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PA School Bus Driver Charged With DUI

When parents put their children on a school bus they assume the children will arrive safely at the school.  They also assume the driver is experienced and responsible.  Unfortunately, for children and their parents in Washington, PA, recently that wasn’t the case.  Their school bus driver was charged with DUI after transporting 3 loads of children while legally drunk.

According to the Observer-Reporter.com, after the school bus driver had made three rounds of bringing students to school, he was preparing to take another group on a field trip.  A teacher noticed that the man appeared to be under the influence and notified the proper authorities.  Police found the driver had a blood alcohol content of .081 – four times the legal limit.  The Huffington Post reports the driver was fired.

Fortunately, no one was injured in this incident.  However, there have been far too many school bus accidents across the United States this year. […]

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Four Elderly Women in Fatal PA Car Crash

Four elderly women in car crash on the way to garden club meeting, two killed, two seriously injured

Two Women Die, Two Injured in PA Car Accident
WETM-TV reports four elderly women traveling in a Buick Century were on the way to their monthly “Garden Club” meeting at a nearby Perkins restaurant Thursday around noon when they were in a tragic car accident.  The women were at the intersection of Rt. 6 and Dorset Heights in Mansfield when their car collided with an F-250 Ford pickup truck.  Two of the women, aged 81- and 89-years old both died in the accident. The two others were seriously injured and were airlifted to the local hospital. The driver of the pickup truck was not injured. Police are continuing to investigate the cause of the accident.

Motorcyclist Dies in Accident in FL
A 77-year-old Florida woman has been charged with DUI manslaughter, […]

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Car Accident Round-Up: Students Killed in Wrong Way Crash

Woman slams head-on into vehicle after traveling seven miles in the oncoming lane in fatal car accident

Four Die in Wrong-Way Accident in Ohio
A 69-year-old woman traveled over seven miles the wrong direction on I-75 near Toledo, Ohio, before slamming head-on into a car carrying five college students.  The woman and three of the college students died in the Friday morning accident.  The two other college students were seriously injured.  A caravan of four cars was carrying 16 Bowling Green State University students to the airport for a spring break vacation in the Dominican Republic.  Police are investigating to determine why the woman was on the wrong side of the road.

Police Chase Leads to Fatal Car Crash in Pennsylvania
A driver and his passenger died early Monday morning when their car crashed into a wall in Wilkinsburg, PA after a police chase.  […]

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Car Accident Round-Up: Fatal Nine-Car Accident in CA

Three dead, 10 injured in car accident caused by woman suspected of being drunk

Nine Car Accident Leaves Three Dead in CA DUI Accident
A nine-car crash in Monterey County, CA left three people dead and approximately 10 people injured, two seriously. According to police, the Wednesday evening accident occurred when a woman suspected of drunk driving reached for her cell phone and crossed the center line in her SUV, striking a Volkswagen head-on. Three occupants of the Volkswagen died and a fourth was seriously injured. After the two vehicles crashed, another seven cars were involved in a chain-reaction crash.  The occupants of the Volkswagen and those in another car following them were returning from a funeral in King City.  The pileup occurred on Highway 101 near King City, CA.

Man Dies Crossing Street at Busy Philadelphia Intersection
A 77-year-old man crossing the road at Henry Avenue and School House Lane in the East Falls section of Philadelphia was struck by a vehicle last week.  […]

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Car Accident Round-Up: Policeman Dies in PA Car Chase

Suspect of previous hit-and-run arrested for suspected vehicular homicide in car accident

Pennsylvania Car Chase Leads to Policeman’s Death
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, police stopped a 35-year-old man suspected of an earlier hit-and-run accident in Granville, WV early Saturday morning.  The man refused to get out of his car, and drove off leading police on a car chase into Pennsylvania.  A WV police sergeant had pulled his SUV off the road on I-79 near the one-mile marker in PA and was ready to assist in stopping the vehicle when the suspect crashed into the SUV. The policeman was taken to the nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of homicide by vehicle while police await toxicology test results.  Police believe the man was driving drunk and taking prescription anti-anxiety drugs.

Three U.S. Marines Die in CA Car Accident, […]

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Four Men Die in Christmas Day Car Crash

Police suspect speeding during suboptimal conditions to be the cause of crash

Deadly Maine Accident Leaves Four Dead
A tragic Christmas Day car crash in Palermo, Maine, left four men dead – two brothers in one vehicle, and a man and his father-in-law in another.  The Bangor Daily News reports the two brothers were traveling on Route 3 in an SUV that apparently lost control and skidded sideways into the path of the other car, which struck the SUV broadside. All four men died at the scene.  Police are continuing to investigate, but believe the SUV was traveling too fast for conditions after a light snow dusted the roadway.  The brothers were aged 18 and 21-years-old.  The two men were 64 and 83-years-old. 

Two Teens Die in Florida Accident
Two teenagers, both 18-years-old, died in a Sunday evening car crash in Bradenton, FL, according to My Fox Tampa Bay.  […]

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Car Accident Round-Up – Teenagers Die in Early Morning FL Accident

Car spins out of control, strikes light post and splits in two killing two teenagers in fatal accident

Two Teens Dead, One Critical After Miami Accident
The Miami-Herald reports a 2:30 a.m. Saturday accident in Miami, FL left two teenagers dead and another critically injured when the car in which they were traveling struck a light post on the highway causing the vehicle to split in half.  The accident, on the Dolphin Expressway near Northwest 17th Avenue, occurred when the car swerved and crossed the inside lane and shoulder, spun and struck the concrete wall and a light post.  The two pieces of the car blocked both the westbound and eastbound lanes of the highway.  The 17-year-old driver and an 18-year-old passenger were pronounced dead at the scene. The second passenger, 18-years-old, was found seat belted into the rear section of the car.  She was taken to Ryder Trauma Center.  […]

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Car Accident Round-Up – One Dead, Five Injured in Multi-Vehicle Crash in FL

Out-of-control vehicle spins into oncoming lane colliding with two other vehicles in fatal accident

FL Accident Kills One, Leaves Five Critically Injured
A multi-vehicle crash over the weekend in Frostproof, Florida left one person dead and five others critically injured.  The Miami Herald reports that a vehicle on U.S. 27 northbound ran off the roadway, overcorrected and spun around sending it into the southbound lanes where it collided with two other vehicles.  The driver of the out-of-control vehicle died; her two passengers were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.  Three occupants of the other vehicles were listed in critical condition. Police were continuing to investigate the accident. 

Heart Attack Kills Driver of Rock Band Bus in Iowa
According to the Ames Tribune, the driver of the charter bus for the rock band Widespread Panic apparently suffered a heart attack while driving the bus on Interstate 35 last week south of Ames, […]

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Pennsylvania Family Awarded $2.9 Million in DUI-Hit-and-Run

The family of a 14-year-old Bensalem, Pennsylvania girl who was killed in a 2004 hit-and-run crash while she was trying to cross a road has been awarded $2.9 million by a Bucks County judge.  The case was decided without a jury.

The 21-year-old driver that struck the girl was driving with a suspended license and was found to be intoxicated at the time of the crash.  The police did not charge him with DUI-related hit-and-run saying that road condition and other factors, not his drunkenness, caused the crash.  The driver, however, was sentenced to three to six years in a state prison for the accident, and is currently in jail.

The family of the deceased brought a civil trial against the driver and the owner of the vehicle the man was driving.  According to PhillyBurbs.com, the judge awarded the plaintiffs $697,749.92 in wrongful death damages against both defendants; […]

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California Women Awarded $1.2 Million in DUI Civil Lawsuit

Two CA women receive settlement after being hit by drunk driver

Two women, who suffered permanent injuries after an automobile accident with an assistant district attorney in Los Angeles who was driving drunk, agreed to a $1.2 million settlement in a civil lawsuit against the woman.  The two women had already been awarded more than $1 million in compensatory damages by a jury.

The assistant DA had a BAC of .26, more than three times the legal limit, and admitted that she knew she was drunk. She decided to drive anyway in hopes that she would get home without getting caught.  In the April 2010 accident, she rear-ended the two women near Long Beach, CA resulting in one woman suffering back injuries, facial scars and lost teeth, and the other suffering from back injuries.

The women had sought $2 million, but agreed to the settlement to avoid a second trial and to get immediate payment. […]

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Seven Die on PA Roads Over Holiday

723 accidents on PA roads over holiday weekend result in 358 DUI arrests and 7 deaths

Alcohol Involved in Many Pennsylvania Accidents Over Holiday Weekend

According to the Pennsylvania State Police, seven people died on PA roads over the four-day July 4th weekend.  State police report they investigated seven fatal car accidents, of which four of the accidents involved alcohol.  In addition, there were 723 accidents, with 358 resulting in drunk-driving arrests.  They also issued over 7,000 speeding tickets.  These statistics include state police incidents only.

NC Accident Leaves One Sister Dead, One Seriously Injured

An 18-year-old is dead and her twin sister is seriously injured from a Friday evening, single-car crash on interstate 77 in Mooresville, North Carolina.  The car was traveling northbound near mile marker 32 when the injured girl, who was driving, lost control of the car, […]

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Tragic Two-Car Accident Results in Loss of Unborn Child

Tragic Two-Car Accident in Florida Results in Death of Unborn Child

A Wednesday morning crash near Bradenton, Florida left a 19-year-old pregnant woman in critical condition and resulted in the death of her unborn child.  The accident occurred around 10 a.m. when the car in which the woman was a passenger, was making a left-hand turn and was stuck by a Ford pickup heading northbound on 14th Street West.  The car was stuck on the passenger side, then hit a pole before coming to rest.  The passenger was not wearing a seatbelt.  The driver of the car suffered serious injuries, and faces charges of violation of a right of way while making a left turn.  The driver of the pickup was not injured.

Stray Dog Causes Kansas Accident

A dog running on I-70 in West Topeka, Kansas, contributed to a two-car crash on Thursday morning that sent one person to the hospital.  […]

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Texas Wildfire Sparks Fatal Multi-Car Wreck

Low visibility due to wildfire leads to seven-car accident in Texas

Wildfire Causes Fatal Multi-Car Wreck

A wildfire in Midland, Texas that left motorists with zero visibility was the cause of a seven-car accident on Sunday that left a 5-year-old girl dead.  The accident started when a motorist slowed on Interstate 20 due to poor visibility from the fire burning in the highway’s median.  The pickup truck in which the girl was riding was pushed into the nearby pasture, where the fire had spread, when the truck became engulfed in flames killing the girl and injuring her brother and uncle.

Drunk Driver Kills Two in South Carolina

A Delaware man has been charged with two counts of felony DUI after he ran an SUV off the road and into a tree killing both occupants of the vehicle.  The Sunday night accident that left a 70-year-old woman and a 74-year-old man dead occurred in Colleton County, […]

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Icy Road Causes Multi-Car Wreck, 30 Injured

31 car accident on icy road sends 20 to emergency room

Multi-Car Crash Injures Over 30 in Missouri

I-64 at Vandeventer in downtown St. Louis was the site of a multi-car wreck involving 31 vehicles and sending 20 people to area hospitals.  The accident occurred at 5 a.m. Wednesday morning after the untreated highway became coated with a light sheet of ice leaving the roadways extremely treacherous.   Several rescuer workers also became part of the wreck as two fire trucks, two ambulances and a supervisor’s car were unable to stop before being damaged and caught up in the wreckage.  MoDOT blames the weather forecasters for missing the precipitation and leaving them unprepared to treat the roads.

Stranded Motorist Dies, Nine Others Injured in Fatal Car Accident in Raleigh, NC  

A multi-car accident Wednesday night on I-40 in Raleigh, […]

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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.  […]

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Bar Owners Will Pay $1.3 Million In Drunk Driving Death

The former owners of a restaurant in Gresham, Oregon will pay $1.3 million after being accused of serving too much alcohol to a convicted drunk driver who killed two young women reports KATU.com. The judge could more than double that amount.

Although the Golden Star Restaurant is now under different ownership, the parents of the young women sued the former owners accusing them of knowingly over-serving the driver and then allowing her to drive.

The bar had a history of over-serving its patrons and had received several written warnings from the Gresham police, an Oregon Liquor Control Commission fine and dozens of patron DUI arrests, according to news reports.

The two young women were celebrating a 21st birthday when their car was hit head-on by the drunk driver going the wrong way on the highway. Neither woman had alcohol in her system. […]