Automobile Accidents

• I-64 Crash Kills Grayson Man

  Lee Coleman | May 31, 2007 12:46 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A car accident on I-64 in Huntington killed a Grayson man and two others were injured Memorial Day. According to the Huntington Police Department a 19 year old Grayson man was traveling at a high rate of speed when he tried to pass a Dodge Dakota pickup driven by a 42 year old Huntington woman. She thought the vehicle was about to make contact with hers so she hit her breaks, the car then veered...

• Popular Iowa Principal, 30, Dies in Car Crash

  Mike Ferrara | May 31, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  An assistant principal at Fort Dodge (IA) Senior High School, involved in a one car auto accident Friday, has died.Kyle Andersen, 30, died Saturday of injuries he sustained in the crash. He was a popular assistant principal at the school. A memorial was held at the school's graduation the following day. Anderson had graduated from the same school in 1994 and many of his co-workers...

• I-85 pileup causes traffic jam

  Staff Writer | May 30, 2007 8:49 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A multiple vehicle accident on I-85 yesterday morning caused a two-hour back-up as emergency personnel worked to clear the roadway.Two collisions near exit 57 in Auburn were reported, possibly caused by a the driver of a pickup truck pulling a utility trailer who fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a wall. The vehicle then overturned and caused a chain reaction as drivers braked and...

• School bus collides with vehicle

  Staff Writer | May 30, 2007 8:20 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Times Daily reported that a school bus crash occurred in mid-May on Lauderdale 7 near Florence, Alabama.The 2004 International School Bus was carrying more than 30 students when a 2005 Nissa crashed into it. Fortunately, the drivers of the vehicles and all passengers walked away from the crash without injuries.In a separate motor vehicle accident, two men were injured when their vehicles...

• San Francisco Car Accident Kills Teenager

  Shannon Weidemann | May 30, 2007 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A single vehicle car accident in San Francisco has left one teenager dead and three others hospitalized. All four people in the car were 17-years-old. According to South San Francisco police, a black 2004 Pontiac GTO was heading north in the 1400 block of El Camino Real around 9 p.m. when the driver lost control, struck a curb, hit a brick wall and flipped over. The three other passengers were...

• Charlotte Car Accident Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | May 30, 2007 2:35 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A man driving in Charlotte was involved in a single car accident on Tuesday and was killed. The 60-year-old man was the only person in the vehicle. The victim was driving his 1991 Chevrolet S-10 truck in the 6500 block of Rozzelles Ferry when he drove off the right side of the road; witnesses said he was going about 40 mph.He was pronounced dead at the scene. It is unknown what caused the...

• New Virginia law makes auto accident lawsuits quicker.

  Rick Shapiro | May 30, 2007 1:24 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  The Virginia legislature passed various new laws affecting civil litigation which go into effect on July 1, 2007. One of the most important changes was getting rid of an old procedure called removal which allowed insurance companies in automobile accidents to take a case out of the faster Virginia (VA) General District Courts and move it to the slower and more expensive Virginia Circuit Courts...

• Woman,80, Killed by Two Cars

  Christina Cole | May 30, 2007 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  An 80-year-old woman lost her life in a pedestrian accident on Friday, at 8:15 p.m., after she was stuck by two cars, authorities said.The woman was struck by a northbound vehicle as she was crossing the street near the intersection of Brookhurst and Meridith Drive, said Hunting Beach Police.The impact caused the pedestrian to fall to the ground where she was then struck by another vehicle. Upon...

• Deadly Michigan Car Accident

  Larry Buckfire | May 30, 2007 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  This Memorial Day Michigan car accident was devastating and the outcome may have been different if the passengers wre wearing their seat belts . The early morning Memorial Day crash that killed two parents and injured their four children occurred on a stretch of road residents have been complaining about for years.Police are still trying to determine if speed or alcohol was a factor in the...

• 42 Year Old Killed in Car Crash - She Made a Complete Stop at a Stop Sign And Then Pulled Out Into Oncoming Traffic

  Mike Ferrara | May 30, 2007 12:42 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  When you stop at a stop sign, always remember that the driver on the through street has every right to assume you will remain stopped. Irma Heredia, 42, of Porterville, California did stop her 2000 Ford Escort at the stop sign but then pulled out in the path of an oncoming car. The police said the oncoming driver of a 2002 Isuzu Trooper was going about 60 miles per hour and couldn't stop in...