Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Alleged Drunk Driver Injures Virginia State Trooper

  Ben Glass | February 14, 2008 9:10 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Virginia State Police Trooper had to be placed in intensive care for the severe personal injuries he received after he was hit by a man who had been driving under the influence of alcohol on Interstate 81. The accident took place shortly after 11 p.m on Saturday, February 2 in Smyth County.After he finished a routine traffic stop, Trooper K.S. Chapman was sitting stationary in his patrol...

• Drivers Should Stop Texting While Driving

  Ben Glass | February 02, 2008 10:24 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Del. James Scott (D-Fairfax) believes that enough adults in Virginia are attempting to send text messages while driving, which could potentially result in personal injury, that he wants to ban the practice. He has filed in advance of the 2008 General Assembly session a bill that would prohibit operating a vehicle while sending text messages.Scott admitted that usually, it takes several years...

• 300,000 Drivers License Suspensions Loom in Virginia

  Ben Glass | December 11, 2007 5:20 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Now what do we do?Virginia DUI defense attorney Bob Battle has an excellent post today regarding the "unintended consequences of Virginia harsh "bad driver fees" put into law by our General Assembly earlier this year.Here was the good idea. Reduce taxes but quadruple fines (er... "fees) for bad drivers. Then suspend their licenses when they can't pay. As Bob Battle points out, someone has...

• Fairfax County Police Looking for Hit and Run Driver

  Ben Glass | October 15, 2007 2:09 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to a Washington Post article, Lincoln Nguyen, 71, of Alexandria, Virginia was struck and killed by a car. Witnesses said that Nguyen had a green light but was not able to get across the entire intersection in time. Police are looking for a gold SUV or minivan with tinted windows and front-end damage. The information number for the Fairfax County Police is: 866-411-8477. The accident...

• How Does a Car Get Hit By a Train

  Ben Glass | September 07, 2007 1:20 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I always wondered how a car could get hit by a train. I mean, trains are big, noisy things.Here is a very disturbing video of a mom who's 2 children died when she tried to beat a train in an intersection and managed to get hit by two trains.Two trains hit mom in minivan video.This is very tragic.For more information on this subject matter, please refer to our section on Car and Motorcycle...

• Progressive Caught Spying on Couple In Church

  Ben Glass | August 30, 2007 3:02 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  to deny claims..This story is almost unbelievable yet Progressive Insurance Company has ADMITTED to these actions. It seems that the insurance company actually hired private detectives to JOIN A CHURCH in order to discredit a couple suing the insurer.Progressive Corp Chief Executive Glenn Renwick has apologized for the use of private detectives."What the investigators and Progressive people did...

• Graduation Day Driver Who Killed Had Been Drinking

  Ben Glass | August 15, 2007 5:46 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Virginia State police are now reporting that Elaine Minnette "Nettie" Thackston, 20, of Fairfax, Va. had been drinking when the car she was driving pulled in front of a tractor trailer on graduation night, killing all four women in the car.Other alcohol and marijuana were also found in the car. While the alcohol limit did not meet Virginia's definition of "drunk driving" it did exceed...

• GEICO hit for $400,000 in Underinsured Motorist Case

  Ben Glass | August 14, 2007 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This case shows why you should be checking your own car insurance policy right now. This local accident victim suffered what a jury determined to be $400,000 of injuries. The driver who hit him only had $50,000 of insurance (and, in Virginia, its perfectly legal to drive without car insurance.) Fortunately he had been smart enough (or just plain lucky) to have purchased a USAA policy with...

• Award for Myofascial Pain In Virginia Beach Car Crash

  Ben Glass | August 13, 2007 4:34 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Virginia Beach mother of two who was broadsided by a car traveling at 40 MPH and suffered wrist, neck, and back pain, was awarded $194K in a recent trial in the Norfolk, Virigina area.. After the crash, the plaintiff consulted with a chiropractor, neurosurgeon, and physiatrist who determined that she was a member the very small minority of people who are unable to fully recover from...

• Roanoke man dies in a crash at rest stop

  Ben Glass | August 10, 2007 11:40 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to a press release from the Virginia State Police, a cargo van driven by 60-year-old Donald Weeks slid under the back of a tractor-trailer parked at the rest area two days ago. Reportedly, Weeks died at the scene. State police said a toxicology test will be conducted to determine if drugs or alcohol were involved although no autopsy will be performed.The truck driver, James Cash of...