For the second time in two weeks, police are pointing to a driver’s medical emergency as the likely cause of a major traffic accident with injuries in Hampton Roads. The earlier incident occurred in Windsor, Virginia (VA), when a 72-year-old woman passed out and lost control of her car before hitting a tractor-trailer and several…
Connecticut (CT) has become one of 15 states to mandate ignition interlock devices for drivers who have been convicted of drunk driving, or driving with a blood-alcohol content above .08. The devices are mandatory for even first-time offenders in the Nutmeg State. Virginia (VA) is one of 24 states that require the device for repeat…
Four people were seriously hurt in a three car crash that occurred in St. Albans, West Virginia (WV). A driver was on Route 60, heading east and was preparing to make a turn onto at Austin Drive when the car was rear-ended by another vehicle. The impact sent the vehicle into the westbound lane where it…
A 47-year-old man was killed in a car-truck accident that occurred on East Side Highway in Crimora, Virginia (VA). The deadly crash occurred when the victim’s car collided with a pickup truck that suddenly attempted to make a turn off the highway. A passenger in the truck was also injured, but the at-fault pickup driver and…
Police suspect a medical emergency caused an elderly driver to lose consciousness behind the wheel of her car before she crossed into the path of oncoming traffic on U.S. 460 in Windsor, Virginia (VA), and hitting a pickup truck, another vehicle and a tractor-trailer. The woman lost her life, and the commercial truck driver went to the hospital…