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2011 brought a record low number of lives lost in highway crashes in both Missouri and neighboring Arkansas, according to a recent news report from KAIT. Missouri auto accident fatality rates have dropped for several years, from a high of 960 de [...]

As an experienced van rollover attorney, one of the first things I almost always observe after a van accident is that the driver is blamed and cited for unsafe driving. As an experienced van rollover lawyer for over three decades, I can state honestly that van and rollover cases gets in your blood, heart, and head because these vans are probably the most unsafe vehicles on the road and have even proven to be unsaf [...]

Over the last six months, there have been a multitude of fatal bus accidents mostly involving discount bus operations. After each accident, there is a news story alleging highlight of safety concerns and woes with investigations noting many times that the bus operators involved had multiple safety violations yet continue their operations. Enough is enough! How many more victims must be catastrophically injured o [...]

Dozens were injured and 4 people were killed and yet another tour bus rolled over in a catastrophic bus accident. According to news sources, the bus was traveling from Greensboro, North Carolina to New York when it hit an embankment in Virginia and rolled over onto its roof on I-95 on Tuesday, May 31, 2011. The bus was carrying 58 passengers and its Chinatown office in New York was empty of workers on the date of [...]

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and news station WPXI recently released a report on the most dangerous roads and intersections in the Pittsburgh area. The roads named in the report were chosen for the high number of car crashes that take place at these locations. According to WPXI, the number-one location for dangerous crashes in Allegheny County is Route 51, or Saw Mill Run Boulevard, in Pittsburgh. [...]

Fox 43 News reports that a 59-year-old construction worker lost his life recently when he was struck by a piece of heavy equipment. He and his coworkers were working on the construction of the Holtwood Dam in Lancaster County. When the accident occurred, the workers were trying to move an equipment loader that had gotten stuck on a steep hill. They brought in other pieces of heavy equipment and one of these fatall [...]

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 [...]

Two sisters from Perryopolis were riding in a compact car on Route 119 in Westmoreland County recently when their car collided with a dump truck, according to a recent news story released by WTAE Channel 4 Action News. Although both were wearing seat belts, the sisters did not survive the Pennsylvania car accident. According to police, poor visibility may have played a role in the accident. The dump truck driver s [...]

On September 25, a 2-year-old and his mother were struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing Washington Avenue in Philadelphia. According to an article in the Philadelphia Daily News, the toddler was killed and his mother was seriously injured in the Philadelphia pedestrian accident. The driver fled the scene. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there were approximately 2.7 [...]

Three men in their twenties, all from Philadelphia, were killed on June 25, 2010 when the vehicle in which they were traveling went off the Atlantic City Expressway in NJ and hit several trees, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. The three men were killed after their vehicle went out of control on the expressway. It left the roadway and struck trees in the center median. The three men were pronounced dead a [...]