Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Motor Vehicle Accidents and Driver Inattention

  Ed Van Dorn | November 27, 2007 8:14 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Drivers entering highways in wrong direction cause needless accidents and personal injury and wrongful death. Driver inatttention can cause motor vehicle accidents resulting in serious personal injury. Entering limited access highways the wrong way happens more often than expected. In 2002, a van entered Intersate 89 at exit 16 the wrong way, going south in the northbound lanes. This resulted...

• Thanksgiving Travel and Automobile Safety

  Rob Curtiss | November 20, 2007 9:18 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Once again the holiday season is upon us. Many of us will be traveling to spend Thanksgiving with our families and loved ones. Unfortunately, the roads are very crowded during Thanksgiving rush. In many parts of the country this holiday also coincides with the first wintry weather of the season. This morning, for instance, I drove from Boston to Orford, New Hampshire and saw at least a dozen...

• Kudos to Bennington PD for Car Accident Prevention Efforts

  Ed Van Dorn | September 12, 2007 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We would like to congratulate the Bennington Police Department for receiving recognition by the Vermont Governor's Highway Safety Program for its traffic safety record. Paul Doucette, Jr., a lieutenant in the Bennington PD responded to the award saying: "It was the highest score ever seen in the Vermont Law Enforcement Challenge. We couldn't do it without our dispatchers giving us the...

• Drunk Driver Kills Teenager

  Ed Van Dorn | November 21, 2007 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  After drinking in a tavern a drunk driver caused the death of a teenager in Vermont. Vermont law may hold the tavern responsible.Shawn R. Burritt, 32 from Jericho Vermont appeared in Vermont District Court in Burlington to answer to charges that he drove the wrong way on Interstate 89 in Colchester on Saturday and collided with a vehicle, killing one of its passengers, Nicolas Fournier, 18, of...

• One Killed and Dozens Injured in Multi-Car Pile Up

  Jenny Albano | February 10, 2008 11:03 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Thirty six cars were involved in a multi-car pile up that happened on February 10, at 12:40 P.M., that killed one and injured almost two dozen more. The accident occurred on 390 South near Scottsville Road in Vermont.More than 20 people were taken to local hospitals. One woman who was a passenger in one of the cars was killed. She has been identified as Lee Gno, 19. Several other people...

• Even Low Impact Automobile Collisions Can Cause Major Injuries

  Rob Curtiss | August 10, 2007 6:43 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Insurance companies have spent a lot of time and money trying to convince the public that victims of low impact car collisions couldn't possibly have serious injuries. How can someone have a real injury, the insurance companies will argue, when their car just has a little dent in the fender.Of course this is flawed reasoning. People are often badly injured in cases where the damage to their car...

• Speeding on Route 9 and Car Accident Injury Law

  Ed Van Dorn | July 05, 2007 2:37 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Every one knows that the faster you drive, the better the chances of having a car accident, right? Nevertheless time and time again we see articles like the one in the Brattleboro Reformer on July 4th. Here's a short quote. "The cars zip down the road, pushing the pedal down, going 60, 70, 80, 90 mph. No, it's not the Autobahn, it's Route 9 in Vermont. The twisting road, with its short...

• Woman Injured in One-Car Accident

  Christina Cole | January 17, 2007 7:50 AM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Stowe woman is facing DUI charges after driving her car off of Route 100 near Waterbury Fish on Monday.Allison, Ladd, sustained minor cuts and bruises but refused to submit to a breathalyzer test after officers on the scene suspected she had been drinking and driving prior to the crash. Ladd lost control of her Ford Explorer and drove off the road, 75 feet into a marsh. She was taken to...

• Man Injured in Car Crash

  Christina Cole | December 29, 2006 4:41 AM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A New Hampshire man sustained neck injuries on Monday morning in a car crash on Interstate-91 in Springfield according to Vermont State Police.Police ay they were dispatched at 11:33am and found a 2001 Ford Escort driven by Larkin Burrill, 88, had apparently left the roadway on the left side and traveled into a wooded area. The car had extensive damage to the front and both sides. Police are...

• Slow Down on Winter Roadways

  Rob Curtiss | December 14, 2007 8:43 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The snows have come early to New England this year. Where I live in Central New Hampshire, there is a possibility we will get another foot of it over the weekend. This is good news for skiers and the local economy but not for motorists. Because as we all know winter storms can make for treacherous driving. To avoid wintertime accidents, it is important to allocate extra time to get where you...