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“Anyone who has ever sneezed in a car knows what can happen.” What, you may ask, can happen? This quote from Springfield, Missouri Assistant Fire Chief Randy Villines refers to a sneezing fit that possibly caused a fire truck accident. According to Reuters, Paul McGuire drove a fire truck with two other fire fighters on… read more
September 11, 2001 affected many people in American as no other incident could. However, September 16, 2001 is also a painful date for many Wyoming natives, who memorialized the 10-year anniversary of a tragic car accident that killed eight members of the University of Wyoming cross-country team. On this date, Clint Haskins drove to see… read more
Imagine waking up from a much-needed nap to find a vehicle sitting inside your living room. In Fletcher, North Carolina, Jeanelle Selhost jumped out of her bed and ran to her living room after hearing a car slam into her house on September 12. Two vehicles, a car and a truck, crashed through a guardrail,… read more
The Colorado Department of Transportation recently remodeled the I-25/U.S. 34 interchange, with widened ramps to allow drivers to more easily slow down and speed up while getting on or off the interchange. However, these efforts did not prevent the tanker crash of Gary Agee, who died in the flames from the crash on September 11.… read more
Not even celebrities are free from the mishaps of negligent drivers. Reese Witherspoon, famous for such movies as Walk the Line and Sweet Home Alabama, went for a jog in Santa Monica, California and returned with minor injuries. According to People, as the actress jogged through an unmarked crosswalk, an 84-year-old driver hit Witherspoon. The… read more
Excessive speed caused yet another major car accident in Colorado Springs, Colorado in September. Crystal Graves, driving an Oldsmobile sedan in the left lane of Palmer Park, ran a red light, lost control and ran off the left side of the road. The car then hit a retaining wall, became airborne and crashed into the… read more
Congratulations, Fort Collins: for the second year in a row, Fort Collins, Colorado ranks as having the safest drivers in America. According to KKTV.com, Allstate released their “America’s Best Drivers” report that ranks the 200 largest cities in the country by car collision frequency. In Fort Collins, the average driver will have a car crash… read more
Betsy Burkhart, a resident of Clarksville, Tennessee, reports that several car accidents have occurred in her yard from drivers who speed around the bend in Tiny Town Road. However, none of the previous accidents can compare to the mangled Honda Accord that flipped into her front yard, containing a two-year-old hanging upside down in her… read more
Trucking accidents normally involve a collision between a vehicle and a tractor-trailer. In this fatal incident, however, the truck did not even touch the vehicle involved. According to the Laramie Boomerang, the drive shaft of Robert Jackson’s tractor-trailer broke loose as Antoine Dean passed the truck on I-80 in Wyoming on July 29. The drive… read more
A logging tractor-trailer killed Claudia Tena de Ramirez of Glenwood Springs, Colorado on August 16 in a horrific trucking accident due to careless driving. According to the Glenwood Springs Post Independent, the logging truck driver ran a red light at an intersection while driving southbound on Highway 82 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. De Ramirez made… read more
