Posts tagged Accidents

• U.S. Senate Hearing tomorrow on 'roof crush' issue

  Wendi Lewis | June 03, 2008 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Automotive Safety will convene tomorrow, June 4, for a hearing on the issue of "roof crush" in relation to driver and passenger safety in vehicle rollover accidents. The hearing is scheduled for 10-11:30 a.m. ET in Washington, D.C., and will address the minimum standard for roof strength to ensure safety based on static and real-world rollover crash data.

• Fairhope Woman Injured in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | March 29, 2008 8:15 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 53-year-old business woman from Fairhope was injured in a car accident on Wednesday morning. Her injuries were very serious and she was taken by medical helicopter to University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile for treatment. Her daughter was also in the car and her injuries were not serious.The woman was heading west on Gayfer Avenue at 10:56 a.m., and was going through the Greeno...

• Motorcycle Accidents Kills Prattville Man

  Shannon Weidemann | March 25, 2008 9:00 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A 37-year-old man from Prattville was killed in a motorcycle accident on Sunday. The man was a firefighter for Pelham. The accident happened on the interstate near Clanton. The victim was on a southbound entrance ramp to Interstate 65 when his motorcycle and a tractor trailer collided about 12:45 p.m. Sunday, said Pelham Fire Chief Gary Waters. He was initially taken to Chilton County Medical...

• Train Injures Man in West Palm Beach

  Shannon Weidemann | March 12, 2008 8:38 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  A car crossing the railroad tracks at Riverside Drive and Alternate A1A was hit by a FEC train on Saturday. The train accident happened in West Palm Beach. The 27-year-old driver of the car was injured in the accident. The victim was attempting to cross west over the tracks at about 3:20 a.m., in his silver 2001 four-door Audi when it was struck by a southbound FEC train. He is listed in...

• Trucking Accident Kills One in Caldwell

  Shannon Weidemann | March 10, 2008 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A woman was killed in a trucking accident in Caldwell early this morning. The accident happened on Highway 55 between Farmway Road and 10th Avenue. The victim was driving a minivan. Deputies say it appears the driver of the van didn't see the truck as she pulled out onto Highway 55 from Ashland Drive and was broad sided by the semi. Idaho State Police say the woman driving the vehicle...

• Auburn Car Accident Injures Two

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

  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...

• Man Hurt in Georgia Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | February 19, 2008 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A man from Warner Robbins was hurt after being thrown from his motorcycle and hit by a pickup truck. The motorcycle accident happened on Interstate 75 near Hartley Bridge Road Tuesday morning. He lost control of the vehicle and rolled across two lanes of the highway. The victim lost control of his Harley Davidson, was thrown from his motorcycle, rolled across two lanes and came to rest in...

• Log Truck Overturns in Mortar Creek

  Shannon Weidemann | February 14, 2008 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A semi-truck hauling logs from Reeltown to Prattville overturned on Friday, spilling logs all over the road. The trucking accident happened at the intersection of Alabama Highway 14 and Coosada Parkway. With the aid of responding Alabama State Troopers, Coosa­da Parkway was closed to traffic while the logs were removed and the truck could be upright­ed."I'm not surprised this hap­pened,"...

• Union Station Train Accident Injures Seven

  Shannon Weidemann | February 08, 2008 10:32 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  A train accident at Union Station in Washington D.C. involving a commuter train and an Amtrak locomotive injured seven people on Thursday. The MARC commuter train from Baltimore had just arrived and passengers were disembarking when it was struck by the locomotive. The six-car MARC train 419 had come to a stop at its usual platform at 10:03 a.m. yesterday when an Amtrak locomotive assigned to...

• Bethesda Car Accident Kills Teenage

  Shannon Weidemann | February 02, 2008 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An 18-year-old driver was killed after driving his car into a tree. The car accident happened early on Saturday morning. It is unknown why he lost control of the vehicle.The victim was traveling westbound on Bradley Boulevard toward Wilson Lane. When he approached Brite Drive police say he lost control of his 2001 Jaguar and struck a tree.The car was found in a yard of a home on the street. ...