In May, 2011, A Virginia teen was tragically killed when his car ran out of gas. He had started to push his car off of Route 7 in Fairfax, VA when a driver who was texting on his cell phone hit him. He died at the scene. While the family did pursue a civil case…
In a new post to our firm’s Virginia Trucking Accident/Injury Blog, lawyers with Shapiro & Appleton& Duffan report on a rear-end collision in a southeastern Virginia highway work zone that occurred during the middle of the day on Jan. 4, 2013. To read more, click over to “VDOT Worker Injured When Rear-Ended by Flatbed Truck…
What Happened: On January 3, 2013, a family of five from Boone, North Carolina were injured in a car accident. They were traveling northbound when a driver went the wrong way across the highway and caused the car crash. All five, as well as the other driver and his passenger were taken to a local…
What Happened The Diaz family will be in mourning this Christmas because their grandmother, a beloved woman, was killed in an auto accident on Christmas Eve. Cecilia Diaz, 75, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident in Spring Hill, Florida (FL) by Florida Highway Patrol. Diaz was driving her vehicle through an intersection and…
Long-haul truck drivers are often on the roads at odd times, faced with tight deadlines, and drive for extended periods of the time. These conditions, even considering federal regulations, can lead to fatigued driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), over 100,000 traffic accidents and 1,550 traffic accident fatalities are caused by…