Image by MrsHBalentine via Flickr The religious season – football – in Alabama starts this labor day weekend. Many people are excited about the beginning of the season. Many will be traveling to games, the lake and other outings for a last hurrah of end of summer. This is also one of the most dangerous…
Professors Michael Morrisey of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and David Grabowski of Harvard Medical School in a study found that for every 10 percent increase in gas prices there was a 2.3 percent decline in auto deaths. Morrisey expects to see fatalities drop about 1,000 deaths a month as gas prices have risen….
According to the Alabama Department of Public Safety an Atmore man was killed Tuesday night in a two car accident around 10 p.m. It occurred six miles north of Atmore on County Road 1. View Larger Map The other driver was taken to Atmore Community Hospital. The accident is under investigation by state troopers.
Previously, I’ve written about the dangerous driving of Nick “Hogan” Bollea, Hulk Hogan’s son, a juvenile. If this had occurred in Alabama, what are the legal implications? In Alabama we have a legal theory called negligent entrustment. The idea behind the law is that if you know that someone is a dangerous driver, if you…
clipped from www.dothaneagle.com The following wreck was reported July 1st in the Dothan Eagle. The conflicting reports on the cause of accident on U.S. 84 East are typical in an accident case:
News: Charles F. Benton Jr., an Autauga County man pled guilty Monday to two counts of vehicular homicide after three were left dead in August 2006.
News: According to the Alabama State Troopers a single vehicle accident left the driver dead and the passenger had to be sent to UAB hospital. The fatal accident occurred shortly after midnight Sunday four miles north of Piedmont on Highway 9 in Cherokee County. The driver was driving a 1972 Ford F-100 pick-up. The accident…
Fox news reported, “Alabama state troopers say a man was killed in a car accident on Highway 78 and 33rd Street.” “Troopers say the driver went around a curve too fast and flipped the car.” The accident happened around two o’clock this morning. Today, it’s Friday the 13th. Many people are superstitious about this day….
clipped from afp.google.com The story is that a good man was hit by cars that did not stop and neither did many others! Video shows Arce Torres, who had just bought milk at a convenience store, crossing a street, and while trying to avoid being hit by two cars hurtling down the avenue in the…
Previously, I reported a terrible tragedy. Information is now coming to light that the driver of the car that crossed the median into traffic Monday morning fell asleep. She had apparently been on the road since midnight Sunday.