Posts tagged driving

• I-94 Rollover Crash Kills One, Injures Three

  Devon Glass | October 27, 2009 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A high-speed, single-vehicle accident on I-94 in Van Buren Township, Michigan, has claimed the life of one man and seriously injured three other people. The crash, which happened early Monday...

• Man Accused of Killing Lansing Area Woman and Son While Driving Drunk Fit to Stand Trial

  Devon Glass | October 23, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Following up on one of our previous stories, Daniel Burwell is fit to stand trial according to competency tests conducted at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry, near Ypsilanti. Ingham County Circuit...

• MSU Student Killed in Grand Rapids-Area Car Crash

  Devon Glass | October 21, 2009 7:36 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Jeremy Sobczak-Obetts was, by all accounts, a hard-working and humorous individual with a bright future. A senior at Michigan State University, he had hoped to graduate with a degree in food service...

• Teens Learn Dangers of Texting While Driving During National Teen Safe Driver Week

  David Mittleman | October 20, 2009 4:16 PM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Congress has designated this week as National Teen Safe Driver Week. To help promote teen and young adult driving safety, the Michigan State Police recently offered local college students the...

• Bicyclist’s Death Leads to $1 Million Settlement Against Driver, Bar

  David Mittleman | October 08, 2009 7:34 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  After nearly three years, the family of a bicyclist who was killed by a drunk driver has settled their lawsuit against the driver and the bar that served her. Under the terms of the agreement, the...

• Transportation Department Holding Summit on the Dangers of Distracted Driving

  David Mittleman | September 30, 2009 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Both Devon and myself have written on the extremely dangerous road hazard of driving while distracted. In fact, the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute conducted a study in July and found that...

• Erratic Driving Leads to Death of 42-year-old in Meijer Parking Lot

  Devon Glass | September 29, 2009 3:46 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  After driving erratically in the parking lot of Meijer at South Pennsylvania Avenue in Lansing, a man inexplicably picked up speed and drove into the side of a semi-trailer at the Meijer loading...

• A Serious Danger 2 U: The Driver Who Texts While Driving

  Devon Glass | September 09, 2009 4:59 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Continuing with our series on interstate driving and safety, I will attempt to follow up Rick’s recent blog on uninsured drivers and Pierce’s blog on hit and run drivers. Except, I will...

• Wrong Way Driving Of The Rich And Famous: New Jersey GOP Governor nominee Chris Christie

  Devon Glass | September 06, 2009 11:29 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Steve Lombardi had a 20-part series on the subject that touched on pretty much all aspects of the wrong way driver. It is still pretty rare compared to most car accident causes, but it's something...

• This May Save Your Child's Life When Driving on the Interstate

  Devon Glass | August 24, 2009 11:26 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Church Wyble, P.C. and The Lombardi Law Firm are jointly running a series for the next few weeks on driving safety, which will include driving safety basics, things to “beware of” on the...