Blog: Car Accidents

Restaurant Trade Group Advocates Against Sobriety Checkpoints

Dec 30, 2010

Every year thousands of drivers and passengers are injured or killed in car accidents caused by drinking and driving. Each year during the holiday season law enforcement officials remind the public about the dangers caused by the combination of alcohol and driving, but one restaurant trade group is calling for an end to one tactic that police departments across the country use to keep the roads safe, sobriety checkpoints. The American Beverage Institute, an organization...

State Lawmakers Say New Rules Needed to Reduce Teen Car Accidents

Dec 28, 2010

One state lawmaker and one parent who lost his 16-year-old daughter are among a group of lawmakers and citizens that are determined to pass stricter driving laws for teenage drivers in Pennsylvania. House Bill 67 prescribed passenger and cell phone limitations for teenage drivers. The bill did not ultimately pass in the state Senate this year. Staying on his path to reduce teen car accidents, Representative Shapiro from the 153rd District plans to reintroduce a...

Robotic Cars May Spell End to Car Accidents

Oct 13, 2010

Imagine a world where cars drive themselves and the human passengers are allowed to be as distracted as they like. Google is currently working on a project where cars drive themselves through the use of artificial intelligence software that allows the car to perceive in 360 degrees and to make accurate driving decisions. Google has a small fleet of seven robotic cars — six Priuses and one Audi. The seven robotic test cars have driven...

Fayette County Jury Convicts Woman for Causing Fatal Car Crash

Sep 14, 2010

A jury in Fayette County found a 25-year-old woman criminally responsible for a 2008 car accident in Georges that resulted in the death on another driver. The accident reportedly occurred when the woman attempted to make a left turn from Route 857 onto Big Six Road and ended up pulling out in front of an oncoming car. The driver of the other vehicle was killed instantly in the crash. The jury deliberated about one hour...

Lawsuit Claims Dangerous Intersection Caused Car Accidents

Aug 9, 2010

A recently filed lawsuit claims that Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is at least partially responsible for a dangerous intersection that has claimed the lives of at least four people. The suit was brought by the families of four people who were killed in three separate car accidents at the intersection of Route 136 and Church Road near Somerset. According to the allegations in the lawsuit, the grading and curves of Route 136 make the...

Car Accident Results in Death of 20-Year-Old Pennsylvania Woman

Aug 2, 2010

A collision between a Ford F250 Super Duty pickup and a Jeep Cherokee Sport occurring last week on Route 187 left a 20-year-old Wyalusing woman dead and injured a child riding in her vehicle. The crash occurred Wednesday afternoon and its cause is reportedly still under investigation by local authorities. One common cause of car accidents is driving too fast, especially if you are driving on roads with which you are not familiar. It is...

Car Accident Victim Awarded $2.3 Million in Personal Injury Suit

Jul 22, 2010

A jury trial in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, recently ended with a jury awarding a couple more than $2 million in damages for the injuries they suffered in a car accident occurring in 2003. The accident occurred on westbound Route 288 in October of 2003. According to court records, Brian and Tina Murphy were attempting to make a left turn onto Hickernell Road when they were struck from behind by a vehicle owned by Harvey's Auto...

$2.8 million awarded to Beaver County man after personal injury verdict

Jul 16, 2010

On July 15th, almost seven years after an automobile accident left Brian Murphy permanently disabled, a jury awarded the Fombell, Beaver County man $2.3 million in damages that will eventually exceed $2.8 million in delay damages. Mr. Murphy was stopped at an intersection on October 16, 2003 when another man, Harvey Marenic, struck Murphy's vehicle from behind. The force of the collision sent Murphy's vehicle into the path of a tractor trailer. As a result...