A newly created coalition of trucking companies held its first event in Duchesne County, Utah last week. The Uintah Basin Oil Transportation Coalition is working with the Utah Highway Patrol to promote safer driving practices among tractor trailer drivers. The group was formed in early March and hosted a voluntary Stand Down for Safety event, which…
At first glance, the story seems bizarre. Sadly, it’s all too common. A man driving an SUV along I-64 near Charleston, West Virginia (WV), on the morning of April 4, 2014, wound up seriously injured and trapped in his vehicle by a tire that had come off a nearby pickup truck, bounced up from the…
Some of the latest — but, regrettably, not last — evidence that all drivers should slow down when rounding curves comes from an April 5, 2014, crash in Leland, North Carolina (NC). According to a police report cited by NBC affiliate WCET-6, the at-fault driver was behind the wheel of a van that crossed the…
Anyone hurt in a car accident caused by another driver, injured or made sick at work because conditions and equipment were not safe, or sent to the emergency room after using a defective product or dangerous drug has a right to seek compensation from the person or company responsible for causing harm. Family members of…
A Hanover County, Virginia (VA), resident is facing murder, manslaughter, felony hit-and-run and a slew of other criminal charges after flipping the car he was driving into the Chickahominy River on February 3, 2014. According to police and fire-and-rescue reports, the crash occurred when the man identified as Andrew Taylor Walters sped away from a…