Blog: Car Accidents

Apps developed to try to improve driving behaviors

Apr 19, 2013

The term "app" has entered the vocabulary of many individuals throughout the nation, including many residents of Western Pennsylvania. When an issue arises the initial response for many these days is that there must be an app that can be downloaded onto a device to help to address it. Some drivers may already be aware of apps that are designed to improve how someone behind the wheel of a car drives. Parents of new teen...

Charter bus strikes travelers in disabled car on I-70

Apr 17, 2013

Generally, drivers have a responsibility to pay attention to their surroundings when driving at any time of the day, or night. The legal duty is intended to protect not only the driver, but anyone else who may be on the road. Drivers owe a duty to passengers, pedestrians and other motorists. Nonetheless, motor vehicle accidents can occur, and each accident may involve a complex array of circumstances. The Ohio State Patrol says that a driver...

PennDOT releases 2012 motor vehicle accident statistics

Apr 5, 2013

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation recently released motor vehicle accident statistics for 2012. While the number of traffic-related fatalities in the state increased slightly over 2011, fatal car accidents still remain relatively low. That's good news and, according to state officials, can be largely attributed to new safety requirements and laws aimed to protect both adult and teen drivers. During 2012, Pennsylvania adopted a ban on texting while driving. State lawmakers also passed legislation related...

Passenger injured in rollover accident sues driver

Apr 2, 2013

Passengers who are involved in car accidents often sustain serious and debilitating injuries. In many cases, passengers are forced to suffer tremendous physical pain, mental anguish and financial hardship as a result of a driver's negligent actions. In many cases, passengers who sustain such injuries would be wise to pursue legal action. A passenger who was injured in a single rollover car accident recently filed a personal injury lawsuit against the man who was driving...

Driver files lawsuit after rear-ending slow moving truck

Mar 29, 2013

In many cases, accidents in which commercial vehicles are involved result from excessive speed. Just as dangerous, however, are commercial vehicles that travel on interstates and highways at excessively slow or reduced speeds. One woman recently filed a lawsuit against the driver of a tractor-trailer truck and his employer for a car and truck accident that occurred as a result of the truck driver allegedly driving too slowly. The car and truck accident occurred as...

Heart attack leads to head-on crash in Shaler

Mar 27, 2013

Head-on automobile collision can be devastating no matter what the type of vehicle involved in the crash. Each day, these types of crashes occur in the Pittsburgh area for a variety of reasons, including slippery roads or distracted driving. In other cases drivers experiencing medical episodes are to blame for the collision. This was the case this past weekend in an accident that occurred on Shaler. A 90-year-old man reportedly suffered cardiac arrest and lost...

Study finds children more distracting than cellphones to drivers

Mar 22, 2013

In our previous post we wrote about distracted driving in which the use of a cellphone provides the distraction. This is of course not the only way in which a driver in the Pittsburgh area can be distracted. Eating and playing with the radio can be a distraction and lead to a car accident. As it turns out, so too can the actions of your passengers. This is particularly true when the passengers are young...

Hit-and-run accident sends PennDOT worker to hospital

Mar 15, 2013

It's hard to say just what would cause the driver of a vehicle involved in a car accident in Pittsburgh to flee the scene. There are of course a variety of things that could lead to someone undertaking that action. One possibility is that the driver of the car is not supposed to be driving. That person could have a warrant out for his or her arrest or may not have a driver's license. In...

Man who ran red light reportedly intoxicated at time of crash

Mar 13, 2013

Drunk driving is of course an issue throughout the nation. Each day, drivers who have consumed too much alcohol make the decision to get behind the wheel of their vehicle and take to the roads. Sometimes their journeys are uneventful and others who happen to be out on the roads at the same time make it to their destinations without any interaction with the vehicles manned by intoxicated drivers. In other instances however, they do...

Ohio man critically injured after crashing into dump truck

Mar 13, 2013

Drivers traveling along Ohio's interstates and highways often encounter maintenance vehicles and tow trucks. When in operation, the drivers of these vehicles often make frequent stops to attend to stranded motorists or other potentially hazardous debris. One such dump truck vehicle was recently involved in a serious collision with another vehicle along a portion of Ohio's Interstate 75. The commercial vehicle accident occurred as two ODOT workers pulled their dump truck over to the side...