Driving drunk on the roads of Virginia (VA) can make victims of both those who are hurt and killed in a DUI accident and the at-fault driver. This was powerfully illustrated by a case in Newport News, VA in which a man who hit a tow truck driver in the city, received a prison sentence of…
A 19-year-old appears to have been temporarily blinded by the sun before driving into the path of a freight train and losing her life at a railroad crossing just outside of Harrodsburg, Kentucky (KY). The fatal collision occurred October 16, 2011, along tracks owned by Norfolk Southern. Television station Lex18 reported that the crossing where…
My colleague Rick Shapiro has written a new post for our firm’s North Carolina Injuryboard blog site about an AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety analysis of NC traffic accident data that shows teen drivers are about 50 percent more likely to crash in their first month of driving. DM
My colleague Emily Mapp has posted a blog to our firm’s Virginia Beach Injuryboard site in which she describes a campaign launced by Virginia (VA) high school students aimed at reducing minor’s access to alcohol purchased by adults. Considering that 4,500 teens die in drunk driving accidents each year, this is a good step in the right…
In the latest recall of potentially dangerous toys from China, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has recalled about 3,400 frog masks sold exclusively by Target during August and September 2011. The masks lack proper ventillation, and the agency is also warning customers that reselling the masks is illegal. No serious injuries or deaths appear…