traffic

An 83-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed on Monday, June 13, by a Kia Sedona as he reportedly walked in its path while in a crosswalk on County Road 54 near the intersection of U.S. 301. According to witnesses, the oncoming traffic had the green light, reports TBO.com. The pedestrian was transported to a local hospital where he later died. Our condolences are extended to the friends and family members of th [...]

A six-year-old girl was just trying to cross a busy Jacksonville road with her mother and brother in December 2009 when the driver of an SUV reportedly revved his car and took off into the intersection, where he hit and killed the little girl and injured her mother. According to a report by Channel 4, her mother is now suing the city of Jacksonville, the Florida Department of Transportation, and the Jacksonville Tr [...]

pFor over 40 years, I have regularly driven on Roosevelt Boulevard, the major traffic artery running through north and northeast Philadelphia. Just yesterday, I was driving with my son northbound in the middle lane when two vehicles appeared to be racing out of control, weaving in and out of traffic in a dangerous fashion. Police cars were stopped at several locations apparently investigating a number of a href=" [...]

Philadelphia is recently noted as having some of the most accident prone drivers among the 200 largest cities in America according to a recent report issued by All-state Insurance Company. The typical U.S. driver is involved in a car accident approximately once every ten years yet Pennsylvania residents were found to get into collisions at an alarmingly greater rate. Each year in America, more than 32,000 individu [...]

Most of us, even Philadelphia car accident lawyers, remember taking our driver’s test, palms sweating around the steering wheel and our undivided attention focusing on making sure we did everything right so that we could get the green light to be a licensed driver. While some would argue that new drivers are not as experienced as more seasoned motorists and may be more prone to being involved in an accident, the [...]

On Friday, March 11, Philly.com reports that a man from Darby Borough, driving without a license, was charged after he left the scene of a pedestrian accident in Ridley Township that seriously injured four teens. According to the article, authorities detained the 52-year-old man approximately a mile away from the scene of the Pennsylvania pedestrian accident in a damaged van. It is believed the man ran a red ligh [...]

One teen was driving and another was killed on February 19 in Chester County, PA. According to Philly.com, a 17-year-old was driving a pickup truck and drove into oncoming traffic, striking a 19-year-old woman driving a BMW. According to police, excessive speeding by the pickup truck driver was likely a factor in the fatal accident. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), car crashes are [...]

The Pennsylvania State police reported that the number of driving fatalities this year during the New Year’s holiday weekend nearly doubled since last year. An article in The Philadelphia Inquirer said that eleven people were killed and 220 others were injured in the 693 car crashes during the four-day period. Seventy-six of the car accidents were alcohol-related. According to The National Highway and Traffic S [...]

A hit-and-run accident victim who was rear-ended on December 22 was able to help police in Chester County, PA catch the hit-and-run driver who was also allegedly speeding as well as driving while intoxicated. According to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, the victim led police to the driver who was also driving without a license. In this case, the driver broke many laws. He drove under the influence of alco [...]