A 14-year-old Security, Colorado teen was jogging through the intersection, something he had done dozen of times before. But, this time, as he entered the crosswalk he was hit by a car. Despite hitting his back, head, neck and legs, the teen only suffered cuts…
A 15-year-old was killed in a crash when a California Highway Patrol officer rear-ended the vehicle in which he was a passenger. The collision involved four vehicles, and eight people in total. Weston Sites was the only fatality; he was pronounced dead at the scene.…
My readers are most likely familiar with the “100 deadly days” – the time period between Memorial Day and Labor Day when teen deaths from car crashes have historically spiked. Sadly most of those deaths could have been prevented. Over the past five years, an…
Construction work is a necessary part of improving roads and making them safer; we see road work all the time, especially during the months between April and October. As drivers, it’s easy to become so accustomed to their presence that we don’t really pay attention.…
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…
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…
April 22 marked the one-year anniversary of a fiery crash that claimed the lives of five Georgia Southern University nursing students when a tractor-trailer plowed into them as they sat a line of traffic that was halted due to cleanup efforts following a prior accident.…