Many states, including Pennsylvania, have developed graduated licensing programs that restrict the number of passengers teen drivers can carry in their vehicles. Teenagers might gripe about the laws, but a new study has revealed just how dangerous it is for teen drivers to be surrounded by friends in a vehicle. The study by AAA’s safety […]
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Pennsylvania Traffic Deaths Decrease Dramatically In 2011
According to a newly-released report from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the state had 33 fewer highway deaths in 2011 than in 2010. That means 2011 went down as the year with the second-lowest number of fatalities since the 1940s, which is excellent news for Pennsylvania residents. However, any number of highways deaths is heartbreaking […]
Family Sues Penndot After Teen Killed In Car Wreck
Most of us will be involved in a motor vehicle accident at some point in our lives. Sometimes, the accidents are caused by the negligence of another person. Other times, the negligence of a state agency or another entity is to blame. This is what the family of a boy who was killed in December […]
Driver In Fatal Bus Accident Acquitted Civil Suits Proceed
On the early morning of Sept. 11, 2010, a Megabus carrying 29 people from Philadelphia to Toronto crashed into a too-low railroad bridge just outside the city of Syracuse. Four passengers on the tour bus were killed, including a Temple University honors student. It was discovered that the bus driver had used his own personal […]
Driver Killed Workers Injured On Closed Philadelphia Bridge
A tragic accident in South Philadelphia has left a 32-year-old driver dead and at least two construction workers injured. According to officials, the accident occurred around 1:30 a.m. Monday on Platt Bridge, which was closed at the time for repairs. Officials say that the driver passed the bridge closure signs and smashed into maintenance equipment […]
Worker Fatally Crushed At Pennsylvania Mushroom Plant
Workplace accidents are far too common in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. Many times, dangerous workplaces are to blame. When this is the case, the injured workers or their families are sometimes able to bring personal injury lawsuits against the employer or a negligent third party. An industrial accident at a mushroom processing plant in Avondale, Pennsylvania, […]
Power Line Cleaning Method Questioned After Pennsylvania Death
A fatal accident involving a downed power line took the life of an Irwin, Pennsylvania, woman in June of 2009. In the wake of the accident, a personal injury attorney has urged the state Public Utility Commission to conduct an investigation, hoping to prevent similar deaths from occurring in the future. The lawyer is pursuing […]
Two Tragic Accidents Involving Pennsylvania Teens Claim 8 Lives
This has been a tragic month for teenagers on Pennsylvania roads. Within two days at the beginning of December, eight young people were killed in motor vehicle accidents. Three of the car accident victims were siblings. The first of the two accidents occurred on the afternoon of Dec. 5 when five Oxford High School students […]
Philadelphia Police Question Effectiveness Of Right Light Cameras
When the Philadelphia Parking Authority began installing red-light cameras, its goal was reduce the number of accidents the state sees each year. According to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Crash Facts and Statistics Book, Chester County saw 3.5 percent of the state’s 2010 crashes, making it one of the top ten Pennsylvania counties […]
Motorist Sentenced In Crash That Killed Philadelphia Cop
On Nov. 18, 2008, a 46-year-old police sergeant was in his squad car responding to a robbery call in North Philadelphia at the same time another man in a stolen black Camaro led police officers on a high-speed chase, running through several red lights. The police sergeant and the career-criminal collided at an intersection, and […]
Truck Driver In Fatal Pennsylvania Accident Was Sleep Deprived
A driver involved in a January 2009 serious truck accident that took the life of a male motorist has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in federal court in Philadelphia. The 58-year-old truck driver could be sentenced to between 10 to 16 months of incarceration for falsifying his truck driving log books required by the U.S. […]
Loss Of Four Teens In Car Accident Shakes Community
School is back in session in Pennsylvania which means that the football season has also kicked off. But what is usually the most exciting time of the year for student athletes and fans turned extremely tragic for a New Jersey community that lost four high school football players in a fatal SUV rollover accident last […]