Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Death of Fremont Child in Car Crash: No Safety Restraints

  Claude Wyle | November 15, 2006 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Sunday night, a 4 year old Fremont girl was killed in an automobile collision on Interstate Highway 880, when a San Leandro woman crashed her Mustang into a Mitsubishi, that flipped into oncoming traffic. The Mitsubishi then struck a Toyota Sequoia SUV head on. Although eight people suffered personal injuries in this multi car accident, the child that was killed was not properly restrained...

• Fatal Sacramento crash involving teen driver

  Ed Smith | October 20, 2006 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An investigation is underway after a deadly crash occurred involving a 17 year old girl where a passenger in the car was killed. The accident happened just before midnight Thursday, October 19th, at Greenback and Elkhorn lane . The victim was identified as 18 year old Kimberly Barcenas of Arcata. Her car apparently ran a red light and was hit by a driver in the intersection.The CHP continues...

• Scaffolding Collapse Causes Catastrophic Highway Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 31, 2007 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Failure of scaffolding on a highway on ramp near Chico, California caused a catastrophic highway accident early this morning. Miraculously, no fatalities occurred when thirty-six tons of steel collapsed on top of vehicles underneath. Three people suffered serious injuries, including multiple broken bones. One survivor was trapped in his FedEx truck for more than three hours before being...

• Lane Sharing is Legal and Reduces Motorcycle Accidents

  Claude Wyle | November 06, 2007 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  I thought that I should chime in, since I have settled at least four or five lane sharing cases for six figures in the last year or so. You should take these cases and evaluate them carefully. The claims representatives have no idea what is legal in California or what is reasonable riding and they should be educated that lane sharing cases are valid. First of all, I recognize the prejudice in...

• Teen Ejected in Car Accident Involving Drunk Driver

  Chrissie Cole | August 31, 2007 6:57 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The driver of a speeding car suspected of driving while under the influence, veered off the road and struck a sign, causing his 17-year-old passenger, not wearing a seatbelt, to be ejected from the backseat , authorities said.The passenger sustained serious injury in the car accident, according to California Highway patrol.The accident occurred on Friday, at 2:45 a.m. when the 23-year-old driver...

• Husband & Wife Die Bizarre in Car Crash

  Greg Owen | June 19, 2007 12:21 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In a bizarre chain of events a couple died in a car crash in Montana last Thursday. The husband and wife were driving in 2 separate cars with the wife following the husband. Initally, the man crashed his vehicle on Montana Highway 2 and rolled it to the opening of the Rockin' the Rivers concert venue. His wife, who had been driving behind him, then pulled her vehicle onto the shoulder of the...

• Gambling Bus Accident Causes Wrongful Death

  Claude Wyle | December 04, 2007 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A gambling tour bus from U.S. Asia Tours, bound for San Francisco on Highway 88, crashed head-on into a pick up truck on Sunday night, killing the driver of the pick-up. At first the CHP believed that the pick up driver's conduct was the cause of the crash, however now they believe that a second car which was trying to pass the bus, might have hit the bus and caused this deadly five car pile up....

• How Listening To Music Affects Driving

  Ed Smith | November 04, 2006 8:31 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Many lawyers almost by rote ask the parties in an accident if they had the radio on at the time of the crash, but often whatever the answer there is little effective followup other than the inference that perhaps the driver wasn't as attentive to the road because he was listening to music.I've recently found a study that seems to suggest that listening to fast tempo music while driving...

• Tragic Car Accident Claims the Lives of Three Small Children

  Chrissie Cole | September 24, 2007 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Three children were tragically killed in a car accident today, when the Ford Expedition they were driving in crashed with a Chevy Truck, driven by an off-duty Sheriff Deputy, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).The Expedition driven by the mother, 26, of Visalia, was traveling north on Road 172, according to an officer at the scene. The driver of the truck, 27, of Exeter, was...

• Thoracic outlet syndrome and accidents

  Laura Mackie | November 14, 2006 3:07 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Although many injuries characterized as neck strains may subside without noticeable residuals, it is possible for more severe neurological symptoms to manifest long after the initial injury occurred. Following an accident, symptoms of other trauma induced conditions may be triggered immediately or may take months (even years in some cases) to develop. One such condition is Thoracic outlet...