Early this month, automotive giant GM failed in their attempt to keep a Georgia court from reopening a products liability case due to their massive recall started last year. In 2010, young Brooke Melton was killed when her vehicle hydroplaned, and many of the safety features of the GM vehicle…
Unfortunately for South Florida drivers, almost everyone will be involved in a car accident at some point in their lives. Accidents can be stressful, even if it is a minor bump in the parking lot, and dealing with the after effects of accidents can be even worse. Edmunds.com as well…
Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Martinez suffered major injuries as he was struck a car while he helped a friend change a tire on I-95. The driver of the car that struck him reportedly lost control of his vehicle and hit several cars, eventually throwing the former Mayor several feet above…
Two drivers are dead after a head-on collision that occurred in the morning hours of Monday on Tamiami Trail. Both drivers, one so far unnamed by officials, were killed at the scene. Reports indicate that Jerome McKinnley Huggins, driving his Ford Mustang, crossed over the line early in the morning,…
Actor Tracy Morgan, famous for his comedy acts and his stint on NBC shows 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live, was severely injured in a accident on the New Jersey Turnpike when his limousine collided with a Wal-Mart tractor trailer. Morgan’s friend, comedian James McNair, was killed in the crash.…
Manning, Oregon: Daniel Calhoun of Snohomish, Washington is being accused of reckless driving, reckless endangerment, and fourth degree assault after a crash on Sunday the 25th. Calhoun according to police, fainted after holding this breath while going through the 750 foot long tunnel. His car drifted across the center line,…
Police reported yesterday that a third person died after being hit by a suspected drunken driver last week in Austin during the South by Southwest festival. Austin police spokeswoman Veneza Bremner stated that twenty-six-year-old Sandy Thuy Le died from injuries she sustained when she was struck early last Thursday outside…
One side of the ice-coated Pennsylvania Turnpike outside Philadelphia was completely blocked last week due to two major pileups and a number of smaller fender-benders that involved both tractor-trailers and other cars. At least thirty people were injured and traffic was backed up for hours. It was just after 8:30…
The Florida Highway Patrol continues to investigate what caused a deadly wrong-way crash on Interstate 275 in Tampa Sunday morning. Troopers are attempting to determine which entrance ramp the wrong-way driver entered to see how the driver got to the point of crashing head-on into a vehicle carrying four University…
Last week the government proposed new regulations that would require child car seats to protect children from injury and death in side-impact crashes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s proposed regulations would increase standards for child car seats for children weighing up to forty pounds by adding new tests that…