Two tractor-trailers collided with separate trains outside the central California (CA) town of Hanford on the afternoon of Oct. 1, 2012. The more serious of the crashes sent 42 Amtrak employees and passengers to hospitals with non-life-threatening personal injuries, included bruises and broken bones. The truck driver reportedly caused that accident by failing to stop…
In a new post to our firm’s Virginia Trucking Accident/Injury Blog, attorneys with Shapiro, Washburn & Sharpreport on a fatal accident near a hospital where the emergency medical technicians involved had just dropped off a patient. To read more, click over to “EMT Riding in Ambulance Killed in Collision With Semi in Monroe, NC.” EJL
What Happened: A Virginia man is in critical condition after a crash in Rowan County, KY. Kentucky state police say the accident occurred around 8:30 p.m. on US 60 West in Morehead. Officials say a man from Virginia was driving his Harley Davidson motorcycle, when he tried to turn into a private driveway. He was hit by a Jeep Cherokee driven by a Kentucky man. The motorcyclist…
What Happened: Asheville police have arrested a suspect in the hit-and-run accident that left another man injuredon a crosswalk. Over the weekend, police say Ian Mather was walking his family across a street in front of REI in Biltmore Park in downtown Asheville, NC. As his family made their way across the crosswalk, Mather was hit by a driver who drove up on the…
What Happened: According to WBTV, a popular college baseball coach was critically injured after a police spokesman says he was involved in a crash along Interstate 77 in Charlotte, NC earlier this week. The crash, which happened along I-77 north near I-485 and WT Harris Boulevard, sent at least two cars off the highway a little after 9 p.m. Dick Cooke, the Davidson College baseball coach, was injured in…