A single-car wreck in Williamsburg, Virginia (VA), sent a 17-year-old passenger to the VCU Medical Center in Richmond with critical injuries. The crash happened in the 4700 block of Stadium Road at 2:30 pm on May 22, 2017, shortly after the car’s driver and the injured teen got out of class at Warhill High School….
According to the National Safety Council, there were approximately 40,000 people killed in car crashes last year. This is almost a 15 percent spike in the number of fatal car accidents from 2014, the biggest surge in a two-year period in more than five decades. Although there is no way to completely insulate yourself from…
Health experts recommend that adults should get between 7 to 9 hours of sleep every night, however, national statistics show that less than 35 percent of us actually get even 7 hours of sleep and 12 percent of American adults get less than 5 hours of sleep every night. That lack of sleep negatively impacts…
According to national statistics, aggressive driving accidents continue to be a dangerous issue on America’s roadways. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines aggressive driving as incidents that occur when “an individual commits a combination of moving traffic offenses so as to endanger other person or property.” Aggressive Driving Behaviors Unfortunately, many of us…
What happens if a person has a preexisting condition and is injured in a car accident caused by another driver? For example, Driver A, who suffers from back problems, is stopped at a red light. Driver B fails to stop and crashes into the rear of Driver A’s vehicle. This collision exasperates Driver A’s back…