The percentage of teenage drivers involved in fatal car accidents has decreased over the years, which is great. However, male drivers should not take comfort in these statistics since it was revealed male teens are twice as likely as female teens to be involved in accidents, according to npr.org. There were roughly 6,000 fatal car…
Since Wednesday, Virginia State Police have been on the lookout for drivers not wearing seat belts and young children riding in vehicles without being secured in safety seats. My colleague Jim Lewis shared this welcome news in a post to the Norfolk Injuryboard on Thanksgiving Day. Jim also reminds readers that passengers riding in the…
The accelerator pedals on four million Toyota automobiles will be replaced or fixed, the carmaker announced Wednesday. The pedal fix is the latest development in a story that has damaged the reputation of Toyota, a Japanese carmaker widely known for making reliable, safe cars, The New York Times reported. Just yesterday, I wrote about Toyota’s…
One of Miley Cyrus’ four tour buses crashed in Virginia on Friday on I-85 after running off of the interstate, hitting an embankment, and overturning. Cyrus was not on the bus, though members of the tour’s production crew were. The VA bus accident killed 53-year-old William Douglas, the driver, and injured one other person. Cyrus,…
A car carrying four people was destroyed after being hit by an Amtrak passenger train in Hardeeville, South Carolina (SC). Everyone in the car, including a child, was killed. There are conflicting reports about the age of the child. WMBF News reports the child was 8 years old, while CNN is reporting 12 years old….