The driver who hit and killed a road crew worker on I-95 south of Petersburg, Virginia (VA), admitted to looking down and taking her eyes off the road in the seconds before the fatal collision. This latest deadly distracted driving crash happened at around 11:15 am on February 3, 2018. The deceased victim…
A tractor-trailer driver who ignored two lane closure warnings is being blamed for a wreck in Southampton county, Virginia (VA), that sent three VDOT workers to hospitals with serious injuries. The three-vehicle collision happened near the intersection of U.S. 58/Southampton Parkway and State Rout 718/Arringdale Road on the morning of January 31, 2018. …
One of the most important parts of any vehicle is the brakes. If the brakes are defective, the risk of being in a vehicle accident spikes considerably. Many drivers are not aware that there is an issue with the brakes until it is too late. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), brake…
Speed and driver distraction may have played roles in causing a rear-end collision between a public school bus and a large box truck in King George County, Virginia (VA), on the afternoon of January 30, 2018. A witness said the truck never slowed down before slamming into the back of the bus in the 8000…
Last June, Leonard Schultz, a popular special education teacher and football coach at James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia, was killed when he was struck by a box truck on the Capital Beltway Inner Loop in Springfield. The 52-year-old victim and his 24-year-old nephew had stopped their pickup truck to secure a boat they…