Automobile Accidents

• Woman Dies In Crash With Brush Collection Truck Near Tupelo

  Chrissie Cole | September 26, 2009 10:13 PM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  A Corinth woman was killed when the vehicle she was riding in collided with a City of Corinth brush collection truck on Thursday. The woman, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to...

• NHTSA fears angering Congress; Hides study on cell phones and driving.

  Gerry McGill | August 06, 2009 4:46 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Everyone knows that drinking and driving is bad. We are bombarded on a daily basis with public service announcements to that effect. Our children take drivers education classes in which they watch...

• Students Injured in School Bus Accident

  Chrissie Cole | May 14, 2009 10:47 PM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  A school bus accident sent several students from the Canton School for Arts and Sciences to Madison County Medical Center on Wednesday. At the time of the crash, there were 23 students on the...

• Mississippi is second worst state for percentage of uninsured motorists

  Gerry McGill | January 29, 2009 5:03 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  A study by an independent property-casualty insurance research group says that the five states with the highest percentage of uninsured motorists were New Mexico (29%), Mississippi (28%), Alabama...

• Attorney Fees in Injury and Death Cases

  Kay Whitson | April 16, 2008 3:57 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Virtually all attorneys who handle injury and death cases handle them on a contingent fee basis. Most attorneys charge 33 1/3% if a case is settled before litigation and 40% if litigation is...

• Millions of Ford Vehicles Recalled

  Gerry McGill | February 29, 2008 3:52 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  The Federal Government on Thursday warned owners of about 4.6 million recalled Ford vehicles to bring their cars and trucks immediately to dealerships to disconnect cruise control switch systems that have been linked to engine fires. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said that about 9.6 million Ford vehicles have been recalled since 1999, but only 5 million have been...

• 16-Year-Old Drivers Have Worse Crash Rate

  Gerry McGill | September 18, 2007 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  A 2001 report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that 16-year-old drivers have a crash rate three times higher than that of 17-year-olds, five times greater than 18-year-olds, and almost 10 times greater than drivers aged 30 to 59.Sixteen states and the District of Columbia ban the use of wireless communication devices for some teenage drivers, particularly those 16 and...

• California Bans Cell Phone Use By 16- and 17-Year-Old Drivers

  Gerry McGill | September 14, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California signed a law on Thursday which bars the use of cell phones by drivers under 18. The law will take effect July 1, 2008. California joins 15 states and the District of Columbia in banning the use of wireless communication devices for teenage drivers. Nearly a dozen other states are considering similar action, according to the American Automobile...

• Mississippi Is Worst State for Uninsured Drivers

  Gerry McGill | July 31, 2007 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  A national study released by the Insurance Research Council, a nonprofit study group funded by insurance providers, released a study showing that 26 percent of Mississippi drivers lacked insurance between 1999 and 2004. Alabama and California were tied for the second-highest percentage of uninsured drivers in the 50 states. Twenty-five percent of drivers from those states were uninsured."Even...

• Auto Safety Doesn't Come In Small Packages

  Gerry McGill | June 28, 2007 2:57 PM | 1 CommentBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  With high gas prices and even higher prices projected for the future, many drivers may be considering switching to mini-cars such as the Nissan Versa or the Mini Cooper. In recent crash tests measuring crash ratings for front, side and rear impact, tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Nissan Versa and Toyota Yaris were the top-rated and the Hyundai Accent and Kia Rio were...