Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Will the Texas Legislature Really Approve Lane Splitting?

  Brooks Schuelke | March 26, 2009 10:35 AM | 25 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Before reading this blog post, watch a portion of the video below (don't watch the entire thing or you'll get motion sickness). Did you watch it? If you did, thanks for listening. If you...

• No More "Runners" In Washington, D.C.

  Ben Glass | August 03, 2006 9:01 AM | 5 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  No, no, I'm not talking about the heat wave here and how no one is out jogging. I'm talking about the refreshing law change that will permit unscrupulous lawyers and chiropractors from obtaining accident reports and calling and visiting car accident victims shortly after an accident to solicit cases/patients. While technically an amendment to the D.C. Theft and White Collar Crimes Act, I like to...

• Another Teen Car Crash Death - We Must Stop the 123 Auto Deaths That Happen Each Day

  Mike Ferrara | July 07, 2007 2:27 AM | 4 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  With the advent of Google News, it is possible to find all the car crashes that happen each day relatively soon after they occur. If you set your Google Alert for the words "car crash" or "auto crash" it will prove to be a horrendous experience. Every single day there are heartbreaking stories about those killed in auto crashes. The latest is a 16 year old rear seat passenger who died...

• Street-racing crash in Yorba Linda kills 68-year-old woman

  IB Contributor | March 26, 2007 10:17 PM | 4 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 68-year-old Orange County woman was fatally injured in an auto accident Sunday when she attempted to make a left turn from a residential neighborhood, The Orange County Register reported Monday. Police officials suspect that street racing may have caused the crash.Witnesses told Brea Police officials that two cars were seen speeding side-by-side, southbound down the hillside street of Fairmont...

• Vanessa Taylor Dies in One Car Accident

  Michael Myers | October 29, 2006 5:00 PM | 4 CommentsSeattle, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 21-year-old Oregon woman died at the scene of an early morning car crash Saturday in the 3800 block of Seabeck Highway near Calamity Lane Northwest. Vanessa Taylor, of Milwaukie, Ore., was riding in the passenger seat of a 1989 BMW 325 just after 2 a.m. when the driver, 21-year-old Joshua Demers of Silverdale, failed to make the curve near Camp Wesley Harris and drove off the edge of the road,...

• Virginia drivers beware: New law places hefty fines on bad drivers

  Ben Glass | June 27, 2007 8:58 AM | 3 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  You'll want to think twice about speeding. A new Virginia law places hefty fines on bad drivers. On top of criminal fines and court costs, those who break the law will also have to pay civil fines of $300 to $1,000. (Note that these new fines only apply to Virginia citizens. So if you are from another state and get caught speeding, you only get the 'regular fines.") Blowing through a stop...

• I-95 Auto Accident Kills Teen Best Friends

  Eddie Farah | April 12, 2007 11:35 PM | 3 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Amanda Alzate was just 19 years old. One of seven children. She was often asked if she was a model.Amanda lost her life around 3pm Wednesday when she was ejected from the truck that was being driven by her best friend, Sandra Monzon.The truck tried to access a highway ramp and instead rolled.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Sandra Monzon, also 19, tried to cut through the grass to make...

• Motorcyclist Killed in Chicago Suburbs

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 03, 2007 6:30 PM | 3 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Bridgeview man was killed on Saturday after his motorcycle crashed into a truck. Joseph Suski was 49 years old when he died. He was wearing a helmet but still suffered fatal injuries. The driver of the truck was not injured.The reports at this time do not indicate if the accident that caused Suski's death was his own fault or the fault of the driver of the truck. The accident occurred on...

• Newington - Police Arrest Driver in Fatal Accident

  James Sabatini | March 21, 2007 11:43 AM | 3 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Police have arrested a 26-year-old man on charges that he was criminally negligent when the Ford Expedition he was driving slammed into a motorcyclist last year in a deadly accident near the Berlin Turnpike. Meriden resident Timothy Stevens had been involved in two minor car accidents minutes before the Oct. 3 crash that killed 42-year-old James Delude, police said.The first happened in the...

• Insurance coverage when an injury caused by family member

  Ben Glass | July 13, 2007 10:19 AM | 2 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The tragic death of a 14-year-old Fairfax County girl on Wednesday in a car accident in which her sister was the driver raises a question that is often asked by families: can a recovery be made in the case for the family's loss even though it was a family member who apparently was at fault in the accident?The Washington Post reported that Olivia Aull was killed on Jermantown Road after the car...