Automobile Accidents

• Motorcycle and Bicycle Injuries Among the Worst

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | May 19, 2007 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  In the Virginian Pilot on Sunday, May 13, 2007, there was a piece that a 22 year old motorcyclist was killed in a wreck. The accident happened in Norfolk, Virginia (VA) on Saturday and the young man died in a local hospital the next day. The driver that hit the motorcyclist has not been charged and the cause has not been determined.Our firm, Hajek, Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton, P.C.,...

• CTA notice law denies legitimate claims

  Barry Doyle | May 19, 2007 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  NBC News had a recent feature on a little-known statute which requires persons injured in accidents with the CTA to provide the CTA with a special statutory notice. If the notice is not completed or if information is missing or wrong, then the lawsuit gets dismissed. It does not matter that the CTA has the correct information - the lawsuit still gets dismissed.The woman featured in the NBC...

• Summer months - drag racing

  Rob Quattrocci | May 19, 2007 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  With the summer months come the summer cars. Anyone who has been on Erie Blvd. over the summer as see cars drag racing from light to light. In my day we have Camaro's and Mustangs and now the kids seem to enjoy modifying Civic's and Eclipses. This country is in love with the automobile and this writer is as well. However, we must be safe on the roadways and Erie BLvd is not the proper place...

• Construction on our roadways - be careful

  Rob Quattrocci | May 19, 2007 10:57 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern New York, NY

  It is finally summer in the Central/Northern New York areas and with the warm weather comes the construction on the Thruway, Interstate 81 as well as local Watertown roadways. Please be careful around the construction zones as workers tend to be close to the roadway and other vehicles stop suddenly.One person was taken to the hospital after a three-vehicle crash tonight on the Thruway at the...

• Construction season on the roadways - be aware

  Rob Quattrocci | May 19, 2007 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  As probably everyone is aware construction has begun on almost all our roadways. If anyone has been on the Thruway eastbound you are probably aware of it first hand as you were most likely stuck in traffic for an hour. In any event traffic paterns change quickly during construction season and we must be aware of the workers as well as other vehicles.Recenlty, an accident occurred on the...

• Passenger Killed When Car Slams Into Light Pole

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 19, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  One man was killed on Thursday on Chicago's Southwest Side after the car he was traveling in struck a light pole. The car was said to be traveling at an excessive rate of speed when it crashed. The passenger in the car, Lorenzo Balcazar-Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was in critical condition.When a passenger is killed in an automobile accident, the victim's family may be...

• Family of Three Suffers Injuries in Car Accident

  Christina Cole | May 18, 2007 5:41 PM | 0 CommentsSpringfield, MO

  A Freeport family was injured in a car accident when the car they were traveling in struck an embankment, causing them to land in a creek.Three people were in the vehicle when the accident occurred. A man, 64, woman, 63 and a child, 3, were traveling north on Illinois 40 next to Duden Road when their vehicle crossed over the southbound lane and landed in a ditch on the west side, according to a...

• Chicago Car Crash Involves CTA Bus

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 18, 2007 5:30 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  An early morning crash on Chicago's South Side involved a CTA bus, a truck and several cars. The accident occurred at Archer Avenue and Ashland Avenue in Bridgeport. At least three people were injured in the accident, two of which were in serious to critical condition.There is no information currently on what caused the accident, or if the CTA or another driver is to blame for the accident. ...

• Vehicle Accident Involves School Bus - 6 Killed

  Rick Patterson | May 18, 2007 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Six members of an Ohio college baseball team lost their lives when their bus plunged off the side of a highway overpass and landed on the pavement 30 feet below. The team, whose members were like family to each other, team member A. J. Ramthun recalls, were driving at around 4:00 a.m. on their way to Florida. After the tragic accident and to the horror of those observing the scene, the pavement...

• Major Car Accident in Colorado Springs

  Shannon Weidemann | May 18, 2007 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  A mulitple car accident on the Hancock Expressway closed down the road early this morning. Police believe that two cars were involved including one that rolled over. Police believe another car may be involved in the accident but it apparently left the scene to bring some injured people to the hospital.Police are calling it a serious injury accident and have called out their Major Accidents...