Car Accidents
Finding answers after a car accident
After a serious motor vehicle accident, victims and their families often have more questions than answers. What happened? How bad are the injuries? How will I get around while my car is being fixed?Perhaps one of the most crucial questions...
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Distracted driving creates risk on the road
Texting and driving continues to pose a major risk of injury and death on the nation's roads. Thousands of people lose their lives every year as a result of a collision with a distracted driver, and hundreds of thousands are...
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Light snow may be more dangerous to drivers than heavy snowstorms
Winter brings with it icy and slick conditions that can imperil all drivers on the road. Intuitively, it may seem that heavier snowfalls would cause more dangerous road conditions and reduced visibility that could lead to a greater incidence of...
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Multi-car pileups make investigation tricky
As the temperature drops and we edge deeper into winter, road conditions can present hazardous conditions that make driving perilous. Sometimes these perilous conditions -- like ice and reduced visibility -- can contribute to car accidents. Sometimes they can even...
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Vehicles’ center of gravity and mass play a role in accidents
One person is dead and eighteen are injured after a bus carrying the Lehigh University rowing team collided with a car on Route 22 in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania. None of the students was seriously injured; the driver of the car...
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Dreams of crumpled metal, shattered glass and pain
At one point or another, all of us have had a bad dream. Some are pretty common, including a dream in which you're in school and the teacher is about to test the class on a subject you have not...
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Fatal Erie County motorcycle crashes drop
It's never a good thing when the coroner is busy. In 2010, the Erie County coroner was very busy with motorcycle accident victims. Fifteen of them died that year.This year has so far been much better -- though still imperfect...
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Police: Girl, 6, struck and killed by drunk driver
She was at the perfect age for waving glow sticks in darkening air and delighting in their yellow and pink swirls. A play date was coming to an end for the 6-year-old. Her mom and sister were standing there with...
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Tragedy south of Pittsburgh
An hour south of Pittsburgh sits the township of Redstone, Pennsylvania, which includes a number of rural villages. It's not a particularly prosperous area; according to the U.S. Census, about a fifth of the township's residents live in poverty. So...
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Holding drunken drivers accountable
A half-hour southwest of Pittsburgh, a couple has filed a lawsuit against a Canonsburg fraternal club, claiming that the club served alcohol to an intoxicated local woman. The 43-year-old suburban woman is accused of slamming her car into the back...
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Slippery Rock car accident critically injures 3
A car accident in Slippery Rock Township near the intersection of Route 8 and Branchton Road has injured six total people. Three of the six injured are said to be critical. The accident occurred when a 19 year old man...
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Bill passes Pennsylvania Senate to increase automobile insurance limits
The Pennsylvania State Senate has recently passed a bill to amend Title 75 (vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes. This revision will change Pennsylvania automobile insurance limits from $15,000/$30,000/$5,000 to $25,000/$50,000/$15,000. This means that liability insurance for motor vehicle accidents...
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