Automobile Accidents

• 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...

• 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....

• Pennsylvania school bus struck by tractor-trailer

  Staff Writer | January 16, 2007 1:13 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Another school bus accident happened last week in Pennsylvania, causing injuries to 10 Conrad Weiser School District students. A tractor-trailer collided nearly head-on with the school bus, causing it to run into a corn field and roll over on its side. "Seeing the condition of the bus, we're fortunate that everyone is still alive," said Dr. Robert L. Urzillo, Conrad Weiser superintendent. "I...

• Driver dies in Alabama 17 accident

  Staff Writer | January 12, 2007 1:01 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A one-car accident on Alabama 17 in Choctaw County left a woman dead Wednesday, a report from The Press-Register said yesterday.Alabama State Troopers said the woman, who was driving a Ford Taurus, ran off the road and struck a tree. The cause of the accident is unknown, though alcohol has been ruled out. The victim was wearing her seatbelt.

• Police presence on holiday highways

  Staff Writer | December 15, 2006 3:30 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  An article from The Clanton Advertiser talks of the increased Alabama state trooper presence on the highways during the upcoming busy holiday season. Due to past statistics of more motor vehicle accidents during the holidays, the state has increased its law enforcement efforts this year. All available troopers will be patroling the roads and especially looking for drivers under the influence of...

• Avoid accidents on the roads this season

  Staff Writer | December 14, 2006 8:50 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  With the busy holiday season in full force, many families will take to the roads on various trips to visit loved ones around the country. An article in The Clanton Advertiser advises drivers to slow down and take extra precautions to stay safe on the roads and avoid accidents over the next couple of weeks. According to the article, The Alabama Department of Public Safety predicts 14...

• Alabama's weekend auto accidents kill seven

  Staff Writer | December 12, 2006 8:19 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  An Associated Press story yesterday reported that seven people died in weekend motor vehicle accidents throughout the state of Alabama. The accidents include a head-on crash in Choctaw County that killed two men, a one-car accident in which the driver ran off a Madison County bridge, and other traffic fatalities in Baldwin and Lauderdale Counties. The tragic death toll for the weekend should be...

• Four deadly accidents on Mobile County roads

  Staff Writer | November 30, 2006 12:50 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Alabama authorities reported that during two days last week there were four deaths from three traffic accidents in Mobile County. The first accident involved two men in a 1997 Ford Contour crash at Old Shell Road and Fairway Avenue. Both men died and were not wearing seatbeltsThe second accident involved a man who was ejected from his pick-up truck on Halls Mill Road in South Mobile when the...

• Two Cullman rollover accidents in just over an hour

  Staff Writer | November 16, 2006 12:17 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Last Friday in Cullman, Alabama, two separate rollover accidents occurred in one day. Fortunately, no one was killed in the motor vehicle accidents, but two were injured. The first accident involved a collision between two vehicles on Alabama Highway 157. The people in the overturned vehicle had no injuries, but an Iowa woman who was a passenger in the second vehicle was injured.Just over an...

• Alabama traffic and pedestrian accidents high

  Staff Writer | October 23, 2006 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Sadly, one need only scan recent headlines pointing to Alabama traffic and pedestrian accidents to see that the roads continue to be a dangerous place. One article on the Press-Register's al.com details the problem for pedestrians and how the government is addressing it. Two weeks in September brought nine pedestrian accidents in Mobile County alone. The Alabama Department of Public safety...