Car Accidents
Tour bus crash kills 2, injures many other passengers
Throughout the nation, including in Western Pennsylvania, fatal accidents occur on a regular basis. Some of these accidents involve motor vehicles. When an accident that results in death involves a bus, or other mass transit vehicle, the end result can...
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Proposal aims to mandate use of event device recorders
Each day across the United States and in states like Ohio, thousands of people commute to work. The majority of Ohio commuters travel via car or truck to work and likely drive on a highway or freeway. Most commute alone...
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PennDOT releases 2012 motor vehicle accident statistics
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation recently released motor vehicle accident statistics for 2012. While the number of traffic-related fatalities in the state increased slightly over 2011, fatal car accidents still remain relatively low. That's good news and, according to state...
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Passenger injured in rollover accident sues driver
Passengers who are involved in car accidents often sustain serious and debilitating injuries. In many cases, passengers are forced to suffer tremendous physical pain, mental anguish and financial hardship as a result of a driver's negligent actions. In many cases,...
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Dog behind wheel of car that struck pedestrian in Pennsylvania
Individuals throughout Butler County are hurt by accidents involving motor vehicles. In most cases those instances involve a person behind the wheel of a car doing something that causes the vehicle to collide with either another vehicle or a pedestrian....
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Driver files lawsuit after rear-ending slow moving truck
In many cases, accidents in which commercial vehicles are involved result from excessive speed. Just as dangerous, however, are commercial vehicles that travel on interstates and highways at excessively slow or reduced speeds. One woman recently filed a lawsuit against...
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Wide receiver fails to pay personal injury lawsuit damages
Though spring is just arriving there are undoubtedly some Pittsburgh football fans that are already thinking about the Steelers season next fall. Many of those individuals are likely excited about professional football player Plaxico Burress' plans to play for the...
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Heart attack leads to head-on crash in Shaler
Head-on automobile collision can be devastating no matter what the type of vehicle involved in the crash. Each day, these types of crashes occur in the Pittsburgh area for a variety of reasons, including slippery roads or distracted driving. In...
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Western Pennsylvania rollover accident injures 1, kills another
Car accidents are a common way in which individuals throughout western Pennsylvania are injured. This past weekend one person was hurt when the vehicle in which the man was a passenger was involved in a crash. The crash also claimed...
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Passenger van operation shut down for safety violations
Accidents in which commercial vehicles are involved are often serious and result in multiple individuals being injured. Many Ohio residents opt to use charter buses or vans to travel on sightseeing trips or as a means of transportation. Because of...
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Study finds children more distracting than cellphones to drivers
In our previous post we wrote about distracted driving in which the use of a cellphone provides the distraction. This is of course not the only way in which a driver in the Pittsburgh area can be distracted. Eating and...
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Pennsylvania college athletic team involved in fatal bus accident
Buses are commonly used by individuals throughout the nation to get from one place to another. One group of individuals who favor this mode of transportation is athletic teams. Tour busses can transport entire teams as well as their equipment...
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