Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Bus hits garbage truck

  Barry Doyle | April 02, 2007 10:39 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In New Jersey, a number of bus passengers were injured when the bus rear-ended a garbage truck which was stopped in traffic. Authorities report that the bus was traveling at a high rate of speed and there were no skid marks on the pavement.Seven passengers were hospitalzied, inclusing one who suffered a head injury.It is important to remember that with bus accidents, the bus operator is...

• Sisters injured in and hit-and-run

  Barry Doyle | March 31, 2007 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two California women are recovering from injuries resulting from a hit-and-run accident. They were crossing the street in a crosswalk when they were hit by a car which did not stop.One woman suffered a fractured pelvis; the other suffered head injuries and an open fracture to her leg.In Illinois, hit-and-run motorists are considered to be uninsured motorists for the purpose of making a claim...

• Car hits motorcyclist

  Barry Doyle | March 31, 2007 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A newly licensed driver made a left hand turn in front of a motorcycle, resulting in a crash which threw the motorcyclist from his bike.The biker was hospitalized with neck and http://www.registercitizen.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18124271&BRD=1652&PAG=461&dept_id=12530&rfi=6.One of the more common scenarios which results in serious injuries to the motorcyclist is when a car either turn left in...

• Fatal motorcycle accident in Evergreen Park

  Barry Doyle | March 30, 2007 11:47 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A retiree was involved in an accident in Evergreen Park when his motorcycle struck the back end of a car which pulled out of a bank parking lot in front of him. The driver of the car received a ticket for an improper turn.He suffered http://www.dailysouthtown.com/news/311553,241NWS8.article and was pronounced dead at the scene.The issue of who received a traffic ticket is one which always seems...

• Fatigue issue in fatal truck accident

  Barry Doyle | March 29, 2007 10:02 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An Indiana truck driver is being accused of driving over hours and falsifying his log book in a criminal trial in Wisconsin. The truck driver had lost control of his rig and rolled it over into oncoming lanes of traffic where it was hit by a bus carrying members of a high school band.Five bus passengers sustained fatal injuries.A number of studies have established that fatigue can have a...

• Gary Accident Takes Second Child's Life

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 29, 2007 8:15 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A car crash in Gary, Indiana on Sunday had taken the life of one child and has now taken the life of a second child. Odis Taylor, who was only six years old, died at the scene of the accident. Joseph Tyler, age 12, died Monday morning at the University of Chicago Hospital. Reports have stated that the children were sitting in the front seat one on the others lap when the SUV they were in ran...

• Jeep Collides with Truck in Northwest Chicago Suburbs

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 28, 2007 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Tuesday evening a man traveling in Des Plaines, Illinois was killed when his Jeep collided with a semi-truck. The man, 26 year old Arsen Harutyunyan was driving his Jeep on River Road when the crash occurred. The Des Plaines police are currently investigating the accident.At this time there is no report as to who was at fault or who was driving the truck. If the truck driver is at fault for...

• West Loop Car Accident

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 27, 2007 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident in the West Loop in Chicago caused seven people to be taken to Chicago area hospitals Sunday evening. The accident involved two cars and took place at Jefferson Street and Polk Street. Two of the victims were reported in serious condition. At this time there is no report of the cause of the crash or who was at fault. As the story develops further the seven people in the...

• Gary Indiana Car Crash Update

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 27, 2007 10:46 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A previous post indicated that two children were killed in an Indiana car accident on Sunday, when in fact only one child, the six year old, was killed. The other child, a twelve year old, is alive but was seriously injured. The accident took place between two cars and it is believed that the SUV that the children were riding in ran through a stop sign causing a car to run into the SUV's...

• Semi hits and drags motorcyclist

  Barry Doyle | March 24, 2007 7:23 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An Indiana motorcyclist was hit and dragged by a truck. The truck was making a right hand turn from the center lane as the motorycylist passed him on the right.The motoryclist had to be air-lifted from the scene with ankle, arm, rib, and knee injuries.Every tractor-trailer has blind spots. The location of these of vary from rig to rig, but the sides of the trailer are a common one. Drivers of...