Automobile Accidents

• Two dead in Suffolk (VA) head-on crash

  Rick Shapiro | August 18, 2009 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Thomas W. Ashburn and Shane W. Blair have been identified as the two men killed in a head-on collision Sunday afternoon in Suffolk. Ashburn, 28, of Indian Trail Road, was driving a Volkswagen when...

• New Ordinance Aimed to Improve Pedestrian and Driver Safety on Virginia Beach Roads

  John Cooper | August 15, 2009 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Pedestrians in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) will no longer be able to stand or walk along roadway medians after a new ordinance was recently passed. The focus of the ordinance is to improve...

• Driver charged in wake of I-64 tow truck crash

  Jim Lewis | August 13, 2009 3:35 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  The driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a tow truck driver in Newport News on Aug. 9 has been charged with aggravated involuntary manslaughter, according to The Virginian-Pilot. William...

• Who is to blame? - Negligent Entrustment

  Doug Landau | August 12, 2009 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  “An unfit driver borrowed a friend’s car and hit me. Can I sue the friends for putting him behind the wheel?” In a recent Arlington Circuit Court case, the defendant allegedly...

• Drunk Driver Kills Tow Truck Driver on I-64

  Randy Appleton | August 10, 2009 11:39 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  A drunk driver claimed another life Sunday night on westbound I-64 in Newport News. A tow truck operator was struck near the Victory Boulevard exit by another driver whose pickup truck ran onto...

• National “Stop on Red” Week Highlights Need for Improved Traffic Safety

  Emily Mapp Brannon | August 07, 2009 8:26 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Running red lights is a major traffic issue and a contributor to 900 deaths and 150,000 injuries. In order to bring awareness to this issue, there’s the National “Stop on Red”...

• Portsmouth motorcycle crash leaves one dead

  Jim Lewis | August 07, 2009 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  A motorcycle crash in Portsmouth has claimed the life of a 63-year-old man, The Virginian-Pilot reported. David M. Henner was riding his motorcycle at Deep Creek and Portsmouth boulevards at 11:47...

• More than 70 ticketed in Virginia Beach red light enforcement campaign

  Jim Lewis | August 07, 2009 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Seventy-three people were ticketed by Virginia Beach (VA) police Wednesday for not coming to a complete stop before making a right turn at a red light, a Virginia Beach police spokesman told The...

• Gloucester County crash claims life

  Rick Shapiro | August 06, 2009 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  A traffic accident Tuesday evening on U.S. Highway 17 in the Gloucester County city of Middlesex claimed the life of a woman and left a 2-year-old hurt. Susan Joyce Wright, 38, was the driver of...

• Beach Police Enforce Red Light Laws

  Rick Shapiro | August 06, 2009 8:32 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Midway through National Stop on Red Week, Virginia Beach police officers on Wednesday paid special attention to whether drivers stopped and checked the oncoming traffic before making right-hand...