Automobile Accidents

• Heart attack causes fatal one-car accident

  Staff Writer | March 18, 2007 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Press-Register reported the tragic story of a 53-year-old man who died in a one-car motor vehicle accident on March 13 after his van crashed into a utility pole in north Mobile.Doctors from the University of South Alabama Medical Center, who treated the victim of the accident, said that he has suffered a massive heart attack while driving the van, causing him to lose control of the vehicle....

• Deadly weekend on Alabama roads

  Staff Writer | March 12, 2007 10:39 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  An AP report today says that at least eight people died in motor vehicle accidents over the weekend in Alabama. Alabama state troopers report the following accidents and fatalities on state roads:A 19-year-old man died in a one-vehicle accident on Alabama 14 near Tallassee. Two men died when an SUV ran off the highway and struck a tree on U.S. 98 east of Elberta.In another accident, a woman...

• Kentucky school bus accident injures 13 children

  Staff Writer | March 05, 2007 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A school bus accident was reported this morning in Louisville, Kentucky, when a school bus crashed into a car, injuring 13 Blake Elementary students. Fortunately, the injuries were only minor, and the students were being treated at a local hospital. The Courier-Journal reported on the story:The students complained of minor injuries, according to Rick Caple, director of transportation for the...

• Two-car crash with injuries leads to arrest

  Staff Writer | February 27, 2007 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Press-Register reported on a two-vehicle accident Monday night in which a 19-year-old Mobile man fled the scene as a woman and her two daughters received injuries that sent them the hospital.The man who apparently caused the accident was arrested on charges of first-degree assault, driving under the influence and leaving the scene fo the accident. The motor vehicle accident occurred on...

• Fatal accident makes third for Alabama family

  Staff Writer | February 23, 2007 3:30 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A plague of motor vehicle accident deaths has plagued one Alabama family, according to a story today in the Press-Register. A traffic accident Sunday that left a 20-year-old man dead was the third traffic death for his family over the past few years. The Sunday accident occurred on Alabama 59 in Monroe County when the man's Jeep Cherokee ran off the road and overturned, throwing him from the...

• Car hits and kills girl after Mardi Gras parade

  Staff Writer | February 22, 2007 9:04 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Mobile's Mardi Gras parade Tuesday was tainted by tragedy when a five-year-old girl was hit and killed by a Buick. The motor vehicle-pedestrian accident happened just after the parade at the corner of Congress and Kennedy.The Associated Press report says the 23-year-old man driving the car did not stop initially, and crashed into another car while trying to flee the scene of the accident....

• Underage driver causes fatal car accident

  Staff Writer | February 20, 2007 1:23 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A sad story out of Wilmer, Alabama, reports that a 13-year-old boy driving a car full of older teens caused a fatal car crash last night. Alabama state troopers reported that the underage driver crossed the center line of the road on U.S. 98 near Big Creek Lake, then overcorrected causing the car to flip. A 16-year-old boy thrown from the car died, and a 17-year-old girl was injured. This tragic...

• Car-bicycle accident kills Auburn man

  Staff Writer | February 15, 2007 2:46 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A recreational bicycle ride turned fatal for an Auburn man Sunday morning as he and his wife collided with a motor vehicle driven by a 16-year-old boy.The couple were riding separate bicycles on U.S. Highway 280 near Lee Road 72 when the driver's car hit both bicyclists. The 37-year-old man died of his injuries on Tuesday night, according to a report from the Ledger-Enquirer in Columbus.The...

• I-59 car accident claims two lives

  Staff Writer | February 12, 2007 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A married couple died in a tragic one-car accident yesterday on Interstate 59 in Bessemer, according to a report from the Times Daily. The crash occurred at the 110 Alabama Adventure Parkway exit when the car ran off the road, overturned and reportedly ejected a passenger and partially ejected the driver.A second couple was apparently also in the vehicle, and were taken ot UAB Hospital in...

• Two men die in weekend car accidents

  Staff Writer | January 23, 2007 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Two Mobile County men died in separate one-car accidents over the weekend. A report from The Press-Register Monday details both tragic motor vehicle crashes.The first accident, on Saturday, involved a 1999 Chevrolet pickup truck that ran off Tanner Williams Road, rolled over and struck a tree. A passenger who was not wearing his seatbelt was thrown from the vehicle and died. Two other passengers...