Automobile Accidents

• Bicyclist Suffers Life Threatening Injuries After Crashing with Car

  Chrissie Cole | January 08, 2008 2:02 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A bicyclist suffered life threatening injuries in a car accident, Tuesday night, when his bike was struck by a car.The man, 52, of Letohatchee, was said to be unconscious and unresponsive when officials arrived on the scene. He was transported by Air Evac to Baptist Hospital South for medical treatment. He is now listed in stable condition. The man was hit by the car, on U.S. Highway 31, near...

• Christmas Day Car Accidents Claim Two Lives in Alabama

  Chrissie Cole | December 27, 2007 6:07 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Two Alabama residents were killed in separate motor vehicle accidents in Escambia and Mobile counties on Christmas Day.A man, 40, of Mobile county died in a one vehicle accident that troopers believe may have been alcohol related, while a woman, 60, of Repton died in a two-car crash on Interstate 65, according to troopers.In the first accident the man was traveling west on Russell Road when his...

• Geneva Man Killed in Car Crash

  Chrissie Cole | December 15, 2007 3:05 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A car accident, on Tuesday, claimed the life of a Geneva man while also injuring three of his passengers, according to Alabama State Troopers.The accident occurred on Geneva County Road 58 just after 8:10 pm, according to a news release by state troopers.The accident involved a 1998 Ford F150 pickup truck and a 1995 Dodge Neon driven by a man, 39, of Geneva. The driver of the Neon was not...

• Car Accident Claims the Lives of Three High School Cheerleaders

  Chrissie Cole | December 01, 2007 1:03 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A car accident, on Thursday, claimed the lives of three high school cheerleaders and injured four others on their way home from practice. The accident occurred when the driver lost control of the vehicle, left the two-way highway and struck a tree and went over an embankment. Officials say it appears the driver was distracted.The Blount County coroner said, the girls were laughing and singing...

• Former University of Alabama Football Player Loses Wife and Four Children in Tragic Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | November 20, 2007 10:25 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Former University of Alabama football player, Siran Stacy, was involved in a horrific car accident, Tuesday, when a pickup truck struck the van he was driving. Six people were tragically killed in the accident including his wife and four of his children, according to State Troopers. The driver of the pickup truck was also killed in the crash.Stacy, 39, a star running back for Alabama during...

• National Teen Driver Safety Week

  Kimberly French | October 15, 2007 1:17 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  This week marks the first annual National Teen Driver Safety Week, a designation by the U.S. Congress to raise awareness of the causes of many teen motor vehicle accidents that result in injury or death.Right now, vehicle crashes that involve teens are the leading cause of death for young people in our country. The sad facts are that more than 6,000 teens are killed in automobile crashes each...

• One afternoon of accidents causes nine injuries

  Staff Writer | August 08, 2007 1:34 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  On the afternoon of Tuesday, August 7, eight people who were riding in two mini-vans were injured in a motor vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 231 near Dothan, Alabama, and one other person was injured in a separate accident nearby.Fortunately, none of the injuries were serious, and all the victims were treated at nearby hospitals. The DothanEagle.com reports the story.If you or someone you know...

• Greyhound bus and SUV accident proves deadly

  Staff Writer | July 31, 2007 9:42 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  On Friday in Montgomery, a sport utility vehicle crashed head-on into a Greyhound bus. The motor vehicle accident caused fatal injuries for the SUV's driver and minor injuries for at least 36 passengers on the bus.The Associated Press reported that the SUV was going the wrong way on I-65 at just after 2 a.m. Just before the crash, police had been dispatched to pursue the SUV because it was going...

• Drunk 11-year-old girl crashes vehicle

  Staff Writer | July 10, 2007 2:25 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  In an unbelievable story, the Associated Press reports of an 11-year-old girl driving under the influence at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, crashing the vehicle and suffering minor injuries.It happened in Orange Beach, Alabama, where police began chasing a speeder at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. The girl driving the car sped up, collided with another car, and eventually flipped the vehicle,...

• Two-car accident with multiple injuries

  Staff Writer | June 11, 2007 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Press-Register reported yesterday on a two-car crash on Airport Boulevard near Newman Road in Mobile that injured five people, including an infant.The vehicles collided at about 10:20 a.m. Sunday when a man driving a 1991 Ford Mustang hit a 2000 Nissan Maxima while trying to make a turn.The injured included a 5-month-old boy, his mother, a 5-year-old girl, her mother and the man driving the...