Articles Posted in Car Accidents

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According to a recent report from the Boston Globe, Ray Flynn, former mayor of Boston, was just involved in a car accident while driving home from the gym.  He reportedly crashed his car into his neighbor’s South Boston home, which now has a large hole in the brick basement wall.

p-use-ya-blinka-sign-300x184Authorities say the 76-year-old man was returning home from a late morning workout at the Boston Athletic Club and was attempting to parallel park his car on the street in front of his neighbor’s home.  At this point, Flynn allegedly “lost his bearings” and also lost consciousness.  Flynn said that when he woke up a few minutes later, he realized that his car had crashed into his neighbor’s home.  Continue reading

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According to a recent news report from the New Hampshire Union Leader, an 81-year-old nun surrendered herself to authorities after allegedly fleeing the scene of a car accident. Authorities say defendant, who has now been released on bail, crashed into a car outside a shopping mall during the last of the Christmas shopping rush last year and left the scene immediately thereafter.

nun-1437922However, before she was able to get way from the scene of the car accident, the owner of the vehicle she allegedly hit managed to write down her license plate number and gave it to local police. Victim also told police that defendant hit her in the rear of her vehicle, and she and defendant both stepped out of their respective cars to exchange information. After the two women spoke for a few minutes, victim says she reached into her car to get some paperwork, and, when she turned back around, defendant had allegedly fled the scene. Continue reading

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According to a recent news feature from the Washington Post, witnesses reported a Toyota SUV driving from Boston’s Chinatown Neighborhood to Dorchester with a woman trapped beneath the undercarriage of the vehicle. They reported seeing her legs extending from under the rear bumper on this ride of several miles in length after the car crashed into two pedestrians in Chinatown and dragged one of them, a middle-aged woman.

mQo4CWyWitnesses also said the woman could clearly be heard screaming as the SUV was dragging her down the bumpy streets of downtown Boston. One of the witnesses said she first thought the screaming was some type of car alarm. Continue reading

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For the past few weeks, the Boston Globe has been following the trial of a defendant charged in connection with a serious car accident that occurred on the Arborway in the city’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood. To summarize the evidence presented at trial by the Office of the District Attorney for Suffolk County (Boston prosecutor), defendant was driving 60 miles per hour on a road with a speed limit of 30 miles per hour.

nightmotorwaylightsThe evidence showed he was traveling at what was called a reckless speed while going around a significant curve in the road, and he lost control of his vehicle. At this point, he drove into a median, which caused the car to roll over, and, while tumbling, it crashed into victim’s pickup truck. Continue reading

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According to a recent news article in the Boston Globe, Darius Fleming, a linebacker for the New England Patriots, is being called a hero after he sustained an injury pulling a woman from her car after she was involved in a car accident in Foxboro.

fire-brigade-759827-mWitnesses say the woman was involved in a three-car accident just outside of Gillette Stadium along Route 1.   When Fleming arrived, he saw that the victim was trapped in her car, and there appeared to be smoke coming from it, so he believed the vehicle was on fire. As it turns out, the car was not on fire, but it was dust and smoke from the airbag deployment. It is common for people to think the car is on fire after an airbag deploys. There is also often a burning smell from the charge that deployed the airbag. Continue reading

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Often times, when you are out on the highway, you will see parts of the tire from a large truck lying on the pavement. This by itself can be a dangerous road hazard, and you may have to take evasive action to avoid the steel-belted rubber. However, it is when the tire first comes off the truck that it is most dangerous.

tire1While some over the road truck drivers have a trailer that they use all the time and wait for it to get loaded and unloaded, many drivers simply drop off their empty trailer at distribution center loading dock and pick up a full trailer for the next trip. These trailers often do not get the maintenance they need, and they certainly do NOT get the care given to the driver’s tractor. Continue reading

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Sometimes we come across an article in the paper, or, more likely on somebody’s Facebook feed these days, and it’s an article about a serious car accident. While we may read a description of the how the car accident occurred and feel sorry for the victims and their families, most people do not realize just how much of a lasting effect a serious car accident can have on those victims and their families unless they have lived through a similar experience themselves.

mG2XP3eThere are a variety of reasons for this, but one of them is that there are very few news articles about what life is like for car accident victims and their families in the months and years following the tragic day when their lives were forever changed. However, one recent article from Boston.com has followed up with the United States Secret Service agent who was seriously injured in New England car accident in the last few days of this past December. Continue reading

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A recent news article form The Boston Globe discussed an accident that just occurred in Lexington, Massachusetts. Authorities say the accident occurred on Route 128 in Lexington.

wheelMassachusetts State Police investigators have said that the collision occurred early in the morning on a Tuesday when one car was traveling in the wrong direction on Route 128. However, as this is still very early in the investigation, authorities are not yet sure which vehicle was traveling in the wrong direction and was therefore responsible for the accident. Continue reading

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According to a recent news article from the Boston Globe, the trial for a man accused of having caused a serious Boston car accident that resulted in two victims being paralyzed began at the Brighton Court House.

caraccident4The serious Boston car accident occurred in Jamaica Plain in 2013. Prosecutors allege that defendant was driving at over 50 miles per hour on the Arborway when he lost control of his vehicle and swerved into the lane of oncoming traffic and crashed into a pickup truck. He was traveling 20 miles per hour over the posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour on Boston’s Arborway when the car accident occurred. Continue reading

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According to recent news feature from the Boston Globe, a volunteer working on Ben Carson’s presidential campaign was just killed in a fatal car accident. Three other campaign workers were also injured in the same fatal car accident.

Car crash--25-4-10-007Authorities say the workers were all in a van at the time of the accident. Three of the workers were volunteers, including decedent, and the remaining worker was a paid member of the campaign staff. The van was driving on an icy road when it rolled over into its side. At this point, while the van was lying on its side, another vehicle crashed into it, resulting in serious personal injuries and one fatality. Continue reading

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