
Hit-and-run accidents are always difficult to handle for everyone involved, particularly the families of those who are wrongfully harmed. Recently, we posted about a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian in the area, and tragically, another fatal hit-and-run crash has occurred. This one took the life of a bicyclist who was hit twice [...]
Continue reading "Hit-and-Run Crash Kills Bicyclist" >>16. February 2010
Many different entities will publish lists of the most common causes of accidents on the roadways. Most would assume that issues such as speeding, poor driving conditions, the presence of alcohol and aggressive driving would be near the top of these lists. Most of them are, but one issue that’s overlooked is that [...]
Continue reading "Recent Fatal Crash Due to Distracted Driver" >>11. February 2010
Pedestrians generally understand that they are sharing the roads with much larger and faster vehicles, and that there are some risks involved with doing so. Much like any other traffic setting, though, when traffic laws are obeyed, people will usually be kept from facing unreasonable dangers. Tragically, one local pedestrian paid the ultimate [...]
Continue reading "Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash" >>6. February 2010
One of the last things parents worry about when dropping their children off at school or a daycare center is that the school itself will be hit by a car or truck. Yet that’s exactly what happened on Folsom Boulevard in Sacramento around 9:30am on February 4, 2010. Shortly after a garbage truck and van [...]
Continue reading "Tragic Accident: Garbage Truck Crashes into Sacramento Preschool" >>4. February 2010
One would assume that a vehicle that collects trash does not generally move quickly enough to be involved in a serious collision with another vehicle. Tragically, that was proven wrong this morning when a garbage truck and a satellite television installation van were involved in a horrific crash that killed the van driver and [...]
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23. February 2010
Auto Accidents, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death