Posts tagged accidents

• Driving Safely Around Tractor Trailers

  Serena Hu | June 16, 2010 1:12 PM | 1 CommentValparaiso, South Bend & Gary, IN Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Driving on the highway can be a harrowing experience. You encounter the same hazards as you do in the city, such as distracted and reckless drivers, but at much higher speeds with smaller...

• Reckless Driving Creates Risk of Injury to Others

  Fred Schultz | July 29, 2008 1:13 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Yesterday, an Indianapolis man was stopped by a State Police Trooper for going 127 miles per hour in his Corvette on S.R. 37. Indiana State Police Trooper Dustin Starnes was patrolling Ind. 37...

• Woman Falls Asleep Behind the Wheel, Crashes Into In-law's

  Chrissie Cole | March 14, 2008 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A woman on her way home from the night shift caused a car accident when she apparently fell asleep behind the wheel and struck another vehicle, killing her father-in-law, according to police.The man, 73, of Bloomfield, was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident occurred on Indiana 54 in Southwestern Indiana.A helicopter transported his wife and passenger to Methodist Hospital, in...

• Truck Driver Impaled in Accident on Indiana Highway

  Chrissie Cole | March 04, 2008 9:39 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A truck driver, 47, of Chicago, was killed in a trucking accident near Indianapolis this morning.The tractor-trailer driver drifted off the highway and went down an embankment and struck some trees before going through a fence. A fence post flipped up, came through the truck's windshield and impaled the driver. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Marion County Coroner's Office, according to...

• Indiana Man Could Face Up to 8 Years in Prison for Deadly Accident

  Chrissie Cole | February 29, 2008 1:31 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An Indiana man is facing up to eight years in prison for a deadly head-on collision two years ago that claimed a mother and two children and left two others permanently disabled.On Friday, the driver of the car responsible for the accident admitted he was speeding when his car left the center lane and caused the crash."It's a case where three people were killed and two additional [victims] have...

• Fishers Couple Killed in Car Accident with Semi-Trailer

  Chrissie Cole | February 06, 2008 11:29 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Fishers couple died in a fatal car accident while visiting Warren County on business. The accident occurred when a semi-trailer struck their vehicle in dense fog, according to authorities."You couldn't see 50 feet," a Warren County Sheriff said of the conditions at the time of the accident on Ind. 63. "We didn't even reconstruct the crash because we had to get the vehicles off the road to...

• Jay County School Bus Involved in Multi-Car Crash

  Chrissie Cole | January 25, 2008 8:44 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Jay County school bus, a semi-truck and three other vehicles were involved in a car accident this morning just after 7 a.m. No one was seriously injured in the accident, according to Indiana State Police.The accident occurred when the driver of a semi-truck rear-ended a van. The van then struck an SUV and the SUV rear-ended another car which then struck a Jay County School bus that was...

• Two International Students Killed in Indiana Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | January 07, 2008 12:42 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident claimed the lives of two international students of Bowling Green State University, in Indiana. Five other students suffered minor injuries in the accident.The crash happened at 12:20 a.m. when the van the students were traveling in, on the Indiana toll road, entered the median and flipped several times along the snowy highway. One of the students, 26, of Kathmandu, Nepal, was...

• Elizabeth Man Killed in Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | December 20, 2007 12:49 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident, on Tuesday, claimed the life of an Elizabeth man, 44, according to police.He was traveling northbound in his 1996 Toyota pickup truck, on Indiana 62, when he veered off the roadway north of the Indiana 11 intersection. The truck went over an embankment and crashed into a tree, said a news release by Floyd County Police. Police believe his death may have been prevented if he had...

• Trucking Accident Closes Down Highway for Tanker Spill Clean Up

  Chrissie Cole | December 11, 2007 2:11 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A trucking accident, Monday, forced U.S. 31 to close while the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tested for the after-effects of liquid petroleum gas released in the accident.The accident occurred when the gas truck slowed to a stop for a train and a second truck crashed into the tanker. One of the semi-trucks was hauling liquid natural gas (cryogenic liquid), according to reports by Indiana...