Uber, Lyft, and other up and coming companies are considered rideshare companies. They are essentially taxi cabs that you can hail and pay for on your phone. While they have transformed the way people get around, especially in cities, they have also brought up some questions about insurance coverage and what happens if you are injured in an Uber or Lyft. Screening Drivers Uber and Lyft want to hir…Read More
When you get behind the wheel of a car, you are operating an extremely powerful machine. Even though cars are commonplace in our society, they still need to be treated with care and respect to ensure the maximum amount of safety. Unfortunately, many of the millions of car accidents that occur each year in the United States are avoidable. Drivers often make simple mistakes that cause injuries or de…Read More
Two Dead and Two Injured in Fatal Semi-Truck Accident in Arizona Two are dead and two are injured after a fatal three-vehicle accident Friday around Buckeye Road and 69th Avenue in Phoenix Arizona. A semi-truck that was traveling westbound on Buckeye Road turned left across all lanes of traffic and entered the eastbound lanes of Buckeye Road. The front of the semi collided with a Ford pickup, whil…Read More
Why He Was Driving We Won't Understand Prince Philip, the 97-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, was involved on Thursday in a car crash while driving himself on a rural road north of London, injuring two women in another vehicle. The prince was unhurt, as was a 9-month-old boy in the women’s car, a Kia, the Norfolk police said. He was driving a black Land Rover SUV near the royal…Read More
If you’ve ever experienced the frightening moment of realizing you are too tired to be behind the wheel of a vehicle, we hope that you did the responsible thing of pulling over and getting some rest or letting another driver take the wheel. Unfortunately, many people think they can continue to drive just a little bit further and end up crashing their vehicle as a result of driving while sleep de…Read More
Man in Cement Truck Crash A man was driving a cement truck for Ernst Concrete when he crashed. The crash occurred Jan. 8 2019 and involved a cement truck, three motorcycles, and three other vehicles. The cement truck overturned, entrapping the man beneath it. Investigators are trying to piece together what caused the collisions. There are no indications any drivers were impaired at this early…Read More
An Illinois man died after his tractor was hit by a semi. Around 1:37 p.m. Sunday, Illinois State Police were called to a crash on US 45 at Muddy Road. Troopers say 60-year-old Raymond Bowles of Harrisburg was driving a tractor at a slow rate of speed in the right lane of US 45 at Muddy Road. 56-year-old Kevin Voelker of Omaha, Illinois was driving a semi truck on the same section of road at a hig…Read More
A suspected drunken driver heading the wrong way on Interstate 75 in Kentucky struck a vehicle carrying five family members from Michigan on January 7 2019, killing all six people, authorities said. The southbound pickup truck being driven in the northbound lanes struck the family's sport utility vehicle at 2:30 a.m. in Lexington. The SUV caught fire and all five occupants of that vehicle died, al…Read More
Emotions are High in a Car Wreck When you think of a car accident you immediately think of words like "whiplash", personal injury, property damage and the immediate effects of a car crash but what about the mental effects of the car wreck? Those things that you also recognize as "pain and suffering" and intentional infliction of emotional distress are also relevant factors in assessing the damages…Read More
