Deadly Virginia Crash May Have Been Caused Trucker On Cell Phone
One Virginia teen is dead after a milk truck struck a car filled with student drivers as it changed lanes on I-81 outside of Harrisburg.
Pickup Wrecks in Chesapeake, VA Kill Two, Injure Two
In his latest post to our law firm’s Chesapeake, VA Car & Truck Accident Injury Lawyers blog, my colleague John C. shares the sad news that separate single-vehicle pickup truck accidents claimed two lives in that city within a single week during August 2011. John notes that while police have not announced what caused the…
Virginia Man Suffering Chronic Pain After Getting Hit by a Truck Settles Lawsuit for $5.1M
Two years after being hit by a truck in Rockingham, Virginia (VA), in 2009, 71-year-old Zackie Mitchell still suffers unrelenting pain from injuries he sustained in the crash. It took until April 2011 to get the trucking company, Bush Hog LLC, to admit that the driver it employed was at fault for the head-on collision…
Virginia Triathlete Previously Hit by Truck Scores Triathlon Wins
A triathlete who suffered life-threatening and paralyzing injuries in a 2009 truck accident has returned to competition and won two of the races he’s entered during the summerof 2011. According to the Virginian-Pilot, the man, who now lives in Virginia Beach, VA, and continues his Navy career as a recruiter, almost died after being hit while…
Female Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed in Collision Caused by Tow Truck on I-70 in Maryland
A female truck driver was killed in a rear-end collision caused by a tow truck driver on the shoulder of I-70 north of Frederick, Maryland (MD), on August 8, 2011. According the Herald-Mail, the woman killed was serving as co-driver of a tractor-trailer and had gotten out of the big rig’s cab to do some…