Driver Dies In Crash – Widow Sues Business For Serving Too Much Alcohol

Pennsylvania’s The Times Tribune reports the widow of a 29-year-old man killed in a one-car accident in February has filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging businesses over-served her husband alcohol.

The suit was has been filed against Valley Bowling Lanes Inc., Champion’s Lounge, Inc., and Bowl Credit, Inc., Carbondale Twp; and Chico’s Lounge Inc., Mayfield and alleges the businesses should have known her husband was intoxicated and unable to drive home the night of his accident.  It states the businesses’ bartenders, bouncers and/or managers failed to fulfill their responsibilities.

A minor son is also named as a plaintiff in the lawsuit which is seeking more than $50,000 plus interest and other court costs in addition to punitive damages.

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Car Accident Round-Up — All Is Not ‘OK’ When Text Messaging Before Car Wreck

Distracted driving including text messaging is a leading cause of car accidents

Homeless Man Dead After Thanksgiving Accident With Jackie Autry’s Car

The widow of former Angels owner Gene Autry says the Thanksgiving night event which left a homeless man dead was an accident, reports the Los Angeles Times. She was driving home from a Thanksgiving dinner and traveling about 25 mph when she hit a man who crossed the street with no lights and wearing black clothes. She called 911 but the man died about an hour later, the paper reported.

Forty Plus Car Accidents In Delaware County Due To Winter Weather

Wednesday’s brutal weather, which followed months of above average temperatures, brought over 40 car accident reports to police departments in Delaware County, reports the starpress.com.  Injuries, roll-overs, and vehicular entrapments were reported, but no fatalities.

Two Car Fatal Accident Closes Route 29 in Easton, […]

Auto Accident Round-Up — Heisman Trophy Finalist Stable After Hawaii Car Wreck

Colt Brennan in stable condition after head-on collision in oncoming lane

Eleven-Year-Old Killed In N.Y. Car Crash

An afternoon three-car-accident in Wellsville, N.Y. has left an eleven-year-old girl dead from her injuries. According to the police report, about 3 p.m. traffic on Route 417 had stopped for a school bus when a truck ran into the back of the van in which the young girl was riding in the back seat. She was rushed to the hospital where she later died. The driver of the truck has been charged with driving while being impaired by drugs.

Heisman Trophy Finalist Stable After Car Accident In Hawaii

Colt Brennan is now in stable condition after suffering head and back injuries in a car accident in Hawaii, reports Fox Sports. He was a passenger in a car which crossed the center line and hit another car head-on. […]

Car Accident Round-Up

Car accidents around the United States

SUV Rollover Results in Fatality

A 20-year-old woman died in a single car crash on I-95 near Springfield, Virginia, after the car in which she was a passenger struck the jersey barrier throwing her from the vehicle.  The driver of the vehicle, the woman’s mother, was injured but her injuries were not believed to be life threatening.   Virginia state police believe the driver lost control of the SUV while traveling in the far right lane, then overturned across all four lanes of the road before the vehicle came to a stop against the jersey barrier.

Man Dies After Being Ejected from Car in Head-On Collision

The Cullman Times reports that a Cullman County man and his dog were killed when the car they were riding in collided with a dump truck.  The impact from the head-on collision ejected the man from his vehicle.  […]

Officer and Bar to Pay $2.25 Million In Fatal Car Crash

A police officer and the bar which served her were held accountable for a fatal car crash caused by drunk driving. They will pay a total of $2.255 million for the wrongful death of four people and the injuries to another man, reports St. Louis Today.

The lawsuit claimed the police officer had consumed a “high quantity” of alcohol at O’Leary’s Restaurant and Bar and the employees at the bar knew she was intoxicated and did not stop her from driving or call her a cab. Despite her slurred speech and unsteady walk, the bar continued to serve her alcohol. After leaving the bar, the officer crashed her car into a Honda with five students from India.

The driver of the car hit by the police officer suffered a head injury, a fractured rib, liver trauma, lung contusion, and contusions to the skull. His four passengers were killed, […]