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- Two Trucks Collide on I-90 in Harborcreek
Jan 27, 2012
Breaking News: Emergency services were quick to the scene of yet another accident involving commercial trucks on the Interstate 90 section of Harborcreek Township in Erie this afternoon. The wreckage occurred nearly a quarter of a mile west of exit 35 between Depot Road and Clark Road. Initial reports from fire fighters are claiming that a white commercial box truck rear-ended a tractor-trailer at speeds that have not yet been determined. The two vehicles were...Read More - Two Heartbreaking Deaths in Trumbull Mere Minutes Apart
Jan 27, 2012
Two people were tragically killed in motor vehicle crashes that took place in Trumbull County on Thursday evening and early into Friday morning. Ohio State Troopers are reporting that a 30-year-old man from Warren, OH was killed when the car, in which he was a passenger, drove off the road on Route 82 just west of Route 11 and the Old Avalon Golf Course in Howland, OH, and hit a pole from an overhead sign...Read More - Trial of man charged in death of motorcyclist delayed
Jan 25, 2012
A Pennsylvania man facing trial for his involvement in a motor vehicle accident that resulted in the death of a 45-year-old motorcyclist this past fall, will have to wait a bit longer for his day in court. The trial which was scheduled to start this week was postponed last week. The accident occurred when a Honda reportedly driven by the 26-year-old defendant, hit the back end of a Ford Focus, which in turn hit the...Read More - Problem with cooling system prompts Mini Cooper recall
Jan 25, 2012
In an earlier post we wrote about the recall of Rolls-Royce Ghost Sedans due to a fire hazard. BMWs have also previously been recalled. Now, the owner of the brands, BMW, is recalling another of its brands, Mini Coopers, for the same reason. As was the case in the previous recalls, there is a defect in the circuit board that controls the turbocharger cooling system. Should the defect cause the cooling system to fail, the...Read More - 5 Years for sleeping truck driver who killed Ohio Professor
Jan 21, 2012
A truck driver who killed a Stevenson University professor, and severely injured her son, was recently sentenced to five years in a federal penitentiary in Ohio. The truck driver, 49-year-old Douglas Bouch of Greenville, Pennsylvania, was driving a Mack freight liner and hauling three trailers on the Ohio Turnpike just outside Cleveland in 2010. Bouch fell asleep, lost control of the rig, and slammed into the victim's vehicle-killing her and condemning her son to a...Read More - 6 People injured in accident near Corry, PA
Jan 20, 2012
Corry, PA-20 January 2012 At around 5:30 Wednesday evening, Pennsylvania state police were called to the scene of a two-car accident on Rt. 6, just east of the Rt. 89/Rt. 6 intersection, and due west of down town Corry, PA. It has been reported that both vehicles had more than one passenger and that as many as six people were injured in the devastating crash. Police report that both vehicles were completely totaled in what...Read More - Headphone use contributing to fatal pedestrian accidents
Jan 20, 2012
Individuals throughout Pennsylvania routinely sustain personal injuries for a variety of reasons. Accidents involving motor vehicles are one of the most common ways in which this occurs. While there are certainly a fair number of accidents like this that involve multiple vehicles, there are also instances when cars hit pedestrians. This particular type of motor vehicle accident can result in catastrophic injuries to the pedestrian, sometimes even death. Injuries to people hit by cars are...Read More - Sometimes swerving for that squirrel is the wrong driving move
Jan 20, 2012
Pennsylvania motorists who want to avoid getting into a car accident can take some solace from a recent Washington Post story: It’s not always a good idea to swerve when an animal crosses your path. The Post story quotes law enforcement officials as saying that it is best for motorists to not swerve out of the way of passing squirrels, rabbits or even cats and dogs if they don’t first have the opportunity to check...Read More - Performance, Inc. Bike Pedals Recalled
Jan 19, 2012
1-12-12-Nationwide Performance, Inc. is recalling around 2,900 "2011 Forte Pro Carbon" road pedals due to instances where the pedal can break or snap off while being used. To date, Performance, Inc. has received three separate reports of these pedals cracking or breaking. While the product does pose the threat of a potential falling hazard, no injuries have yet been reported. The pedal's axle is black and made of chromium molybdenum steel with a black steel...Read More - School students at high risk of injury at bus-stops
Jan 19, 2012
As if the list of reasons to be truant or skip on any given school day morning is not long enough, records indicate that bus-stop and school bus related crashes and injuries amount to an average of 20 deaths each year. Despite pouring tens of thousands of funded dollars into programs aimed at the safe transport of students, transportation experts say there is no perfect bus stop. The reasons go way beyond school bus stop...Read More