While home visiting my parents, I saw a recent Reader’s Digest Article. The article points out that more than 5,000 teenagers die in car accidents every year. “If we saw these numbers coming back from a war zone, it would be on the front page every day,” says Vincent Leibell, a state senator from New…
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.
Alabama State Troopers Post reported that just after 12:00 noon today one person was killed and another injured in a two vehicle accident on Highway 431 about 4 miles north of Alexandria. View Larger Map A 19 year old who was driving a 1994 Honda Accord was taken to Gadsden Regional Medical Center for treatment,…
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…
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.
Last night while watching the news, I learned of another tradegy. This one was the untimely death of former Birmingham city councilman Jimmy Blake’s wife, a nurse. According to Fox News, “His wife, Mary Anne, was killed Monday in a car accident on Highway 280. The accident happened by the water plant on 280. Investigators…
“In 2005, motor vehicle traffic crashes were the leading cause of death for every age 3 through 6 and 8 through 34.” NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis (DOT HS 810 936 April 2008). Every kind of vehicle wreck can quickly lead to disaster for a family.
We all enjoy a good laugh. Mr Bean – Traffic Lights In Alabama people have drifted to the idea that traffic lights are suggestions and not for everyone’s safety. Mr. Bean’s approach isn’t the standard. Based on 2004 data if you are a typical driver in Alabama, there is a 55% chance that you will…