Automobile Accidents

• Automobile Accident Involving Drunk Driver

  Greg Owen | September 18, 2007 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Yesterday, in Jamestown, California, an extremely drunk driver, Herondina Pinherosias, pulled into the intersection without having the right of way. The victim, Clement Cope was driving eastbound on Highway 120 and Sims Road when the incident occured and was given no time to react. The drunk driver suffered a broken arm, in additional to other injuries. To make matters worse, Pinherosias was...

• Another Drunk Driver Kills

  Greg Owen | August 19, 2007 7:48 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Cleveland Lloyd Antonio Mitchell, 54, of Durham, N.C., was driving in the early hours of the morning with his children, ages 18 and 21, when their vehicle was hit by another vehicle, which was driven by a drunk driver, Delvin L. Ridgle. As a result, Lloyd Antonio Mitchell died at the scene.According to Sgt. F.L. Tyler of Virginia State Police "Delvin L. Ridgle, 27, a sergeant with the U.S....

• Four Teens Injured in Car Crash

  Greg Owen | August 10, 2007 6:28 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  In Seattle a 16-year-old driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed through a fence and into a group of nearby trees. He was not alone. A total of four teens were seriously injured as a result of the car crash. It appears that two of the four teen were trapped in the vehicle and chainsaws had to be used to get them out. A couple of the teens were airlifted from the scene, while two others...

• Automobile and Train Collide

  Greg Owen | July 21, 2007 11:29 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  A truck driver was killed and an Amtrack train was derailed when they collided in Plant City, Florida on Tuesday. The train rolled past the truck as it tried to stop, and the truck burst into flames on impact. Nine of the 133 train passengers were treated at the local hospital."The Amtrak train No. 92, on the Silver Star line en route from Miami to New York City, was headed westbound to Tampa...

• Four Die in Crash Involving Amtrack

  Susy Owen | July 20, 2007 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  On Monday, an Amtrack train carrying 161 passengers collided with a vehicle. The collision was a result of the driver of the vehicle making a decision to drive around the crossing gate, witnesses reported. When you hear stories like this, it seems, truth can be stranger than fiction!Most unfortunately, the driver caused the deaths of three other people besides himself. Thankfully there were no...

• Congress Addressing Teen Driver Deaths

  Greg Owen | June 24, 2007 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  On June 6 a bipartisan resolution was introduced in Congress that would establish the third week in October as National Teen Driver Safety Week. The numbers related to this issue are staggering. In 2005 alone 7,500 drivers between 15 and 20 were involved in fatal car crashes in the United States. The majority of these accidents can be attributed to inexperienced drivers who have a tendency to...

• Husband & Wife Die Bizarre in Car Crash

  Greg Owen | June 19, 2007 12:21 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  In a bizarre chain of events a couple died in a car crash in Montana last Thursday. The husband and wife were driving in 2 separate cars with the wife following the husband. Initally, the man crashed his vehicle on Montana Highway 2 and rolled it to the opening of the Rockin' the Rivers concert venue. His wife, who had been driving behind him, then pulled her vehicle onto the shoulder of the...

• Hit and Run Driver Injures Motorcyclist

  Greg Owen | June 06, 2007 12:42 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  At approximately 2:00 p.m. on Friday, two miles east of the Hamilton Pool Nature Preserve, an unknown driver is accused of causing a motorcyclist to run off the road. According to witnesses, the hit and run vehicle was dark in color. It appears, the driver of the hit and run vehicle attempted to illegally overtake two motorcycles while they were on a curve. Suddenly, oncoming traffic appeared,...

• Truck Accident Brings Bay Area Freeway Down

  Greg Owen | May 01, 2007 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  On Sunday, a tanker-truck became an inferno. A truck explosion actually melted a connector ramp just east of the Bay Bridge. The freeway, which has fallen on top of another freeway, was built in the 1950's and was retrofitted in the 1990. "...rather than rebuild the ramp according to already existing blueprints, engineers will likely overhaul the interchange to conform to today's more stringent...

• Are Motorcycle Accidents a Health Epidemic?

  Greg Owen | April 27, 2007 8:32 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in Asia, motorcycle accidents have become a public health epidemic. It seems that people from low and medium income families use motorcycles as their mode of transport. They even pick their children up from school on motorcycles. According to polls taken by WHO, 1.2 million people die of road traffic accidents every year, with 40 percent of the...