Automobile Accidents

• Jury returns verdict for family in a 4-car collision

  Tom Methvin | October 13, 2006 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A California state jury awarded $3.7 million in damages to a family that suffered injuries during a crash involving vehicles owned by Harris Ranch Beef Co. and FedEx Ground Package System Inc. The jury found that California-based Harris Ranch should pay 80% of the damages and that Pittsburgh-based FedEx Ground, the trucking division of shipping giant FedEx Corp., should pay 20%. A husband,...

• Be extra cautious while driving during the summer months...

  Troy Schwant | May 23, 2009 11:03 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  As someone who traveled to the Beach with his family for Memorial Day weekend, I would like to urge everyone to be extra cautious while driving the roads these summer months. Not only may your life...

• You had an accident, what to do next? Part 1 of 3....

  Troy Schwant | February 14, 2009 6:13 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  So many people are faced with this exact question if they have been injured in a car accident, slip and fall, or injured by product that was defectively manufactured or designed. Lets start with...

• Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage Part 4: How To Buy Your Coverage

  Pete Mackey | February 11, 2009 8:15 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  This post will wrap up my series on uninsured/underinsured motorist (um/uim) coverage. In Part 1, we talked about the basics of um/uim coverage and buying all that you can afford. In Part 2, we...

• Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage Part 1: Buy All That You Can

  Pete Mackey | February 08, 2009 8:19 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Reading another post on this site about uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage provoked me to talk about this issue in Alabama. This type of insurance is purchased from your own carrier...

• 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...

• Two fatal crashes leave four dead

  Staff Writer | April 22, 2007 10:35 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Tragedy struck early Saturday morning in Mobile County, according to a report from the Press-Register, when two motor vehicle accidents resulted in four deaths. A collision between two vehicles on Theodore-Dawes Road killed three people, who were reportedly not wearing seatbelts. The accident resulted from one of the vehicles failing to yield.Another accident on I-10 occurred a few minutes...

• Woman thrown from car lives through accident

  Staff Writer | March 28, 2007 10:32 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Tuesday morning a woman driving a 2006 Nissan Altima lost control of the vehicle on I-65 near Creola and was involved in a one-car accident. Just after crossing a bridge, the vehicle ran off the road and rolled into a ditch. The car actually rolled over, ejecting the driver about 10 feet away. Somehow, the woman miraculously lived through the ordeal. She was treated at the scene by paramedics...

• 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....

• 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...