Motorcycle Accidents

• Tragic motorcycle accident claims life

  Kimberly French | October 03, 2007 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Sand Mountain Reporter published an article about a deadly motorcycle accident that claimed the life of a local high school student on Friday. The 15-year-old victim was driving a 2005 Honda motorcycle on DeKalb County Road 9 and crashed into a 1992 Ford Taurus. The story does not provide details of how the accident occurred or road conditions. The story, however, is a sad reminder of the...

• Motorcycle accident kills Andalusia man

  Staff Writer | June 25, 2007 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Andalusia Star-News reported a fatal motor vehicle accident Friday involving a motorcycle and a car early in the morning on U.S. Hwy. 84 near Sitel.A woman driving a 2007 Chevrolet Impala collided with a 1995 Kawasaki motorcycle driven by a man who died as a result of his injuries. The woman sustained injuries, but survived the crash. According to the article, the accident is still being...

• Fatal Florida motorcycle accident

  Staff Writer | December 13, 2006 8:32 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A Florida Highway Patrol news release reported the tragic motorcycle accident death of a 30-year-old motorcyclist last Wednesday night in Manatee. The motorcycle collided with a pick-up truck making a left-hand turn on U.S. 41. Apparently the driver of the truck did not see the two motorcycles approaching, and she was cited in the accident. Both motorcycles skidded and landed down the road, and...

• Motorcycle death prompts safety campaign

  Staff Writer | October 24, 2006 8:40 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The recent death of Fort Rucker's Warrant Officer 1 Michael Boykin from a motorcycle accident has prompted the military base to implement a motorcycle safety awareness campaign. An article on MontgomeryAdvertiser.com details the program, its goals and success among military personnel.Fort Rucker officials say that many soldiers have an extracurricular interest in riding motorcycles, and some are...

• A jury verdict in an alcohol-related motor vehicle accident

  Tom Methvin | October 20, 2006 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Alabama has a law called the Dram Shop Act that makes it a civil wrong for a bar to sell liquor to a person who is visibly intoxicated. While a good number of other states have similar statutes, some don't. Mississippi happens to fall in the latter category. But, a Jones County circuit court jury has ordered Applebee's, a restaurant that served alcohol to a man who ran over two people, to pay...

• A good reason to help MADD

  Tom Methvin | October 13, 2006 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  While this is primarily for our Alabama readers, I suspect the message applies to some degree for all of our readers. While drunken driving deaths declined in 32 states last year, the numbers actually rose in Alabama. Federal traffic safety officials say there were 341 such deaths in Alabama two years ago and 367 last year. That's an 8% increase and certainly not good news. The National...

• Appeals court in Indiana upholds $39 Million Judgement

  Tom Methvin | October 13, 2006 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld the $39 million judgment against Outback Steakhouse Inc. in an Indiana couple's lawsuit alleging they were severely injured in a crash caused by a drunk driver who got drunk at a restaurant's grand opening. In June 2003, a circuit court jury found in favor of David and Lisa Markley, whose motorcycle was struck by a drunk driver on July 21, 1997. The...