Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Deadly San Francisco Intersection Takes Another Life

  Claude Wyle | October 09, 2007 7:27 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Sloat and 19th Avenue is one of the most dangerous intersections in the city of San Francisco. Last year, this intersection claimed seven fatal injuries. Wednesday, two cars, in a head-on collision, claimed the life of a 21-year-old pedestrian. An unidentified mother and her toddler were also struck, but survived, with moderate injuries. For more information on this subject, please refer to...

• Reckless Teen Kills Three in Deadly Auto Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 24, 2007 1:58 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last night a reckless teenage driver took the lives of three others, as he raced at nearly triple the speed limit on a curvy road in Almaden Valley, San Jose. This auto fatality occurred when the reckless driver first struck an elderly couple who were pedestrians standing at the side of the road, and then smashed into two trees. The elderly couple, the driver, and his passenger all suffered...

• Trucking Accident Causes Fiery Freeway Accident

  Claude Wyle | October 18, 2007 5:37 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Two people suffered fatal injuries in a fiery pileup inside a Southern California freeway tunnel on Sunday night. Two trucks triggered the accident when they collided into each other, which led to a serious of chain-reaction accidents, involving at least 15 trucks. Ten people suffered serious injuries, and it took over 300 firefighters to extinguish the blaze.For more information on this...

• Verdict: CHP 911 "Grossly Negligent."

  Claude Wyle | August 04, 2007 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A San Francisco Superior Court Jury found the CHP 911 dispatch center "grossly negligent" in mishandling a deadly trucking accident. The mishandling of the 2003 call was a factor in the death of Richard Housley, who was crushed between the truck and trailer of the truck he was driving. The jury determined that 911 dispatch center departed from its standard procedures when they failed to call...

• Multiple Car Crash Claims Two Lives in Fremont

  Claude Wyle | November 23, 2006 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A series of auto accidents on Highway 880 near Fremont, that may have involved a potential hit and run, as well as alcohol and speeding last Saturday, has caused the wrongful death of two individuals and the serious personal injuries of several other people. It apparently began when an Oakland car driver crashed into the center median. The Oakland driver may have been originally struck by...

• Death of Fremont Child in Car Crash: No Safety Restraints

  Claude Wyle | November 15, 2006 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Sunday night, a 4 year old Fremont girl was killed in an automobile collision on Interstate Highway 880, when a San Leandro woman crashed her Mustang into a Mitsubishi, that flipped into oncoming traffic. The Mitsubishi then struck a Toyota Sequoia SUV head on. Although eight people suffered personal injuries in this multi car accident, the child that was killed was not properly restrained...

• Three Million Uninsured Drivers in California: Protect Yourself

  Claude Wyle | November 03, 2006 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  With and estimated 3.4 million uninsured drivers in California, it is vitally important that each of us protect ourselves by purchasing our own insurance for automobile accidents or motorcycle accidents. Although the State of California offers cheap insurance, only 26,000 people have signed up for the low-cost program. How do you protect yourself in the event of an car crash or a motorcycle...

• Scaffolding Collapse Causes Catastrophic Highway Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 31, 2007 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Failure of scaffolding on a highway on ramp near Chico, California caused a catastrophic highway accident early this morning. Miraculously, no fatalities occurred when thirty-six tons of steel collapsed on top of vehicles underneath. Three people suffered serious injuries, including multiple broken bones. One survivor was trapped in his FedEx truck for more than three hours before being...

• Man Killed in Car Accident on 580

  Staff Writer | November 01, 2006 12:39 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A four-car accident closed three of the four eastbound lanes of I-580 Sunday afternoon. The crash occurred near the Beaumont Avenue exit, and the California Highway Patrol closed the lanes for more than two hours.A man killed in the four-vehicle wreck was identified as Richard Schiavo, 20, of Oakland. No information was available on the other victims' other injuries or the cause of the crash,...

• What NOT To Do Right After a Crash

  Claude Wyle | March 14, 2007 2:07 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  You've been in a motorcycle or automobile or bicycle accident and you were injured. Now what do you do to protect your claim for personal injuries? Call an attorney right away? If you delay, you may make mistakes that will permanently prejudice your claim and prevent you from getting a fair settlement with the insurance company. Obviously, you will have your hands full, or will not be well...