A personal injury colleague recently pointed me to an article commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Wake Forest Baptist Health AirCare air ambulance. It reminded how hard health care providers work to protect the lives of the people they serve, often while forgoing other higher-paying opportunities to employ their unique skills or regard to their…
In April 2011, Virginia Tech linebacker Lyndell Gibson, 20, was found guilty of driving under the influence, and was sentenced to pay a fine and complete a Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program course, according to the Roanoke Times. The linebacker, from Salem High School in Virginia Beach, VA, and a rising redshirt junior, was pulled…
Distracted driving and a failure to wear seat belts contributed to a deadly Memorial Day weekend in Virginia that left 10 people dead on the state’s roads.State police said three of those who died three were motorcyclists and two were juveniles. None of the motorcycle riders was wearing a helmet. This year’s toll compared with…
A Suffolk, VA man, age 42, died after he veered into oncoming traffic on Saturday during Memorial Day weekend, according to the Virginian-Pilot. The man, of the 500 block of Virginia Ave., drove east on the 300 block of W. Constance Road in Virginia about 3 pm, when he sideswiped an oncoming car. The man’s…
On Thanksgiving night in 2009, two friends, holding hands as they walked across a Columbus Street crosswalk, in Virginia Beach, VA, after a semi-formal party, were hit by a Ford Explorer, around midnight, according to the Virginian-Pilot. The car crash left a woman, age 23, with serious injuries, including broken teeth, shattered bones and a…