Posts tagged accident

• One Year After Deadly Metro Accident Safety Record Worsens

  Christopher Nace | June 22, 2010 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  The Washington Post has run a terrifying story this morning noting that one year after the Washington Metro's deadliest accident ever safety reforms have been few and far between: A year after...

• Brain Injury Leads to Foreign Accent Syndrome

  Christopher Nace | May 29, 2010 9:10 PM | 1 CommentWashington, DC Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Brain injury is a term that conjures up many different images. But what we don't always appreciate is the various ways brain injuries manifest. The Washington Post ran a story this week on one of my...

• Washington Metro Accident Didn't Have to Happen

  Christopher Nace | June 24, 2009 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Yesterday I wrote that we would be learning more and more about the Washington Metro accident fairly soon because the NTSB was usually willing to share information quickly following such tragic...

• Metro Train in Accident was Past-Due for Maintenance

  Christopher Nace | June 23, 2009 5:27 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  As stated in a post earlier today, the NTSB usually gets information out to the public fairly quickly when dealing with accident investigations. Some of that information is in fact starting to come...

• Mayor Fenty Discusses D.C. Red-Line Metro Accident on Today Show

  Christopher Nace | June 23, 2009 5:14 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Adrian Fenty, Mayor of Washington, DC, discussed Monday's Metro Rail accident on the Today Show with Matt Lauer this morning: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31502458#31502458 During...

• Information Regarding the Washington Metro Accident

  Christopher Nace | June 22, 2009 10:42 PM | 1 CommentWashington, DC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As someone who rides the Metro Red Line to and from work most days, today's crash was a chilling reminder of how vulnerable we are and how no matter how safe we act, some things are out of our...

• First Serious Winter Weather Causes Numerous Car Wrecks

  David Tompkins | January 19, 2008 4:15 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Icy road in the Washington D.C. area contributed to a number of car accidents this week. Car accidents are not caused by snow, but by inexperienced drivers. People who don't know how to drive on snow go too fast for conditions and hurt other people and themselves. Insurance companies never find their driver negligent for driving too fast for snowy or icy conditions. Adjusters will always...

• Intersections in Maryland Can Be Dangerous

  David Tompkins | January 14, 2008 7:09 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  NBC reported that another pedestrian has been killed in Prince George's County. On January 12, 2008, Rosario Gonzales was killed at the notoriously dangerous intersection of New Hampshire Avenue and University Boulevard.The sad part of this story is that the person that struck and killed Mr. Gonzalez did not have the human decency to stop. The person who hit Mr. Gonzalez fled the scene, and...

• SUV Rollovers: A Persistent Crucial Problem

  David Tompkins | January 13, 2008 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Steps to take when you are involved in an SUV Rollover:1. Take pictures of the SUV and all vehicles involved in the collision.2. Take pictures of location where the accident took place. These pictures should show the layout of the road and include any scrapes on the road, tire marks or skid marks.3. Keep the SUV even if it is totaled. 4. Take the names, addresses and phone numbers of any...

• Family to Sue Health Insurer for Fatal Delay in Treatment

  David Tompkins | December 23, 2007 11:11 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  While not a typical automobile post, I'd like to draw your attention to this weeks story about a health insurer who denied a liver transpant to a young insured girl. It seems that liver transplants, to the health insurer, is still considered an "experimental" procedure, so they denied coverage for the procedure.The young girls family hired a well known TV lawyer to get some media coverage. ...