Two Virginia Beach families’ nightmares became life-shattering realities on an early December afternoon when a man backing a passenger van out of a driveway struck and inflicted fatal injuries on an 8-year-old boy. The child had been riding a Big Wheel around a cul-de-sac just off Centerville Turnpike. The boy initially survived the crash, but…
An early morning collision between a Jeep and a motorcycle in Virginia Beach, VA, left the motorcyclist dead and the woman driving the larger vehicle facing charges. The fatal crash happened shortly after midnight on October 4, 2020, near the interchange between I-264 and Lynnhaven Parkway. State police and emergency medical personnel declared…
A tragedy occurred in rural Middlesex County, Virginia (VA), on the evening of September 25, 2020. At around 7 pm, a woman exited a private driveway onto Route 33 and was struck by an oncoming pickup truck. The 73-year-old woman died at the scene of the T-bone crash west of the intersection with Route 625….
Assigning fault for a car crash or truck accident in Virginia determines whether victims can file and collect on claims for personal injuries or wrongful deaths. Since Virginia follows the rule of contributory negligence, answering the question of who caused a collision is particularly important. Victims who materially contribute to causing their own injury forfeit…
Tension between bicyclists and car drivers have risen steadly for several years in Virginia Beach, VA, according to the Virginian-Pilot. Bicyclists have been urging drivers to share the roads, and people in cars and trucks have argued that bikers show little regard for traffic laws, particularly keeping right and stopping at marked intersections. Some of the problems…