Automobile Accidents

• Deadly accidents plague Alabama 20

  Staff Writer | October 31, 2006 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A stretch of highway on Alabama 20 has had more than its fair share of motor vehicle accidents, many of them with fatalities. The latest accident occured on Wednesday, October 25, when an Iraq war veteran from Decatur's car ran off the road an struck a utility pole. The cause of the accident is unkown. Both the Decatur man and a Trinity woman who was the passenger died in the crash. According...

• Athens Car Accident Kills Person

  Shannon Weidemann | December 26, 2007 10:03 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A car accident in Athens, Alabama killed one person and injured two others on Christmas Day. The two-car crash happened on U.S. 72 and one of the cars caught on fire. The victim's body could not be recognized. Limestone County Coroner Mike West said Tuesday that traffic-homicide investigators did find identification in the deceased driver's 1991 Buick, but authorities would not release a...

• Lawmakers seek new teen driving restrictions

  Staff Writer | January 30, 2007 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Associated Press reported yesterday that Alabama's State Highway Safety Coordinating Committee will address teen driving concerns at the next legislative session in an attempt to prevent motor vehicle accidents and deaths.In an effort to make Alabama's highways safer, the committee seeks to limit the number of passengers a teen can have in the car and ban cell phone usage while driving. The...

• First lawsuit filed in school bus tragedy

  Staff Writer | January 24, 2007 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The family of a Lee High School student who died in the November school bus accident in Huntsville filed suit against the school bus company and the driver of the car involved in the crash. The wrongful death lawsuit was the first to be filed in conjunction with the crash that killed four students and injured many others. An article in The Huntsville Times details the lawsuit, which cites the...

• Six died over weekend on roads

  Staff Writer | December 20, 2006 3:37 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The death toll from this past weekend's traffic accidents on Alabama roads was reported to be at least six, according to the Associated Press. The crashes were in Autauga, Talladega, Mobile, and Blount counties. They serve as a reminder to drivers throughout the state and country to be especially careful travelling during the next couple of weeks.

• Heroes emerges from two-vehicle accident

  Staff Writer | November 02, 2006 9:09 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A deadly car accident on Alabama Highway 69 near Northport killed a Mississippi man on Monday, according to a Tuscaloosanews.com report. The two-vehicle accident might have claimed two more lives had it not been for the heroic actions of a passerby. Paul Free noticed a Dodge pickup in flames as he drove by, and saw that another vehicle was on its side right beside it. Fearing that the second...

• Fatal school bus accident in construction zone

  Staff Writer | October 26, 2006 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A motor vehicle accident involving a van colliding with a school bus in Athens, Alabama, left the van driver dead and a van passenger severely injured. The bus driver and a seven-year-old boy on the bus suffered minor injuries. According to a WAFF 48 News report, the bus was traveling west as the van was traveling south and the two collided, possibly as a result of the van's failure to stop....

• The Hidden Dangers Of Reclining Seats

  Tom Methvin | October 24, 2006 2:52 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Recently a jury in Jacksonville, Florida awarded $16.9 million to a young college student who was rendered a paraplegic in a motor vehicle accident. The student was a belted passenger in a Ford Windstar who had reclined her seatback. During the trip, the Windstar was involved in a low impact collision. Because the student's seat was reclined, the seatbelt did not hold her in place. As a result,...

• Three Toyota Executives Accused Of Failing To Recall Vehicles

  Tom Methvin | October 10, 2006 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Three executives at Toyota Motor Corp., a company that built a global business on a reputation for quality, have been accused of failing to recall a vehicle they knew was faulty and could cause injuries in an accident. Interestingly, the accusation came from Japanese police officials. These officials filed papers with Japan's prosecutors' office relating to the need for a recall. It was alleged...

• Hit-and-run truck accident kills boy

  Staff Writer | February 09, 2007 1:16 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Tragedy struck in Brooklyn yesterday when a three-year-old boy was killed by a pickup truck yesterday in a hit-and-run accident. The New York Times reports on the accident, which says that witnesses identified the vehicle as a red, four-door, extended-cab pickup truck. The boy was crossing the street a few steps behind his parents when the truck hit him. The accident occurred at the intersection...