Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Roof Strength in SUV's Influence Risk of Injury

  Susy Owen | April 02, 2008 5:45 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Unfortunately, drivers are often lulled into a false sense of safety while driving an SUV. Perhaps it is the size of the vehicle that lends itself to that misconception. The truth is, many SUV's...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Headed for Trial

  Susy Owen | January 18, 2008 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In November of 2003 Josh Eppley was a seventh grade student at Tri-Valley Middle School in Ohio. According to a lawsuit filed by the parents of Eppley, Tri-Valley Middle School allowed 17-year-old Corey Jenkins to take their son out of school without their permission. Jenkins proceeded to drive with Eppley as a passenger in a car.According to the police report, Eppley was ejected from the...

• Same Girl, Same Incident - Two Hit and Runs

  Susy Owen | October 03, 2007 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Sasha Kemp, 19, of Toledo., was standing on a road at approximately 1:50 a.m., on Saturday morning trying to flag down a car when she was struck by a vehicle. Kemp was then thrown into the path of an oncoming vehicle. That vehicle tried of avoid her, but was unable to. The second driver crashed while trying to avoid kemp. Unbelievably, both the first and second driver left the scene of the...

• Cell Phone Use Leads to Auto Crashes

  Susy Owen | September 30, 2007 6:44 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It will come as no surprise to most that the use of cellular phones while operating an automobile increases the risks of a car accidents. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Administration studies show that close to 80% of automobile crashes and 65% of near crashes occurred within three seconds of some type of distraction. And the main cause of driver distraction is -you guessed it - cellular...

• Two Die in Car Crash

  Susy Owen | September 21, 2007 6:51 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In San Antonio Texas, two people lost their lives when they were involved in a head-on Collision on Loop 410. The incident involved an 18-wheeler and a concrete truck on the city's southeast side. The truck driver blew a tire, which caused him to loose control of his vehicle. Once the tire blew the concrete truck crossed the median at which time it crashed into an 18-wheeler. There was a third...

• ATV's Recalled(3)

  Susy Owen | September 09, 2007 9:22 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Consumer Product Safety Commision announced today that there will be a voluntary recall of Ohalee FA-A70 Youth ATVs.There are 36 units currently being recalled. The real hazard with this particular defective product is that the lack front brakes in addition to a gauge for tire pressure. Among other problems the flag pole bracket is not the correct size, and the handlebars do not have padding...

• Hulk Hogan's Son in Horrific Crash

  Susy Owen | September 01, 2007 5:41 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As many are not doubt aware Nick Bollea better known as Nick Hogan "Hogan Knows Best" fame was the driver of a vehicle that was totaled in a horrific car crash last Sunday in Clearwater Florida. While Nick was released from the hospital with very minor injuries, his passenger and good friend, John J. Graziano, was not so fortunate. He was critically injured after suffering from a severe head...

• Child is Backed Over by a Vehicle

  Susy Owen | August 12, 2007 6:38 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Herlinda Luna was on her way to the grocery store. The last thing she expected was a traffic accident. She was a passenger in a vehicle that was traveling at two miles per hour while backing out of her home. Her one year old grandson was somehow unsupervised and was behind the vehicle and could not be seen. "We just heard a thump," said a sobbing Luna as friends and family members hugged her.The...

• Car Crash Leaves People Seriously Injured

  Susy Owen | June 29, 2007 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On a dark Tampa street at 3:00 a.m. on Friday last, a vehicle that was traveling westbound at an estimated 100 miles per hour struck another vehicle that was traveling southbound. The horrific incident occurred at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard (State Road 574) and County Road 579. Car crashes such as this one, which was due to such thoughtless and selfish behavior, are...

• Auto Safety System Saves Lives, Fuel & More

  Susy Owen | June 18, 2007 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A device that is new to the average automobile could prevent as many as 30, 000 accidents and 660 deaths every year in the United States. According to Clyde Stech, President, MAXAIR ATMI, Inc., which created the safety system, "This feature is ready and available and could be on all new automobiles. It's a matter of consumers demanding it and auto manufacturers making it available." Evidently,...