Automobile Accidents

• Safety Group Responds to Toyota on Sudden Acceleration Defect

  Brett Emison | November 03, 2009 2:49 PM | 5 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Update: Toyota Recall: Experts Point To Electronic Throttles; Not Floor Mats In Sudden Acceleration...

• Teen Dead After Being Hit by a Pickup Truck in Spartanburg County

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | November 02, 2009 6:22 PM | 5 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Viktoria Vasiliye Melnik was walking along the northbound lane of Highway 357 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina (SC) when her life came to a tragic end. A 1980 Ford pickup truck, driven by...

• Mother, toddler die in Virginia Beach (VA) crash

  Jim Lewis | October 21, 2009 4:24 PM | 5 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Tanya Woodruff Mise and her 3-year-old daughter Lauren Makenzie Mise both died Tuesday night after another driver allegedly ran a red light in a tragic crash Tuesday evening on Dam Neck Road in...

• Death and Injury On Interstate Highways Increase With Higher Speed Limits

  Wayne Parsons | August 29, 2009 2:31 AM | 5 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Most of us don't become angry because the driver ahead of us is driving the speed limit. Some do. They are dangerous people. That make high risk choices. They probably drink a lot. Let me indulge...

• Tragic Accident During Utah Bicycle Event- Was it Avoidable?

  Mark Williams | August 23, 2009 6:15 PM | 5 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Five cyclists were injured during a popular road cycling event this last Saturday, the 1,000 Warriors Bicycle Race. The amateur race gives non-professionals the chance to ride the same course as the...

• Distracted Driving-Danger on Our Roads: Watch out for the Bagpipe Guy!

  Mark Bello | August 01, 2009 1:33 PM | 5 CommentsVoices

  Many InjuryBoard members have posted blogs about the new and dangerous trend of texting while driving. 14 states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books, banning this practice. Most...

• Protecting Consumers in Wake of Chrysler / GM Bankruptcy

  Cecelia Prewett | June 04, 2009 11:18 AM | 5 CommentsVoices

  It’s obvious that U.S. car manufacturers are going through tough times. The bankruptcy proceedings for GM and Chrysler are painstaking, with ripple effects throughout the economy. But that...

• Minnesota Legislator Hit By Drunk Driver

  Mike Bryant | April 25, 2009 9:55 PM | 5 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Early Friday morning, after a late night session, Rep. Jean Wagenius (DFL-Mpls) was hit by a drunk driver as she traveled home. While attempting to turn south from Interstate 94 onto southbound...

• Car Accident Hospitalizes Two In Lansing, Michigan

  Devon Glass | April 20, 2009 11:08 AM | 5 CommentsLansing, MI

  At around 1:50 a.m. Saturday morning an SUV and a Dodge Intrepid collided at the intersection of East Saginaw Street and North Howard Street in Lansing, Michigan. The 19-year old driver of the...

• Accident in Columbus County, NC Claims Three Lives Including Groom on His Wedding Day

  Jean Martin | April 20, 2009 10:31 AM | 5 CommentsWilmington, NC

  A tragic accident in Columbus County, North Carolina claimed the lives of three members of a wedding party, including the groom just an hour before his expected wedding ceremony. Brandon Tedder,...