Articles Tagged with Boston car accident attorney

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New car accident numbers are in: It isn’t good. highway1

Two new reports – one from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and another from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – indicate that auto accident deaths spiked last year and even though it’s lower than it has been historically over the last 30 years, it’s still far higher than other developed nations.

It’s true that lower gas prices mean more people are on the roads, taking longer trips and that inevitably leads to a spike in crashes. But there is more going on. Drivers have more sources of distraction than ever. Impaired driving continues to be a major problem. Streets are still not designed to protect the safety of vulnerable road users like pedestrians and bicyclists.  Continue reading

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According to a recent news feature from CBS Local Boston, five people, including a Massachusetts State Police (MSP) trooper, were injured in a multi-vehicle car accident on Interstate 93 in Boston.  Authorities say the crash occurred around three in the morning near a Boston exit.

caraccident3Witnesses say the trooper was at the scene of what turned out be the serious car accident conducting an investigation of another crash that had already happened.  The trooper had his cruiser parked next to the two-car accident, and his emergency lights on his Ford SUV were activated. Continue reading

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A woman in Salem (Oregon, that is) was awarded $800,000 in damages against the city after a public workers employee reportedly crashed into the side of her vehicle in April 2013. The city worker was reportedly working on electrical boxes along a bustling street. Intending to make a U-turn, he positioned his vehicle under the traffic light and, while repositioning his vehicle, plaintiff made a left turn onto the road. caroncurve

The two drivers dispute what happened next. Plaintiff alleges she was in the left lane and was starting to pass the truck when the driver suddenly initiated his U-turn and hit her passenger-side door. Defendant worker said not so, he started to turn when no vehicles were near and was a quarter of the way through his turn when plaintiff tried to pass him.

Either way, the U-turn was illegal so defendant was cited and ultimately, he was found guilty of that. However, that citation wasn’t admissible evidence in civil court. Plaintiff then sued the city for vicarious liability for the worker’s negligence and now, a jury has decided the worker was 90 percent to blame for the crash.  Continue reading

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According to a recent news article from WPRI, a teen in Fall River was killed in a car accident while driving to her prom.  The Massachusetts State Police (MSP) is investigating the cause of the fatal Fall River car accident, along with local police.

promAuthorities say the accident only involved one car and happened around 6 p.m. as she was driving to her prom.  She was driving with a male passenger who was going with her to the prom.  She was 18-years-old at the time of her death. Continue reading

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According to a recent news item, a 4-year-old boy suffered an injury known as “internal decapitation” after involvement in a car accident. Amazingly, he survived due to smart thinking from a rescue worker.  The victim was in a car being driven by his mother when the road became covered in ice from a large hailstorm.  The mother was driving her child home from a birthday party thrown for the child when she lost control of her vehicle due to the ice on the road and slid into another car traveling in the opposite direction.

Internal decapitation, also know as clinical decapitation, occurs when a person’s skull separates from his or her spinal column. Unlike in the typical image of what we picture when we hear the term “decapitation,” the victim’s head does not actually separate from the rest of the body.  While a victim can survive an internal decapitation, he or she can easily die as a result of the injury, and this is especially more likely with young victims. Continue reading

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According to recent news article from the Boston Herald, one woman died and others were injured in serious motor vehicle accident involving a wheelchair transport vehicle and a Nissan SUV.  The accident occurred Whitman, Massachusetts near Plymouth.

caraccident6According to witnesses, the accident occurred a few minutes before four in the afternoon.  They said the impact of the car accident was so loud and jarring that it seemed to shake neighborhood houses. As they rushed out of their homes after hearing the horrific crash, they saw that the that Nissan had crashed into the wheelchair transport van with such force that the car was demolished, and it was obvious that people were hurt. Continue reading

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Calvin Harris, a world famous DJ from Scotland was recently injured in a car accident and has canceled several planned shows as he recovers from his injuries, according to a news feature from E Online.  Authorities say the accident involved an SUV in which Harris was a passenger and Volkswagen Beetle being driven by a teenage girl.

dj-set-1427783It has been alleged that the teen driver was operating her motor vehicle along a narrow canyon roadway, of which there are many in the Los Angeles area, when she crossed over the center line into the opposing lane of traffic.  Her vehicle crashed into the SUV at high rate of speed.  Authorities also have said the female driver, who was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the serious car accident, was thrown from the vehicle, and, after being ejected, hit the ground with enough force that she reportedly broke her pelvis.  There were other passengers in her car, but it is unknown at this time if any of the other people in her car were injured in the serious motor vehicle crash. Continue reading

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Actor Nick Lashaway is best known for his role on the HBO original series “Girls,” as well as his roles in movies such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin with Steve Carell, and other films alongside stars such as Miley Cyrus and Justin Timberlake.  While he was only 28-years-old and had what appeared to be a promising career ahead of him, unfortunately that will not be the case, since he was recently killed in a tragic car crash in Framingham, Massachusetts, according to a news feature from Boston.com.

nightmotorwaylightsAuthorities say they were called to the scene of a three-car accident in the Boston suburb of Framingham, Massachusetts. It was actually a retired Framingham police officer and two of his sons that came upon the crash site and dialed 911.  When they approached the three-car accident, they saw that one of the vehicles, a Jeep, was on fire.  This was Nick Lashaway’s vehicle, and he was still behind the wheel as the car continued to burn.  Continue reading

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Georgetown is a small community located in Essex County along what is commonly referred to as Boston’s North Shore.  Most of the people who live in the town also work there or are retired.  A small portion of the residents commute to Boston on a regular basis, and this number is actually increasing as more people are leaving the city as real estate prices become too expensive for the average family and people are more willing to drive or take the commuter rail to work.

motorway-1198014-mWhile the small town doesn’t often make the news in Boston, that was not the case this past weekend when a major car accident occurred that resulted in at least seven being injured, according to a recent news report from the Boston Globe.  Continue reading

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It is hard to imagine anything scarier than being trapped in a car following a serious car accident.  Unfortunately, this was the case for one family, according to a recent news feature from the Boston Globe.

mw76UPwAuthorities report the crash occurred in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood just before eight in the evening.  After multiple vehicles crashed into each other at a major intersection, authorities were called to the scene. When they arrived, they came upon a real mess and immediately went to work rescuing the victims. Continue reading

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