Blog: Car Accidents

Texting dulls reaction time of motorists

Nov 2, 2011

We all know that many motor vehicle accidents in Pennsylvania are caused by drivers who are distracted while texting. A new study, though, shows that texting or sending email while driving is even more dangerous than experts previously thought. The Reuters news service recently covered a study by Texas A&M University's Texas Transportation Institute that found that texting doubles a driver's reaction time. This means that drivers who are texting are less likely to respond...

Medical incident to blame in car accident caused by police chief

Oct 19, 2011

Anytime a car accident occurs there are multiple reasons why it could have occurred. Most commonly it is due to something a driver does or does not do, but should have. Sometimes however, a motor vehicle accident can occur through no fault of the driver when a medical issue arises. A police chief in a Pennsylvania town knows this all too well. The man was allegedly the cause of an accident involving one other vehicle...

Pennsylvania man injured after pickup collides with train

Oct 12, 2011

Though one might think that because trains are so large and easy to see accidents are few and far between, they are actually more prevalent that many realize. It is because of the size and weight of trains that accidents involving the vehicles often result in serious injuries or death. A pickup collided with at train last week in DuBois, Pennsylvania. The police accident report indicates the accident occurred in the evening as the man...

Third bus crash on Pa. road prompts community to seek crossing sign

Oct 5, 2011

Every school day children throughout Pennsylvania board buses to be transported to schools where their minds are meant to grow. When sending a child off for the day parents expect that everything possible will be done to keep the children safe. This duty of safety extends not only to the bus drivers but to those planning roadways frequented by the bus. After three accidents involving busses over the course of two years on Big Road/Route...

Person thrown from car in accident on Pennsylvania Turnpike

Sep 30, 2011

Earlier this week an afternoon accident occurred on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. At the time of the car accident the vehicle involved was driving south on the roadway near mile marker 37 in between the exits of Quakertown and Lansdale. According to a state trooper the car flipped multiple times causing an occupant to be ejected from the vehicle. The person who was thrown from the car was taken a hospital in Philadelphia, via helicopter after...

Long-term implications of brain injuries

Sep 30, 2011

Every day accidents involving vehicles used for transportation occur throughout Pennsylvania. In best case scenarios any injuries sustained are minor. Other times injuries can be life changing. One injury commonly considered to be life changing is a brain injury. According to project director of traumatic brain injury for the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, every year 20,000 such injuries are diagnosed in the state. The effects of this type of injury vary and...

Teenage daughter of Pittsburgh tycoon injured in car accident

Sep 17, 2011

The teenage daughter of a successful Pittsburgh businessman was seriously hurt in a tragic car accident last weekend. The 16-year-old and four of her friends were injured when they got into a car accident late Saturday night in the Nemacolin Woods. The girl was in a car with five other friends when the accident occurred around 11 p.m. Saturday. It happened on the grounds of Nemacolin Woodlands, a resort owned by the girls' father. The...

Minor injuries in chain-reaction crash in Pennsylvania

Aug 31, 2011

Ensconced in one's vehicle, not all Pennsylvania drivers are thinking about the cars surrounding them on the road and how the actions they take inside of their vehicle may affect other vehicles on the road. In reality, a driver need only be distracted for a moment for an accident to occur. The delicate nature of the interaction between all drivers on a road becomes clear when a chain-reaction car accident occurs. Two people sustained minor injuries...

Woman without pants detained after car accident

Aug 26, 2011

Last Saturday, shortly after police received calls describing a red Chevrolet Cavalier driving in an unpredictable manner down Route 119 in Youngwood, an accident occurred. The driver of the Chevrolet rear-ended a Jeep at Lowe Street. Immediately after the car accident the driver of the Chevrolet, a woman who was not wearing any pants, attempted to flee the scene, leaving her 7-year-old in the back seat. People living near the accident scene restrained the woman...

Drunk driver charged in death of baby girl on Old Mill Road

Aug 25, 2011

Accidents caused by drunk drivers are 100 percent preventable but sadly nonetheless happen all too frequently throughout Pennsylvania and the nation. A driver accused of killing a baby girl in a drunk driving accident in North Whitehall Township in July has been charged by Lehigh County prosecutors with vehicular homicide, involuntary manslaughter, and driving under the influence. The 1-year-old girl, who was not in a car seat, died after the 56-year-old man hit the minivan...