Blog: Car Accidents

Distracted driving creates risk on the road

Mar 11, 2016

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 injured. According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2013, 3,154 people were killed in distracted driving-related accidents, and 424,000 people were injured, The National Safety Council has designated April as...

Light snow may be more dangerous to drivers than heavy snowstorms

Jan 21, 2016

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 accidents and injuries. However, some believe that lighter snowfalls could be even more dangerous to drivers. That's because drivers operating under light snow conditions may not recognize how dangerous the roads have become, and may...

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...