New Regulations Help Reduce Number of Serious Commercial Truck Wrecks
New regulations in the trucking industry have helped reduce serious truck accidents.
VA Teen Dead After Car Accident Caused by Hurricane Irene
A downed traffic light contributed to causing a deadly accident in eastern North Carolina as the winds and rains of Hurricane Irene lashed the central East Coast. A family returning to Northern Virginia after a vacation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (SC), was traveling through North Carolina when the big storm hit and knocked out power…
Teenager Injured in Hit-and-Run Accident
Causing a car accident is bad. Leaving the scene of that accident is even worse. It is a conscious decision to leave a person, who likely suffered a serious injury, in the road to fend for themselves. Unfortunately, hit-and-run accidents occur quite often. For example, an 18-year-old man was crossing Route 72 in North Lebanon…
Road Deaths Spike in Roanoke County, VA
At a time when fatal crashes are declining across Virginia, law enforcement officers are struggling to work out why fatalities are spiking in one location. Eleven people have died in fatal accidents on the highways of Roanoke County during 2011, the Roanoke Times reports. That’s up more than 100 percent over the total for 2010,…
Gov. Perry Relishes Record of Denying Medical Malpractice Victims Compensation
Tort reform is about denying victims just compensation. It’s just that simple.