Car Accidents
Vehicles’ center of gravity and mass play a role in accidents
One person is dead and eighteen are injured after a bus carrying the Lehigh University rowing team collided with a car on Route 22 in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania. None of the students was seriously injured; the driver of the car...
Read More
Dreams of crumpled metal, shattered glass and pain
At one point or another, all of us have had a bad dream. Some are pretty common, including a dream in which you're in school and the teacher is about to test the class on a subject you have not...
Read More
Fatal Erie County motorcycle crashes drop
It's never a good thing when the coroner is busy. In 2010, the Erie County coroner was very busy with motorcycle accident victims. Fifteen of them died that year.This year has so far been much better -- though still imperfect...
Read More
Police: Girl, 6, struck and killed by drunk driver
She was at the perfect age for waving glow sticks in darkening air and delighting in their yellow and pink swirls. A play date was coming to an end for the 6-year-old. Her mom and sister were standing there with...
Read More
Tragedy south of Pittsburgh
An hour south of Pittsburgh sits the township of Redstone, Pennsylvania, which includes a number of rural villages. It's not a particularly prosperous area; according to the U.S. Census, about a fifth of the township's residents live in poverty. So...
Read More
Holding drunken drivers accountable
A half-hour southwest of Pittsburgh, a couple has filed a lawsuit against a Canonsburg fraternal club, claiming that the club served alcohol to an intoxicated local woman. The 43-year-old suburban woman is accused of slamming her car into the back...
Read More
Slippery Rock car accident critically injures 3
A car accident in Slippery Rock Township near the intersection of Route 8 and Branchton Road has injured six total people. Three of the six injured are said to be critical. The accident occurred when a 19 year old man...
Read More
Bill passes Pennsylvania Senate to increase automobile insurance limits
The Pennsylvania State Senate has recently passed a bill to amend Title 75 (vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes. This revision will change Pennsylvania automobile insurance limits from $15,000/$30,000/$5,000 to $25,000/$50,000/$15,000. This means that liability insurance for motor vehicle accidents...
Read More
Mercer County woman injured in two vehicle accident
A car accident in Shenango Township, Pennsylvania sent three people to local hospitals. The accident happened at Wheatland and Sieg Hill roads in Shenango Township, a township in Mercer County. A female driver, traveling south, was hit when a male...
Read More
Rolling, rolling, rolling
It's the perfect time of the year across western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio for people to kick those engines over and ride like the wind. The next few warm and hot months provide the best weather of the year and...
Read More
Is Pennsylvania too lenient when it comes to DUI?
Drunk drivers can cause massive amounts of harm on the roads. Their conduct can cause auto accidents that leave innocent individuals with injuries that can have major physical, mental, emotional and financial effects.The civil legal system in Pennsylvania provides victims...
Read More
Pittsburgh bus accidents injure 17 people in less than 12 hours
Two separate bus accidents have injured 17 people in less than 12 hours in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Both incidents involved Port Authority buses. The first of these two motor vehicle accidents happened at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Smithfield...
Read More