Automobile Accidents

• As PIP Sunsets, Don't Wait For The Check

  Eddie Farah | September 13, 2007 8:35 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  This article in the Miami Herald reports that as your personal injury protection (PIP) expires October 1st, you likely will not see a check in the mail from your insurance company.Because drivers dont have to buy a $10,000 in PIP coverage, we were told to expect a 13-16% drop in our auto insurance premium. Insurers no longer had to cover medical bills resulting from an auto accident and the...

• Randy James Golodoff Killed in Alaska Car Crash. Here's the Law...

  Ward Merdes | September 13, 2007 7:59 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  The Alaska State Troopers report that Randy James Golodoff was killed in a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning. The driver was apparently Gilbert Tootoo, who was speeding in his pickup truck down Northern Lights Boulevard. Tootoo apparently struck a light pole and flipped his vehicle. Mr. Golodoff was apparently thrown, dying at the scene.First, the Golodoff family needs to immediately...

• Train Accidents

  Glenn Phillips | September 13, 2007 6:52 PM | 0 CommentsEverett, WA

  Under a federal rule passed by in 2005, all trains are required to sound their horns at every street and highway crossing unless it's a quiet zone. The same rule states that quiet zones at about 2,000 of the United States' 147,000 public rail crossings have been created by state or local law, according to USA Today. "What people fail to realize is that even if you have a quiet zone, there could...

• Wrongful Death Automobile Accident East of Stockton

  Larry Knapp | September 13, 2007 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  The wrongful death of automobile drivers and passengers on rural roads surrounding Stockton is a common occurrence and is happening more and more often as the population in the area grows. The 19-year-old driver of a 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse, from Fresno, unsuccessfully tried to pass a 2007 Toyota Corolla driven by a, 21-year-old woman, from Elk Grove, in the Farmington / Linden area resulting in...

• Fatal Car Accident on I-77 Kills 2

  Pete Strom | September 13, 2007 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  2 Sumter men were killed earlier this week in a fatal car crash on I-77 in Fairfield County. The South Carolina Highway Patrol identified those who died at the scene as 66 year old Charles Ryles Senior and 32-year-old Leonel Garfia Servin.Investigators say the 1999 Chevy truck ran off the road and into the median before overturning.Neither man was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident...

• Church Van Accident on 1-20 Leaves 1 Dead, 1 in ICU

  Pete Strom | September 13, 2007 2:12 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  A church passenger van overturned in Lee County in South Carolina Sunday evening leaving 1 dead and 3 hospitalized. According to Highway Patrol Officers, the driver lost control after a rear tire on the van blew out. As the driver tried to steady the van, Investigators say another tire blew out.38-year-old Jacqueline M. Moore of Columbia died Sunday while receiving treatment at Carolina Pines...

• 17-Yr-Old Dies from Northside Crash

  Eddie Farah | September 13, 2007 1:19 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Kimberly Enlow has been fighting for her life for nearly a month. Thursday she died from injuries she sustained in an August 1 collision.Enlow had been at Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center since the head-on collision on Lem Turner Rd. She was one of five people involved. Altogether three teenagers were hospitalized. As we've reported many times here... a distracted driver seems to be the...

• Video Cameras Tell the Tale

  Bruce Gibson | September 13, 2007 8:27 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Many of Florida's intersections and roadways now have video cameras monitoring traffic throughout the day. In addition to the highly-traveled roads in Florida such as I-4, I-95 and I-75, there are cameras at the toll booths on virtually all toll roads in Florida. These video cameras can provide a first-hand view of the entire sequence of a collision, illustrating the traffic pattern prior to a...

• $5.64 Million Verdict for a 15-Year-Old Girl Hit by Commercial Truck

  Randy Walton | September 13, 2007 7:43 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  An Imperial County jury awarded a $5.64 million verdict to a young woman who was seriously injured when the family van she was riding in was hit by a commercial truck. She was 15 years old at the time of the accident.The commercial truck ran a stop sign and hit the family's mini-van, causing it to roll repeatedly. The commercial truck collided with the mini van, piercing it, and stricking the...

• Motorists May Not See Drop in Insurance Premiums

  Shannon Weidemann | September 12, 2007 9:28 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  No-fault auto insurance expires on October 1st for those in Florida and many drivers are hoping for lower auto insurance premiums. Drivers will no longer have to purchase $10,000 in personal injury protection insurance. The changes though mean that insurance companies are raising the rates on other items so there may be marginal savings. In fact insurance premiums may go up for some drivers. ...