Automobile Accidents

• Two 16-year Olds Lose Their Lives Behind the Wheel

  Eddie Farah | May 24, 2007 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  I've had a discussion with other parents lately.Doesn't 16 seem too young to have the responsibility of driving an automobile? Don't 16-year olds today seem younger than they were in my time? (Now I'm sounding like an old guy).But really, not only do children stay dependent on their parents a bit longer these days, perhaps because of financial necessity, but the roads are meaner and more...

• United States Supreme Court Orders Lower Court to Review Punitive Damage Award

  Bruce Roberts | May 24, 2007 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsTyler, TX

  The United States Supreme Court has ordered a California appeals court to review its decision upholding an 82.6 million dollar Award to a woman who was paralyzed after her Ford Explorer rolled over. The Justices on the Supreme Court want the California court to review its decision to make sure it follows the a recent United States Supreme Court decision overturning a 79.5 million dollar Award...

• Long Beach Car Accident Kills Woman

  Shannon Weidemann | May 24, 2007 2:52 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A woman making a U-turn on Conant Street in Long Beach caused a car accident Thursday. The 62-year-old woman from Downey drove her car right into the path of another while making the U-turn. The Long Beach man did not have time to stop his car. Rescue crews worked to revive the critically injured woman as they rushed to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Emergency room staff also worked to...

• Car Accidents - Nice Weather - Watertown and North Country

  Rob Quattrocci | May 24, 2007 10:04 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern New York, NY

  As the weather turns pleasant people tend to drive faster than normal. Driving at this faster rate of speed tends to cause a large number of accidents in May and early June. Just yesterday on the commute home I heard of approximately ten accidents that were reported on the traffic report. Please be careful has high speed coupled with inattentiveness can cause high speed accidents - for...

• Car Crashes - Nice Weather - Syracuse

  Rob Quattrocci | May 24, 2007 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  As the weather turns pleasant people tend to drive faster than normal. Driving at this faster rate of speed tends to cause a large number of car accidents in May and early June. Just yesterday on the commute home I heard of approximately ten accidents that were reported on the traffic report. Please be careful has high speed coupled with inattentiveness can cause high speed accidents - for...

• Bus driver drunk at time of crash

  Barry Doyle | May 24, 2007 8:15 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Monday's horrific school bus accident is in the news again because authorities have learned that the bus driver was drunk at the time of the crash. The driver apparenly had three double shots of whiskey before dropping off the children, and then drank a six pack of beer before the crash.Fortunately, there were no children on the bus at the time of the accident, but the bus struck a pedestrian...

• Driver Arrested After Hitting Cop with Vehicle

  Christina Cole | May 24, 2007 2:11 AM | 0 CommentsBuffalo, NY

  A man was charged with vehicular assault in a car accident, Thursday, when his car struck a motorcycle operated by an off-duty New York City police officer. The officer sustained critical injuries in the accident, police said.The man, 29, of River Vale, was drunk when his vehicle hit the rear of the motorcycle, police said.The off-duty officer, 27, of West Nyack, suffered severe leg, back and...

• Bicyclist Injured - Motorcycle Crash - Bristol, Connecticut

  James Sabatini | May 23, 2007 7:38 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A 53-year-old bicyclist who suffered head injuries Tuesday in a collision with a motorcycle has improved to stable condition, Hartford Hospital reported this afternoon. The bicyclist is hospitalized at Hartford Hospital. He was flown to the hospital by LifeStar on Tuesday evening after the crash at Enterprise Drive and Horizon Drive.The cause of the accident and who if anyone was at fault have...

• One Vehicle Crash In Greenup County Kills Two

  Lee Coleman | May 23, 2007 4:06 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Two people were killed in a one vehicle crash in Greenup County and another injured. The driver of the vehicle apparently lost control and struck a tree on the passenger side of the vehicle. Two women were pronounced dead at the scene and a male passenger was taken to Our Lady Of Bellefonte Hospital for his injuries. The driver was charged with numerous citations as alcohol, drugs and speed are...

• Bicyclist in Santa Cruz Killed by Drunk Driver

  Shannon Weidemann | May 23, 2007 2:35 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A person riding a bicycle in Santa Cruz was hit and killed by a drunk driver on May 18th. A 19-year-old man driving a pickup truck swerved into the path of the bicyclist on Thurber Lane. The bicycle accident happened near Soquel Avenue. The cyclist was thrown into brush and was declared dead at the scene, the CHP reported. Hodali was tested at the accident site and was determined to under...