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Richard and Kristin Holmes, of West Chester, Pennsylvania were killed in a car collision on a snowy road in New York, 11 miles from Utica on December 28. Philly.com reports their car skidded sideways into an oncoming vehicle. Their two daughters were passengers in their vehicle but were not seriously injured. The driver of the other vehicle was also survived the crash. According to police, both the winter weather [...]

Philly.com reports that a worker died after he was struck by a refrigerator that was thrown off a building’s balcony. The accident occurred on December 14 in Milwaukee. A construction crew was emptying the contents of a building and workers threw the refrigerator after they were given the all clear, but the victim walked out and was hit. Unfortunately, these types of accidents are common at construction sites in [...]

On December 6, teenager Bruce A. Mutter was struck and killed by a car while waiting for his school bus in Newark, DE. According to The Delaware County Times, the driver, Malcolm Deshields, is facing criminal charges for the death of Mutter. Police are still investigating the accident and if Mr. Deshields is found responsible for causing this tragic pedestrian accident, he can be held liable for having done so, b [...]

The Delaware County Times reports that a PA appeals court denied an appeal from a plastic surgeon from King of Prussia in a Pennsylvania medical malpractice case. The family of Amy Fledderman was awarded $20.5 million after they filed a suit against Richard P. Glunk. Fledderman died from complications from liposuction surgery and the jury found Glunk liable for Pennsylvania medical malpractice. Surgical errors ar [...]

On November 5, a Columbia Gas worker was struck by a car and killed while working in York, PA. According to The York Daily Record, there have been several similar Pennsylvania car accidents in this region in the past eight years. In 2008 in the United States, about 5071 fatal work injuries were reported. Two-fifths of those incidents were transportation accidents. Of the 2053 transportation fatalities, 322 involv [...]

On October 26, 26-year-old Veronica Santiago was struck by a pickup truck while crossing Fifth and York Streets in Philadelphia. According to Philly.com, the pedestrian accident happened around 8:30 p.m. The driver of the pickup truck fled the scene of the Pennsylvania pedestrian accident. Ms. Santiago suffered severe head trauma and died hours later. About 11% of all vehicle accidents are hit-and-run car accident [...]

A teenager has been charged in hit and run collision that killed an 81-year-old pedestrian Zitto Egitto of Willow Grove. According to the article in The Philadelphia Daily News, the 17-year-old was driving almost 80 mph in a 35-mph zone and trying a technique known as “drifting.” Elderly pedestrians are very likely to be killed if struck by a car. Statistics show that pedestrians aged 75 and over represent a s [...]

On October 6, a blind man and his seeing-eye dog, were struck by a pick-up truck on Camden Avenue in Moorestown, New Jersey. Mr. Parks was wearing a reflective orange vest. According to Philly.com, he is reported to be in critical condition. Every eight minutes a pedestrian is hurt in a traffic accident and about 5,000 pedestrians die every year in pedestrian accidents. In Pennsylvania, nearly 45% of pedestrian i [...]

A woman in her 60s was hit by a SEPTA bus on June 22 near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. According to this article on Philly.com, the Route 32 bus was traveling south on 21st Street when it struck the woman as it was turning east on Winter Street. The woman was walking north on 21st and was crossing Winter. She was hospitalized with head and foot injuries. According to the Pennsylvania Department [...]

A 62-year-old man, Ahilefs Kalaitzi, was struck by a car and killed in a pedestrian accident on June 1 in Evesham Township, NJ. This was the township’s third pedestrian fatality this year. According to this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Kalaitzi was walking south on the shoulder of N. Elwood Road, near his home, when he was hit by a northbound car driven by 19-year-old Anthony Schepis III. Kalaitzi was [...]