Crashes, Collisions and Accidents Blogs - Page 5
When two moving vehicles collide into one another, the outcome can be catastrophic. Collision accidents can have a devastating consequences, such as injury, property damage or even death. The cost of medical care along with productivity losses associated with injuries from motor vehicle crashes exceeded $99 billion, for a one-year period, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The total annual cost, associated with car accidents, amounts to nearly $500 for each licensed driver in the United States, according to a study in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention. When you become injured in a car crash, bills can add up quickly.
There can be many contributing factors in a collision accident. Drinking and driving and distracted driving are two of the more common contributors in dangerous crash accidents. Additionally, speed can exacerbate the potential harm or lethality of a wreck. All of these potentially deadly practices and factors are completely avoidable.
Horrific Chain Reaction Accident in Collin County
Chain reaction crashes are tricky for both legal and insurance reasons. Who pays whom and who is responsible for what? A skilled lawyer can help those who are struggling for answers after a chain reaction crash, like the one that …
4 Teenagers Severely Injured in Rollover Crash
Inexperienced drivers are usually bad about following the traffic rules. Being a teen driver means that you’re more willing to take risks with your life, but it also means that you’re more likely to get into serious accidents.
Bus Accident in Ellis County Injures Two Children
In rural Texas, buses often have to travel along gravel roads to pick up students. These roads can become quite dangerous during wet weather. The mass of the bus and the slickness of unmaintained roads can cause accidents.
Authorities are …
Huge Fiery Crash on Dallas Interstate
Accidents in Dallas affect everyone, not simply the drivers of the vehicles that are involved. In many cases, if the drivers are injured and the vehicles are totaled, someone needs to arrive at the scene to clean it up. This …
Pickup Truck Crashes into DART Bus
Thousands of people ride DART every day to get around the city. By and large, their drivers are very safe on the road. That’s why stories of them getting into accidents will always make the news. It can be easy …
Construction Accident in East Fort Worth
Construction projects are a constant in the state of Texas. Our state is one of the most vibrant in the country and we owe a great deal to the men and women who work on construction sites. All throughout the …
Accident in Dallas County Turns Fatal
A two-vehicle accident in Dallas County on Saturday evening has cost a Selma woman her life.
Authorities say that the accident occurred three miles west of Selma on Alabama State Route 14 when Tamera Rena Billingsley Mayo, 44, was driving …
Head-On Collision Caused by Fatigue
Many people today don’t get an adequate amount of sleep. We seem to work longer hours, stay up later and do it on less sleep. Getting behind the wheel of a car without having enough sleep can be especially dangerous …
Suspect Rams Police Vehicle Trying to Escape
Dallas Police were led on a chase that lasted an hour by a suspect accused of aggravated robbery after an armed carjacking late Tuesday night. The police chase ended in the arrest of the suspect, but not before he rammed …
Guilty Plea in 2015 Crash
The Dallas man who struck and killed a bicyclist in the summer of 2015 has pleaded guilty to charges against him.
Court documents indicate that Silverio Alaniz pled guilty to charges of Accident Involving Death and Criminal Negligent Homicide in …
T-bone Accident in Decatur
A two-vehicle crash has left three people injured with serious but non-life threatening injuries last week.
The accident occurred on Farm Road 51 North at the U.S. 380 overpass when a teen driver ran a stop sign. The teen drove …
Utility Pole Falls on Cruiser
No matter who you are, you can be hurt in an accident. Law enforcement and emergency workers put their lives on the line every day, and are often confronted by dangerous situations that can put themselves and others at risk.…
Police Discover Infant After High-Speed Chase
New technologies affect nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Now, with more police forces across the country putting body cameras on the bodies of officers, the new video technology, both the public and officers have a video record of …
Couple Sues Snapchat Over Crash
A couple that was involved in a high-speed crash is suing the makers of the popular app, Snapchat, claiming that the social media app’s “speed filter” tempted a woman to drive too fast, causing a crash.
According to media …
Three Siblings Killed in Fatal Accident
Three children, all siblings, were killed in a fatal car accident on Monday evening when a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed struck the vehicle they were riding in and pushed it into oncoming traffic.
According to investigators, …
Passenger Van Split in Half in Crash
A two-vehicle crash involving a passenger van and a tractor trailer on Sunday morning has taken the lives of two people and left others critically injured.
According to the Dallas Police Department, the accident left the van split in half …
Multi-Vehicle Accident on Highway 380
Multi-car accidents can have devastating outcomes, especially when children are involved. That is the case of a recent accident where an 11-year-old girl was killed and two additional children were listed in critical condition in a multi-vehicle accident on Highway …
Man Fleeing from Police Killed by Vehicle
A man has been killed after an officer was attempting to pull him over. After crashing his vehicle, the man tried to flee the scene on foot and ran into traffic on Interstate 20 where he was struck and killed …
Spider Blamed on Motorcycle Crash
Two people were injured after a driver in Granbury swerved into a motorcyclist and his passenger. The motorist claims that it was a spider that caused him to lose control of his vehicle. Authorities, however, are not convinced.
The entire …
Police Chase Lumber Looters from Fatal Crash
Five people are dead after a deadly crash that happened on an I-20 exit ramp above I-35. Among the dead are an expectant mother and two children.
Authorities don’t know what caused the fiery crash that involved both a passenger …
15 Injured in Chain Reaction Crash
A chain reaction crash near the Loop 820 has left 15 people injured on Saturday.
According to a spokesperson with MedStar, the multi-car crash happened at the intersection of Azle Avenue and Loop 820. A 13-year-old girl was left in …
Teacher Caught Up in High Speed Chase
Police chases are dangerous not just for the participants, but for innocent bystanders as well. One unfortunate person got caught up in the middle of one by stopping the perpetrator with their vehicle.
At the intersection of Northwest Highway and …
SUV Flips with Four Children Inside
We’re always affected when children are involved in vehicle accidents. The questions get louder – was there something more which could have been done? Why was there an accident in the first place? Such are the questions asked in a …
Slick Roads Cause Problems
What’s worse than having a bit of snow? Having snow when it keeps on raining. That leaves a snowy muck that makes it dangerous to drive. The weather was a cause for a major pileup, one which left debris everywhere on …
Fireball in Red Light Accident
Police rely on civilians to help them keep the roads safe. After all, there are only so many police officers and many more civilians out there. This story starts with a good Samaritan giving the Mesquite police a call about …
If you lose a loved one or become injured in a collision caused by someone else’s negligence or impairment, you will need legal counsel to help you through the difficult claims process in order to help get your life back on tack. This can mean finding a reputable attorney who can help you assess your financial losses through and inability to work, property loss or even the loss of income if a loved one is killed.
