Michael and Jeanne Merrill, along with their three daughters, had just picked up dinner from Bertucci’s and were heading back to their home in Fairfax, Virginia (VA) on Fairfax County Parkway. What happened next was every driver’s worst nightmare – another vehicle hit the Merrill’s Honda Pilot sending both vehicles into the opposite lane followed…
Could things get any worse for American auto makers? It appears so. Ford Motor Company announced a huge recall 4.5 million vehicles stemming from a defective cruise control switch which could start a fire. The recall includes over one million Ford Windstar minivans, along with over three million Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln vehicles, according to…
Accomack and Northampton counties are not densely populated areas in Virginia (VA) but their accident statistics are staggeringly high. Both counties feature a fatality rate per 100,000 individuals that is higher than the national average, according to the National Highway Safety Administration. Why? Primarily because of Route 13. The lack of adequate medians and increased…
It is a beautiful summer Saturday morning on August 29, 2009 when Caitlyn Johnson carefully buckles her one-year-old daughter Lisa Marie into her car seat, before getting on the road in her Honda heading north on U. S. 1, in Dinwiddie County south of Petersburg, Virginia. Caitlyn, grew up as a military brat, graduated from…
According to Fox News, Leesburg police have arrested 25-year-old Justin Robert Schuback stemming from a deadly hit and run crash. Mr. Schuback has been charged with felony hit and run and DUI that happened in the 1300 block of East Market Street. A 26-year-old man was killed in the crash. It is all too often that…