The same Ford Escort was involved in two accidents within minutes on the same day on, first, U.S. 29 and, second, VA 151 in Amherst County, Virginia (VA). According to the Nelson County Times, the at-fault driver sideswiped the first car then took off. The hit-and-run driver later crossed over the center line on VA…
A Richmond, Virginia (VA), police officer witnessed a two-car accident involving two Virginia Commonwealth University students. Those two VCU students were injured, while a third person died from her injuries. The at-fault driver was charged with driving under the influence, felony manslaughter and refusal to submit to a blood alcohol test. According to the Richmond…
In his latest post to our firm’s Virginia Trucking Accident/Injury Blog, my colleague Randy Appleton reports on an accident in which a tractor-trailer driver struck and killed a tow truck operator who was assisting a second trucker near the junction of VA 130 and U.S. 501. Randy notes that Virginia law requires all drivers to…
A taxi cab passenger lost her life in Jacksonville, North Carolina (NC), when the cab driver of the cab turned directly into the path of a Chevy Silverado on North Plain Road. Initially ejected from the taxi, the woman was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to her injuries. The driver of the pickup truck…
Four young men, only 18-years-old, were involved in a car accident in which one of the victims lost his life near the intersection of Highway 33 and Shiloh Farm Road in Tarboro, North Carolina (NC). According to Eyewitness News 9, police believe the driver fell asleep behind the wheel and, as a result, drove the car…