Automobile Accidents

• Fatal two-car accident

  Staff Writer | May 23, 2007 10:14 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Cullman Times reported a tragic two-car accident that resulted in the death of an 85-year-old man Sunday on Alabama Highway 157.The victim was a passenger in a 1996 Plymouth, and was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The driver of the vehicle was injured, and both were wearing seatbelts, according the the Alabama State Trooper reports. The cause of the accident is still under...

• Motor vehicle accidents injure six people

  Staff Writer | April 22, 2007 10:08 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Alabama Department of Public Safety reported a string of accidents on Interstate 85 yesterday that caused six injuries, none of them serious.The Montgomery Advertiser reports that the first accident occurred when a tractor-trailer truck lost control and overturned in the northbound lane near the Shorter exit in Macon County. Later a car in the southbound lane ran into a guard rail as it...

• Motor vehicle accident injures woman

  Staff Writer | April 17, 2007 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  An accident Wednesday involving two vehicles injured a woman, who was treated and released from Vaughan Regional Medial Center, says a reprot from The Selma Times-Journal.The accident happened at U.S. Highway 80 E. and Old Montgomery Highway, damaging both vehicles: a 2004 Nissa Sentra and a 1986 Toyota Pickup truck. An Alabama state trooper reports the details of the accident:"Mrs. Lawson was...

• Four-car accident causes serious injuries

  Staff Writer | February 20, 2007 1:15 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  An auto accident in Montgomery this morning involving four vehicles sent two seriously injured people to the hospital, according to a report from WSFA 12. The accident occurred on Vaughn Road and started when a Jeep Grand Cherokee traveling west crossed over the center line of the road and hit a Chevy Astro van. The van then hit a Ford and the Jeep crashed head-on into a Mercury Villager.The...

• Weekend brings fatal car accidents

  Staff Writer | February 05, 2007 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A report from the Times Daily says that at least 11 people died on Alabama's roads this weekend. One of the tragic motor vehicle accidents occurred last night at 9:30 p.m., killing five people in a head-on crash.Alabama State Troopers report that the accident last night in Hale County involved two cars colliding head-on at the intersection of Alabama 61 and County Road 10. The five victims were...

• Tips to prevent DUI accidents after your Super Bowl party

  Staff Writer | January 31, 2007 12:47 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Independent insurance company Lanier Upshaw out of Florida offers sound advice for those of us hosting Super Bowl parties this weekend to help keep drivers under the influence of alcohol off the roads.Many hosts do not realize that they could be held liable and face financial ruin if someone leaves their party after having a few drinks and is involved in a motor vehicle accident. Among the...

• Two-car accident injures three

  Staff Writer | January 24, 2007 12:36 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A motor vehicle accident on Alabama Highway 35 Monday left three people injured, one critically, according ot a report from The Daily Sentinel.The crash, which happened between Scottsboro and Section, blocked traffic in both lanes on Sand Mountain for about one hour. The driver of a 1989 Toyota Corolla was seriously injured when she veered into oncoming traffic and hit a 2001 Chevrolet pickup...

• One-vehicle crash results in driver fatality

  Staff Writer | January 05, 2007 12:25 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Over the New Year's weekend, a driver in Jackson County died in a one-vehicle accident, according to a report from The Daily Sentinel.The tragic accident occurred on Alabama Highway 71, two miles west of Section. The driver, who was the only person in the vehicle, died as a result of the accident.If you or someone you know has been involved in a motor vehicle accident, it may be in your best...

• Pick-up truck hits woman walking in road

  Staff Writer | January 04, 2007 12:31 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Birmingham News reported a story yesterday about a woman who was hit and killed by a pick-up truck during a heavy rainstorm. The fatal traffic accident occurred on Alabama 20 in Trinity at about 6 a.m. Sunday, according to the AP newswire.The driver, who was not charged in the accident, details the situation:"She was walking right in the middle of the left lane," he said. "It was in the...

• Heroes free Alabama firefighter trapped under SUV

  Staff Writer | January 03, 2007 12:13 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A report from Firehouse.com, a fire rescue news source, says an Alabama firefighter was trapped under an SUV following a traffic accident and had stopped breathing. Witnesses were able to lift the vehicle and free the firefighter, who miraculously came out of the indicent with only a chipped ankle.The motor vehicle accident occurred when firefighters were responding to a medical emergency in the...