Car Accidents
Bus accident claims lives of 9
Tour buses play an important role for groups of people in Pittsburgh, and beyond, who are interesting in travelling from one location to another usually at an economical price. In addition, some tourists find the mode of transportation appealing because...
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Teen drivers often participate in risky driving behavior over holiday
Drunk driving is an issue for drivers of all ages throughout the New Castle area at all times of the year. While it is true that impaired drivers take to the road each and every day of the year, New...
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Would black boxes help improve vehicle safety?
The constant improvement in car safety has gone a long way to make the result of car accidents less serious. One of the latest tools in improving safety being touted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator is the use...
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Train strikes car in Pittsburgh area community
Most of the motor vehicle accidents we write about in this blog involved vehicles travelling on roads throughout the Pittsburgh area. There are however other types of vehicles a car may collide with. One of these types of vehicles is...
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Automakers successful in preventing rollover accidents
Motor vehicle accidents that result in a car or truck rolling over are amongst the most serious and deadly. Thanks to improved safety measures including stability control, many rollover accidents have been avoided and roughly 2,200 lives saved. Results of...
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‘Webbing’ poised to be the next distracted driving focus
Surfing the internet is a favorite pastime for many. Until recently, that activity could only be done in behind a computer. With the introduction of smartphones and tablets to the masses however, that has all changed. It is now possible...
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Driver injured, passenger killed in Pennsylvania accident
When one reads of a fatal motor vehicle accident, it seems that it is second nature to scan for evidence of drunk driving. In one recent accident that occurred just north of Pittsburgh, police report that alcohol was suspected to...
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Memorial Held For Boy Killed In Lawrence Co. Accident
In Lawrence County, there was a fatal accident that took place. Two boys, ages seven and nine, were hit by a yellow pickup truck while playing outside on the front doorstep of the one boy's grandmother's home.Octavius Stone, the seven-year-old,...
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Pennsylvania targets keeping medical info in glove box
Called the "Yellow Dot Program," a new initiative urges motorists in Eastern and Western Pennsylvania to store vital medical information in their glove box in the event of car accidents. This new program asks participants to complete an information sheet...
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Texting drivers tricky to catch
Like many areas Pittsburgh faces the challenge of distracted drivers on the road. With the "gotta know it now" culture, texting while driving is especially a problem. It's become such an issue across the country that 39 states have banned...
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Collision with deer leaves 1 dead in Butler County
Drivers in the Pittsburgh area are likely aware of the risk deer pose to vehicles on the road. Another reminder made the news this past week when a passenger in a vehicle that collided with a deer died. The crash...
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Thanksgiving week can be deadly on highways
Thanksgiving week typically generates more car accidents in Pittsburgh and throughout the U.S. for multiple reasons. The first reality is the law of numbers. Millions of drivers traverse the U.S. to get to Thanksgiving feasts with friends and families. Auto...
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