A vehicle breakdown appears to have set the stage for a two-car accident I-77 in Mineral Wells, West Virginia (WV), that left one woman with serious injuries. When a woman’s car slowed down and stopped on the interstate, according to the Parkersburg News and Sentinel, another car’s driver failed to avoid the stalled car and crashed into…
A teen in St. Albans, West Virginia (WV), is expected to be charged for causing a car wreck that injured four people, including a 4-year-old child. The accident occurred on Hughes Creek Road when the 18-year-old driver of a Ford F-150 failed to stop at a stop sign and hit a 1997 Monte Carlo driven…
On a lonely stretch of U.S. Route 50 in Crofton, Maryland (MD), just north of the Virginia (VA) state line, four people lost their lives in a wrong-way crash. A car carrying three teens was crossed into the path of oncoming traffic and struck another car head-on. The driver of the wayward vehicle and two…
Police would have a new way to combat distracted driving by ticketing teens who use cell phones while operating a vehicle if a bill being considered by the Virginia General Assembly becomes law. The Virginian-Pilot is reporting that under current law, licensed teens can be ticketed if police pull them over for another offense and drivers with…
In her latest post to our firm’s Norfolk Injuryboard blog site, personal injury lawyer Emily Mapp Brannon reports on shocking statistics that indicate deaths among teenaged drivers and passengers in Virginia (VA) more than tripled for the month of January between 2011 and 2012. Emily notes that controllable factors such as speeding and distracted driving,…