The Navy in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), launched its motorcycle summer safety campaign on June 17, 2011, with a safety ride to teach riders some key lessons on the roads.The program grew out of considerable brainstorming about the best way to reinforce the motorcycle safety message, the Flagship reported. “Being a motorcycle rider myself, I wasn’t…
Traffic on Interstate 85 (I-85) in Charlotte, North Carolina (NC) was running smoothly until a tire fell off a tractor-trailer. From that point, havoc ensued. As a result of the loose tire on I-85, the drivers of a Hyundai and Pacifica slammed on their brakes. This caused a tractor trailer to slam into the back…
As the school year ends, many young students prepare to head off to college while their younger cohorts look forward to becoming the big fish in the high school pond. While these are exciting times both for the students and their parents, it is important to be aware of a very serious danger that is…
A 71-year-old woman died in a four-vehicle wreck in the westbound lanes of I-64, west of Oyster Point Road, Newport News, Virginia (VA), on the morning of June 14, 2011, according to the Virginian-Pilot. When a 1997 Mercury Tracer got a flat tire while traveling in the right, center lane of the interstate, the driver…
In his latest post to our firm’s Newport News, VA Car & Truck Accident Injury Lawyers blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro reports on a fatal rear-end collision on I-64 between Oyster Point Road and Victory Boulevard that was caused by a disabled car in a traffic lane and alleged reckless driving by two following vehicles….