A bus company and its driver were recently found liable for $124.5 million in damages by a Texas (TX) jury to seven passengers injured or killed while riding in a van. The van was not licensed to operate in the state where the accident occurred. Several small firm attorneys from different firms represented individual passengers…
Hampton Roads Transit in Virginia (VA) has banned its employees from using cell phones while driving, pointing to the link between cell phone use and distracted driving. HRT president/CEO Philip Shucet announced the new internal policy on January 14. It applies to all employees driving company vehicles, as well as usage in private vehicles if…
WSAZ reports that an arrest is likely after a car driver ran a red light on Wednesday, January 19th, 2011, which resulted in a serious crash in Huntington, Virginia (VA). Huntington Police state that the accident occurred at the intersection of Adams Avenue and 14th Street West, where the car collided with two SUVs. The…
A man was trapped under his truck on Charleston, West Virginia’s (W. VA’s) West side on Thursday, January 27th, 2011 after his vehicle had an accident. Emergency crews managed to free the victim after receiving a call just before 9 a.m. about an overturned truck at the intersection of Park and Central avenues, according to…
News Channel 3 reports that on Monday, January 17th, 2011, a one-car accident closed most lanes of Interstate 64 in West Virginia (W.VA) and sent two people to the hospital. According to police, the driver was headed eastbound on I-64, and ran off the road just after the Cross Lanes exit in Kanawha County at…