Blog: Car Accidents

Vehicles’ center of gravity and mass play a role in accidents

Oct 30, 2015

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 was pronounced dead about an hour after the crash. It is remarkable that the accident only seems to have caused minor injuries for the people on the bus. That’s because the bus rolled over. Our...

Dreams of crumpled metal, shattered glass and pain

Oct 21, 2015

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 studied. Other common dreams include visions of falling, being chased, flying and showing up to work or school in your birthday suit. People who have been in serious car accidents sometimes have nightmares for months...

Slippery Rock car accident critically injures 3

Jul 27, 2015

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 from Cranberry Township crossed through an intersection and hit a pickup truck being operated by a 55 year old Marion Township man. The 19 year old had four passengers in his vehicle. Two victims from...

Bill passes Pennsylvania Senate to increase automobile insurance limits

Jul 2, 2015

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 must cover the minimum amount of $25,000 because of injury to one person in one accident, the minimum amount of $50,000 because of injury to two or greater victims of accidents, and $15,000 of coverage...

Mercer County woman injured in two vehicle accident

Jun 24, 2015

A car accident in Shenango Township, Pennsylvania sent three people to local hospitals. The accident happened at Wheatland and Sieg Hill roads in Shenango Township, a township in Mercer County. A female driver, traveling south, was hit when a male driver, traveling west on Wheatland road, ran a stop sign. The woman suffered moderate leg injuries and was treated at UPMC Horizon in Farrell, Pennsylvania. The male driver claimed that the brakes of his vehicle...

Is Pennsylvania too lenient when it comes to DUI?

Jun 17, 2015

Drunk drivers can cause massive amounts of harm on the roads. Their conduct can cause auto accidents that leave innocent individuals with injuries that can have major physical, mental, emotional and financial effects. The civil legal system in Pennsylvania provides victims of drunk drivers with various different avenues for seeking compensation for the harms done to them. Now, the laws regarding personal injury claims related to drunk driving accidents can be rather complex and personal...

Pittsburgh bus accidents injure 17 people in less than 12 hours

Jun 15, 2015

Two separate bus accidents have injured 17 people in less than 12 hours in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Both incidents involved Port Authority buses. The first of these two motor vehicle accidents happened at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Smithfield Street in downtown Pittsburgh. The accident was caused by a car running a red traffic signal and hitting a bus. The driver of the car and of the bus in this accident suffered head injuries...

Allegheny County Route 28 car accident kills one

Jun 11, 2015

A car accident in the southbound lane of Route 28 near Shaler, Pennsylvania has killed one person and injured three others. The car accident involved three vehicles. One of the vehicles was a convertible and both the driver of the convertible and a passenger were ejected from the vehicle. A 52 year old woman died and the other woman that was ejected from the convertible was taken to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The...

Erie car accident kills 17 year old passenger

Jun 9, 2015

A car accident near Beach 5 at Preque Isle State Park in Erie, Pennsylvania caused the death of a 17 year old male and severe injuries to a 21 year old. The 17 year old was a passenger in a vehicle being operated by the 21 year old. The 21 year old was operating the vehicle at a high rate of speed when the accident occurred. The 17 year old was pronounced dead at the...

Multiple injuries in Butler County car accident

Jun 8, 2015

A car accident in Slippery Rock Township, Pennsylvania has caused five people to be taken to local hospitals. An Ellwood City woman was driving north on Ellwood Road in Butler County when her vehicle crossed the center line and into the southbound lane. The Ellwood City woman struck a vehicle being operated by a 51 year old New Castle, Pennsylvania woman. The New Castle resident struck the guardrail and subsequently struck another vehicle being operated...