan to take a road trip during the next couple of weeks,...

• $4.1 Million verdict for woman hit by driver using BlackBerry

  Rebecca Castell | December 14, 2006 10:15 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  A 71-year-old Illinois woman was recently awarded $4.1 Million for injuries suffered after a van driver ran a red light and crashed into her car. The driver of the van was on his way to a job for his employer and trying to navigate using his BlackBerry handheld device. When questioned later, the man could not even recall whether the light was red or green, but witnesses testified that the...

• Complications Created By Two Auto Accidents

  Bob Carroll | December 14, 2006 7:51 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Time to learn a little Florida law. A very recent Appellate Opinion underscores some of the problems and issues created when a victim experiences two automobile collisions separated by a short period of time. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. JOHN ROBERT WILLIAMS, Appellee. 1st District. Case No. 1D06-1354 (31 Fla. L. Weekly D3104d)In the first accident, a vehicle...

• Woman Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident on Interstate 90

  Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 6:25 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  40-year-old Sophia Hughes of Beloit, Wisconsin, was killed on Wednesday morning in a traffic accident. The accident occurred on Interstate 90 near Illinois 173 in Northern Winnebago County.The woman lost control of her 1999 Oldsmobile slightly before 8:30 a.m. in an eastbound lane on I-90 near a construction zone. The car struck into a guardrail and crashed into the back of a semi-trailer truck,...

• Study Reveals Use of Cell Phone Causes Auto Crashes

  Scott Smith | December 13, 2006 4:40 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  A study recently released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and the Virginia Technical Transportation Institute found that a driver's odds of being involved in an automobile crash or nearly crashing are twice as high when the driver looks away from the road for 2 seconds or longer. The study revealed distracted driving is nearly as serious a factor as impaired driving or speeding in...

• Settlement Reached in Negligent Highway Design Case

  Ryan Nute | December 13, 2006 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Eighteen-year old Megan Holschen died in a horrific crossover crash that occurred on I-5 on December 15, 2004. Her family members were also seriously injured. The accident occurred when a large SUV crashed through a cable barrier.The Holschens contended that the State negligently placed cable barriers in the freeway median. The State is also defending against other pending claims relating to...

• Accident In Grayson Sends One to Hospital

  Lee Coleman | December 13, 2006 6:19 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Monday night an accident on I-64 just east of Grayson, Ky., closed down both eastbound lanes of traffic. A 55-year-old Ashland man was hauling I-beams with his pickup when the load shifted, causing the trailer to push against the guardrail on the inside lane. The accident ended up with the pickup sitting backward on top of the trailer that was carrying the I-beams. A white Neon then struck the...

• Two Die in Collision near Independence

  Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 1:07 AM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  On Monday, two Cherryvale residents were killed in a car-semi collision east of Independence in Montgomery County. Gerald Steffen, 75 and Jeanette Steffen 68, were dead at the scene of the 1 p.m. accident, reported the Kansas Highway patrol. The report said Gerald Steffen was driving a 1996 Nissan pickup truck east on US-160 highway when he failed to stop at a stop sign and drove into the path...

• Driver Fatigue is Often the Cause of Trucking Accidents

  Jack Landskroner | December 12, 2006 9:16 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Time is money to truck drivers who are often paid by the trip rather than by the hour. Compensation by the trip is a telling factor indicative of a turn away from safety in the trucking industry where freight companies have become far less concerned about how a driver gets the product delivered than whether the product is delivered on time. This is simply a recipe for disaster which we have...