Posts tagged bicycle accident

• Justice Served for Injured Marin Bicyclist

  Claude Wyle | July 18, 2007 8:03 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Marin jury recently found the driver of a Golden Gate Transit bus guilty on charges prompted by an accident that occurred on February 5, 2006. The driver allegedly attempted to run the cyclist off the road in retaliation for tapping on the bus and then intentionally striking the rider at a bus stop on Ward Street near its intersection with Magnolia Avenue in downtown Larkspur. The district...

• Bicyclist in Santa Cruz Killed by Drunk Driver

  Shannon Weidemann | May 23, 2007 2:35 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A person riding a bicycle in Santa Cruz was hit and killed by a drunk driver on May 18th. A 19-year-old man driving a pickup truck swerved into the path of the bicyclist on Thurber Lane. The bicycle accident happened near Soquel Avenue. The cyclist was thrown into brush and was declared dead at the scene, the CHP reported. Hodali was tested at the accident site and was determined to under...

• Sacramento bicyclist not expected to survive accident

  Staff Writer | May 17, 2007 7:15 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Lodi man, Atenogenes "Teno" Zaragoza,who was involved in a car vs bicycle accident April 15, 2007 is not expected to survive the severe injuries he suffered. The accident occurred on Wright Street between Howe and Fulton Avenues.According to a recent article, there has been a 47% increase in bicycle accidents in the past year in Sacramento.Eight out of 10 fatal bicycle accidents involve a car...

• Boy Hurt in Bicycle Accident in Napa

  Shannon Weidemann | April 17, 2007 6:38 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An 11-year-old boy from Round Mountain was injured while riding his bicycle in Napa. He was hit by a man driving a car down the same road he was riding his bike on. The driver of the car is a 42-year-old resident of the area.The victim suffered a head injury, broken arm, lacerated liver and kidney. He was initially taken to Queen of the Valley Medical Center and transferred to the Oakland...

• What NOT To Do Right After a Crash

  Claude Wyle | March 14, 2007 2:07 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  You've been in a motorcycle or automobile or bicycle accident and you were injured. Now what do you do to protect your claim for personal injuries? Call an attorney right away? If you delay, you may make mistakes that will permanently prejudice your claim and prevent you from getting a fair settlement with the insurance company. Obviously, you will have your hands full, or will not be well...

• After An Automobile Accident: Seven Deadly Sins

  Claude Wyle | March 13, 2007 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  You've been in an automobile or motorcycle or bicycle accident and you were injured. Now what do you do? Call a personal injury attorney right away. The advice you receive may save your claim. If you delay, you may make mistakes that will permanently prejudice your claim and prevent you from getting a fair settlement with the insurance company. The following is a list of the Seven Deadly Sins...

• Bicycle vs Truck Crash: Is The City At Fault For a Dangerous Intersection?

  Claude Wyle | February 06, 2007 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The San Francisco bicycling community has been in an uproar since the latest truck bicycle crash which happened last Monday, in which a young woman was struck by a truck while riding her bicycle at the intersection of Octavia and Market Streets in San Francisco. The driver of the commercial truck was making an illegal right turn, and ran away from the scene without stopping to render...

• Jail Time for SUV Driver Who Fled Scene of Car v. Bicycle Accident

  Claude Wyle | November 16, 2006 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An SUV driver involved in a car v. bicycle crash, which caused a spinal cord injury and head injuries, to the cyclist, received three years probation and 90 days in County Jail on Monday, not because he was at fault, but because he fled the scene of a bicycle v. car accident. While the fault for the paralysis and the head injuries to the cyclist is disputed, the SUV driver was prosecuted because...

• Bicycle Accidents: Can use of a helmet save your life?

  Ed Smith | November 01, 2006 3:37 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  California law requires the mandatory use of a helmet for any person 17 years of age or under who is riding upon a bike or bicycle on a public street or bikeway or path. Research on the subject has shown that all persons, even those over the age of 17 years, should seriously consider use of a helmet whenever riding a bike.For instance, according to an October 2006 study conducted with the...

• Bicycle Accidents and Ways to Avoid Them

  Ed Smith | November 01, 2006 2:55 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Out of the roughly 44,000 car accidents that occur in the United States every year in which someone was fatally injured, over 800 involve persons riding a bicycle, according to Michael Bluejay, in his publication entitled "Ten Ways to Not Get Hit" Hundreds of thousands more bicyclist accidents result in hospitalization every year for collision related injuries.Some of the suggestions made...