Aggressive driving has been a problem on our roadways for many years, and it seems to only be getting worse. It can include rude gestures, verbal insults, threats, driving unsafely on purpose, even harming someone else in a confrontation. These incidents are reported so often…
Police Sgt. Mike Flatt told The Detroit News that a boy who took the family car on a joyride while his mother was shopping crashed through the front of a children’s clothing store. According to police, the child asked to wait in the car while…
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer! It is an opportunity to gather with friends and family and engage in favorite summertime activities, such as cookouts, camping, swimming, and boating. Having fun also means staying safe, using good judgment and taking simple precautions…
No one uses the term “plane accident”; the common phrase is “plane crash”. Then why do we commonly use the phrase “auto accident” rather than “car crash”? “When you use the word ‘accident,’ it’s like, ‘God made it happen,’ ” Mark Rosekind, head of the…
Prom season and graduation celebrations are fast approaching for high school students across the nation. While it is a time for celebration, many teens feel that these special events must include alcohol – that it’s a rite of passage. Statistics confirm that prom and graduation…
Nursing homes are entrusted to care for some of our nation’s most vulnerable residents at a critical time in their lives. When this trust is violated and nursing home abuse or neglect happens, the results are often devastating as was the case for a Colorado…
Parents may not realize it, but their soccer-playing kids may be exposed to a hidden danger every time they take to the field, a danger that could cause serious injuries, even death. It was May 2007. Ten-year-old Hayden Ellias of Virginia, a star soccer player…
Payless Shoes has pulled a series of light-up shoes from their shelves after a Texas couple said their toddler’s “Jake and the Neverland Pirates” light-up shoes caught on fire and burned a hole inside their car. The parents say their two-year-old son had kicked off his…
A Philadelphia jury recently awarded $44.1 million to a women who suffered a brain hemorrhage while being treated at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Formerly a project manager at a financial services company, the woman was left paralyzed on her left side and…
A 13-year-old teen boy was driving an all-terrain vehicles (ATV) up and down a residential street with three ten-year-old girls on board. A motorist who was returning home pulled into the neighborhood, but didn’t see that the four-wheeler pulled in front of him. The ATV…
Last month Indiana joined several other states with the passing of a law you might not have heard of – “dead red” law. The bill allows motorcycle, moped, and bicycle riders who fail to trigger a traffic signal at an intersection to drive through a…
In December 2014, a Knox County School bus crashed into another school bus killing a teacher’s aide and two students. The driver of bus #44 swerved over a concrete median, crashing into the side of bus #57. It was later discovered the bus driver who…