Posts tagged car accident

• 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...

• 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...

• Allstate Tells Missouri Courts to "Kiss-Off"

  David Tompkins | December 19, 2007 9:22 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Allstate Insurance Company was ordered by a Missouri trial court to produce documents related to its "McKinsey Study" program, and Allstates relatively new claims handling program.Allstate, refusing to make public just how shady its claims handling processes are for automobile accident victims, has accepted as a business proposition a $25,000.00 per day sanction from Judge Michael Manners. ...

• Teens and Driving: Parents Need to Protect Their Kids

  David Tompkins | November 26, 2007 8:41 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Some of the most tragic cases that I see involve young people. On November 12, 2007 another teenager died in a single car accident. This brings the total teen death rate for suburban Montgomery County to seven in a single week! We strongly encourage parents to take a leadership role with their children. What our experience has shown, and what all emperical data we have seen...

• Smithtown Car Accident Kills Two

  Shannon Weidemann | October 31, 2007 10:08 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident in Smithtown this morning killed two teenagers. They were both thrown from the vehicle they were passengers in after it hit another car and a guardrail. The accident happened on Jericho Turnpike. The driver of the car is a 17-year-old student at Smithtown High School West. The two teens were pronounced dead at the scene, Compagnone said. It is not known whether they were...

• Text Messaging on Cell Phones While Driving Dangerous Idea

  Shannon Weidemann | July 24, 2007 6:05 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A recent study by a researcher at the University of Utah at Salt Lake City has found that drivers that engage in text messaging or "texting" on their cell phones are six times more likely to be involved in a car accident. Washington D.C. has banned the use of hand held cell phones while driving but the law does not include text messaging. John Ulczycki, director of transportation safety for...

• Teenager Killed in Charles Town Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | June 21, 2007 5:40 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 13-year-old was killed in a car accident in Charles Town on Sunday. He was being treated for his injuries at Children's Hospital in Washington D.C. when he passed away on Monday. The victim was in an SUV that was struck by a Toyota Camry while attempting to make a left turn onto U.S. 340 from Augustine Avenue in Charles Town.Police believe that the victim's father, who was driving the SUV,...

• Washington D.C. Removes Road Test Requirement for Elderly

  Shannon Weidemann | May 25, 2007 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The District of Columbia tried to inact a measure to require drivers that are older than 75 and renewing their license to undergo a written test and road test. Drivers, AAA, and the AARP all protested the new measure saying it was unfair to the elderly. Washington D.C. was trying to prevent motor vehicle accidents. "We're not going to wait until there's a horrific accident and then wring our...