Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Auto Accident Closes San Diego Freeway Lanes

  IB Contributor | February 24, 2007 7:06 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two people injured in overturned automobile accident.An auto accident involving a pair of overturned vehicles blocked portions of southbound Interstate 5 (San Diego) Freeway just before 6:00 a.m. in San Clemente yesterday, north of the Calafia exit, according to the Orange County Register.According to the California Highway Patrol passengers were trapped inside one of the overturned vehicles. ...

• Tram Accident At Disneyland

  IB Contributor | February 24, 2007 12:35 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two park patrons hospitalized after fall.Two people were injured and taken to Anaheim area hospitals after falling off the slow moving tram in the Disneyland parking lot yesterday at approximately 10:30 p.m. according to an article in today's Orange County Register.The tram was moving at about five miles per hour at the time of the incident according to Bob Tucker, a Disney spokesman. He did...

• Program Results In Safer Teenage Drivers

  IB Contributor | February 22, 2007 1:22 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Graduated Driver LicensingThe number of fatal and injury crashes involving 16-year-old drivers is dramatically lower in states that have a graduated driver licensing (GDL) program with at least five of seven common components, according to a study released last week by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The study states that 16-year-old drivers are involved in 38 percent fewer fatal crashes...

• Five Car Collision In Huntington Beach

  IB Contributor | February 16, 2007 7:39 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Fatal multiple auto accident closes San Diego Freeway for over an hour.An early morning five car auto accident near the Beach Blvd. exit of the I-405 (San Diego) Freeway resulted in the death of an 18-year-old male driver and injuries to at least three others. The accident occurred just after 3:00 a.m. and closed all southbound lanes of traffic for over an hour this morning, according the...

• Car Seat Saves Baby's Life

  IB Contributor | February 16, 2007 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  One of mom's last acts saves here child's life.Here is a heart-rending story that clearly tells you why your infant should be in a car seat.On Valentine's Day, 21-year-old Natalie Canton and her 10-month-old son, Aiden Koch, were traveling on the 91 Freeway. According to various news reports, the woman's car flew off the freeway before it plunged nearly 100 feet. Canton died on the spot, but the...

• Parents Sued For Babysitter's Auto Accident

  IB Contributor | February 11, 2007 3:45 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Most of us have hired a babysitter to watch our children at one time or another. Even one of the neighborhood kids, right? But, what happens when the babysitter causes an automobile accident? You could be liable, according to a recent decision by the 3rd District Court of Appeals.Babysitter, eighteen year-old Michael Ruhland, driving his father's car, had just picked up William and Lori...

• Brandy Faces $50 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  IB Contributor | February 06, 2007 12:47 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week, the family of a woman who died after being rear-ended on the freeway by singer-actor Brandy Norwood, filed a $50 million civil lawsuit against the entertainer, according to an article in E Online.The civil complaint accuses Brandy of "driving recklessly when her Land Rover struck the back of a Honda driven by Awatef Aboudihaj" on Dec. 30.The deceased woman, a 38-year-old wife and...

• Freak Freeway Accident Takes A Mother's Life

  IB Contributor | February 04, 2007 2:23 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Spilled Load Causes Freeway FatallityThrough the years, we have represented a few thousand clients. Each of them has a special story to tell. Each of them has suffered some tragic loss due to some accident or negligence.Alvin Austin is one of our clients whom we have had the pleasure of representing. Alvin's wife of 23 years, Beverly, died in July in a traffic accident. Beverly Austin was...

• "Driving Skills For Life"

  IB Contributor | January 30, 2007 7:41 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Teen Driver Safety ProgramInexperienced teen drivers are at a heightened risk of having an accident. One day after receiving his driver's license, a 16-year-old Lodi boy rolled his Ford Explorer when he lost control, while speeding, and crossed over the double yellow line. Officer Steve Bailey of the Tracy Police department indicated that the fact that the teen was not only an inexperienced...

• Teen Age Driver Accidents

  IB Contributor | January 29, 2007 7:45 PM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  How can we prevent the carnage?Car accidents are the number one killer of teenagers in the United States. Promising and precious lives can be lost, or forever changed, when our teenagers take the wheel. Speeding while distracted seems to be more common among teenage drivers, and this behavior often results in permanent disfigurement, or even worse, a fatal car crash. Consider the case of...