Automobile Accidents

• Transportation fatalities up in 2005

  Tom Methvin | October 13, 2006 3:46 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Transportation fatalities in the United States increased last year, according to preliminary figures released last month by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Deaths from transportation accidents in the United States in 2005 totaled 45,636, up from 45,092 in 2004. Based on our firm's experience in litigation relating to highway crashes, I was not at all surprised to learn of the...

• Girl's ATV death brings out mourners in Fairhope....

  Troy Schwant | July 12, 2009 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  An unfortunate accident involving an ATV, has claimed the life of another young child. The driver apparently turned too sharply, the vehicle rolled over and Dunnam's head was struck, Sawyer said....

• 4 Injured, 2 Killed in Car Crash

  Chrissie Cole | February 25, 2008 10:49 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A two vehicle accident, Monday, claimed two lives and left four others injured.There have been 78 Alabama traffic fatalities reported in 2008 so far this year. At this time in 2007, there were 95 reported accidents.Lawrence County Coroner's Office pronounced two men - 39, of Hartselle and 39, of Decatur - dead at the scene, according to Decatur State Troopers.The driver, a man, 60, of Crane Hill...

• Belulah Woman Ejected From Vehicle; Dies Instantly

  Chrissie Cole | January 25, 2008 1:36 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A car accident, Monday night, claimed the life of a Belulah woman, 44. Officials say the accident occurred at about 6:30 p.m. on Lee Road 375. The woman died instantly from head injuries she suffered when she apparently lost control of her car and was ejected from the vehicle.The car tumbled from the force of the accident and landed on top of her, crushing her. She was pronounced dead by the...

• 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...

• 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...

• Fatal head-on collision between bus and car

  Staff Writer | March 31, 2007 3:50 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  An Associate Press story today describes a head-on collision between a Greyhound bus carrying 49 passengers and a car driven by a woman.The deadly motor vehicle accident, which occurred in Montgomery, Alabama, killed the woman driving the car and injured at least 20 passengers on the bus early this morning. The AP report says that the woman in the car was driving the wrong way on a divided...

• 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...

• 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...