Automobile Accidents

• Chicago Bus Crash Injures 17

  Jamie G. Goldstein | June 06, 2007 1:03 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A bus crash Tuesday evening on the Chicago Skyway sent 17 people to the hospital. A private charter bus hit a semi-trailer truck and caused the accident. The bus driver, who was operating a bus owned by Chicago Entertainment Tour, was cited for following to close to the truck. It is unknown at this time where the bus was heading or where it began its journey. As of Wednesday morning 13...

• Hit and Run Driver Injures Motorcyclist

  Greg Owen | June 06, 2007 12:42 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  At approximately 2:00 p.m. on Friday, two miles east of the Hamilton Pool Nature Preserve, an unknown driver is accused of causing a motorcyclist to run off the road. According to witnesses, the hit and run vehicle was dark in color. It appears, the driver of the hit and run vehicle attempted to illegally overtake two motorcycles while they were on a curve. Suddenly, oncoming traffic appeared,...

• Motorcycle Accident - Be careful as the weather can change quickly

  Rob Quattrocci | June 06, 2007 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  Anyone that has driven a motorcycle knows that ideally we do not want to be out in inclement weather. The wet roads typically become slick and thus dangerous. Last night an unfortunate cyclist was out in the bad weather and hit a curve too quickly. He was not discovered on the roadway until eight hours later and apparently suffered serious spinal injuries.As indicated by the report:Madison...

• Trailer Towing Dangers

  Rob McKinney | June 06, 2007 11:30 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Trucks tow more trailers than ever on our highways , such as lawn mowers and the like . Safety precautions must be made to prevent the trailer from coming loose from the hitch or swinging wildly . On Tuesday , these trailer safety rules hit home in an accident in Nashville , Tennessee (TN) . A Tennessee Department of Safety employee was seriously injured when a portable cement...

• Hit-And-Run Driver Still On The Run

  Eddie Farah | June 06, 2007 9:19 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It was 5:35 pm, on the usually congested San Jose Boulevard. The date was May 5th.Someone pulled their car into the same lane where 50-year-old Dale Whaley was riding his Harley-Davidson. Whaley was not wearing a helmet when he went flying over the vehicle. He ended up in a medically induced coma with a swollen brain and a pile of mounting medical bills. The hit-and-run driver sped off and...

• Couple Left for Dead After Hit & Run Accident

  Chrissie Cole | June 06, 2007 1:36 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  A man and women were left for dead after being struck by a speeding car in a hit and run car accident. The couple was walking along the side of the highway after their vehicle ran out of gas when a speeding car struck them and then sped off.The man, 28, was thrown to a ditch on the side of the road, while his friend was left immobile along the guardrail as cars passed on by."She was against the...

• Seven motorists died in 2 crashes in western Virginia

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | June 05, 2007 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  According to recent published reports from the Associated Press, a Georgia family had 4 people killed when their car went off Interstate 81 near Salem, Virginia (VA), and overturned. According to the Virginia State Police, the wreck occurred in the early morning hours. These 4 highway fatalities happened only a half a day after 3 other people died in a head on collision in Bedford County,...

• Blind Athlete Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver

  Eddie Farah | June 05, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  24-year old Darryl D. Green of Philadelphia was on a St. Augustine street early Sunday morning when he was hit by a white SUV or truck. The driver took off. Green was taken to the hospital but later died from his injuries. Green was legally blind. The last thing his friends heard was the drop of Green's cell phone that ended his conversation trying to find his way back to the hotel to join...

• Riley County Crash Leaves Three Injured

  Matthew Bergmann | June 05, 2007 3:23 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A three-vehicle crash in Riley County early this morning left three people injured. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol two of the three people injured were seriously hurt and required immediate medical attention. At approximately 6:30 am today, Bruce Stroud, 32, of St. Francis, was driving a 1984 Toyota truck south on K-18 highway when he tried to make a left turn onto Walnut Street at...

• Holding Drinking Establishments Accountable

  Jeremy Thurman | June 05, 2007 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I just read where a woman who was injured in a fatal drunken driving crash with a Chicago-area prosecutor has filed a lawsuit against the restaurant that served the attorney. The woman, who suffered multiple fractures from the accident, claims that the restaurant should not have served the prosecutor, whose blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit and was driving a county-issued...