car accident
5 Questions To Ask When Renting A Car in Pennsylvania
There are many times when you may want to rent a car such as when you are on vacation or when your vehicle is being repaired. Most people perform a quick internet search for rental car agencies to find the lowest price for a rental car in Northwestern Pennsylvania. However, the lowest price may not…
Read MoreFatal Hit and Run Crash in Girard
A 51-year-old man was struck by a vehicle in the North Creek Road and Route 20 area of Girard around 11 p.m. on September 4. According to Pennsylvania state police, the West Erie County accident occurred when a black or gray vehicle struck the man and then fled the scene. The man died at the…
Read MoreHow Do I Know Whether or Not My Car Accident Is Worth Anything?
Car accidents are relatively common not just in Erie, Pennsylvania but across the state and around the country. What makes car accidents unique, however, from the perspective of a personal injury attorney, is whether or not these cases meet the grounds for filing a car accident lawsuit. If you have sustained severe injuries as a…
Read MoreIs an Injury or an Accident Probable Cause for an Officer to Investigate Driving Under the Influence?
In order to pull you over and investigate a potential incident of driving under the influence, a police officer must have probable cause that you have violated the law or are in the process of violating the law. Probable cause refers to reliable information existing to support a reasonable belief that someone has committed a…
Read MoreErie County Crash Injures One and Kills Another
An accident on Erie County on Interstate-90 injured one woman and fatally wounded a Pittsburg area man, according to the Pennsylvania state police in Erie. A 20-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene on the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 near Harbor Creek Township.
Read MoreNew Research Study Shows That the United States Has the Highest Crash Fatalities Among Similar Countries
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new study showing that the crash death rate in the United States was more than twice the average number for other high-income countries across 2013, the year for which most recent data is available. It turns out that despite the many improvements in vehicle safety and…
Read MoreWhat to Do After You Are Injured in a Parking Lot Accident in Pennsylvania
Most individuals underestimate the potential danger associated with a car accident in a parking lot because typically vehicles are going at slower speeds. Unfortunately, however, parking lot accidents can still yield catastrophic injuries. With varying traffic patterns, unique layouts to parking lots and more pedestrians and cyclists, it is easy to see, however, why so…
Read MoreGraduating Student Killed in Erie Car Crash
There’s nothing quite as devastating as when a young person suffers serious injuries in a car crash and dies from the accident. This event is even more difficult to comprehend when it’s a young person just shy of their high school graduation. Unfortunately, the Erie community has recently experienced the loss of a student just…
Read MoreHow Important Is Wearing a Seat Belt for Preventing Accidents?
Police officers in Erie, Pennsylvania frequently see car crashes where individuals are not wearing seat belts. These car crashes can have catastrophic consequences. In the year 2011, seat belts were responsible for saving an estimated number of up to 12,000 lives. A Seat Belt Can’t Save You Unless You Wear It It was also further…
Read MoreResearch Study Identifies Connection with Legal Marijuana Use and Increase in Fatal Car Accidents
New research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety shows that fatal car accidents associated with marijuana use have more than doubled since the legalization of the drug in 2012. The study identified that the full impact of legalized marijuana took about nine months to translate to statistics in the state. Although there were 49…
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