Automobile Accidents

• Alabama Highway 40 accident causes injuries

  Staff Writer | February 28, 2007 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A one-car accident on Highway 40 Sunday left both the driver and passenger injured, according to a report from The Daily Sentinel.The Alabama State Trooper investigating the accident said that the passenger, who was a child, was airlifted to Huntsville Hospital with critical injuries. The hospital reports that the boy is still being treated in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. The accident...

• Too many teens die in car accidents

  Staff Writer | January 22, 2007 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The disturbing statistics about teen deaths in motor vehicle crashes has parents and law enforcement concerned about the safety of our roadways for teens and others. Reports say that car accidents are the leading cause of death for teens ages 15 to 20.To improve safety on roads, experts say that teens need to practice driving much more with their parents, take driver's education classes, and...

• Weekend rain causes accident on Hwy. 14

  Staff Writer | January 10, 2007 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Inclement weather over the weekend caused at least one motor vehicle accident and minimal damage to roadways, says a report from The Montgomery Advertiser. The three-car accident occurred at Highway 14 and Fire Tower road, and was attributed to heavy rainfall and poor visibility. It is thought that several tornadoes touched down in the area, causing some damage, but fortunately no injuries or...

• Alabama accidents plague holiday weekend

  Staff Writer | November 28, 2006 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Another fatal accident claimed the life of a young mother and spared her one-year-old son Saturday night, a report from the Southeast Sun said. About six miles south of Enterprise on County Road 636, a 25-year-old mother hit a culvert, overturning her 1998 Nissan.Another accident last weekend involved a 1990 Ford truck and a 2007 Honda three miles west of Enterprise on Alabama 134. According to...

• Auburn Car Accident Injures Two

  Shannon Weidemann | March 05, 2008 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Two people were injured, one seriously, in a single-car accident in Auburn late Monday. The accident happened on Webster Road near an embankment. The car overturned and slid down the embankment. The vehicle had left the road while traveling between Pumphrey Avenue and Bellwood Place and struck a utility pole, according to Capt. Tom Stofer of the Auburn Police Division. The driver of the car...

• Car Accident Kills Man at Calhoun College

  Shannon Weidemann | January 28, 2008 9:20 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man was killed in a car accident that ended on the lawn at Calhoun Community College. The victim was from Decatur and was driving his car on Highway 31 early Thursday morning. He lost control of his vehicle and crashed.They say he crossed both southbound lanes, hit the ditch in the middle of the road, and the car started to flip over. Then the car continued to cross the northbound lanes...

• Focus on teen driver safety

  Kimberly French | October 15, 2007 1:29 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The statistics for teen drivers are staggering: motor vehicle crashes comprise 36 percent of all deaths for teens, amounting to more than 6,000 dead teens each year on our nation's roads. Congress has addressed this serious issue with National Teen Driver Safety Week, meant to bring to the forefront the dangers of teen driving and curb the problem. With so many distractions for teens, including...

• Four-car accident on I-10

  Staff Writer | August 08, 2007 12:50 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  WKRG News 5 out of Mobile and Pensacola reported a four-car motor vehicle accident on Interstate 10 near the Theodore-Dawes exit on the night of August 6. The pile-up reportedly injured six people, three of whom were airlifted to a nearby Mobile County hospital in critical condition. The accident caused three of the four cars to block the westbound lanes of I-10, closing down part of the...

• Traffic accident deaths increase in Alabama

  Staff Writer | July 30, 2007 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  WSFA 12 out of Montgomery recently reported the sad statistics about Alabama's increase in traffic accidents during 2006.While nationwide deaths from motor vehicle accidents are down, the numbers in Alabama are on the rise. Last year over 1,200 people were killed on Alabama's roads, bringing the number up about 5% from the previous year. Alabama State Troopers are trying to change that by...

• I-85 pileup causes traffic jam

  Staff Writer | May 30, 2007 8:49 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A multiple vehicle accident on I-85 yesterday morning caused a two-hour back-up as emergency personnel worked to clear the roadway.Two collisions near exit 57 in Auburn were reported, possibly caused by a the driver of a pickup truck pulling a utility trailer who fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a wall. The vehicle then overturned and caused a chain reaction as drivers braked and...