Automobile Accidents

• Hit and Run Driver Kills Boy

  Michael Myers | August 26, 2006 4:09 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A pickup truck was seized in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed 12-year-old Justin Freeman. He was struck while riding his skateboard on the road with friends.It's important to report hit and run accidents. It's also important to know where children are playing and supervise them closes. Personal injury claims can be brought against caregivers who fail to adequately supervise...

• Queen Anne Resident Dies in Car Wreck

  Michael Myers | August 26, 2006 4:05 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Queen Anne resident Mary Katica Aylward, 83, was killed in a traffic accident at the intersection of Sixth Avenue West and West Blaine Street. Nearby residents say it's not the first time someone has died in a car wreck at that intersection, and they are urging the Seattle Department of Transportation to install four-way stop signs so that it doesn't happen again.Accidents like this may be the...

• Event Data Recorders Required

  Michael Myers | August 25, 2006 2:50 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On August 21, 2006, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) passed a regulation regarding event data recorders (EDRs). This rule specifies uniform requirements for the accuracy, collection, storage, survivability, and retrievability of onboard motor vehicle crash event data in cars equipped with EDRs. The rule also contains an extensive discussion of privacy issues...

• Bicycle Helments Make Sense--Seattle Leads the Way

  Michael Myers | August 24, 2006 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  In Seattle, cyclists can be fined $42 if they're caught riding without a helmet. There was some opposition at first, but now, most cyclists comply. Starting in 2003, Seattle required cyclists of all ages to wear a helmet. The rural areas of King County surrounding Seattle have had a helmet rule even longer -- since 1994. The rule in Seattle -- a board of health regulation, not a city or county...

• Highway of Death

  Michael Myers | August 24, 2006 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A team studying what to do about safety and traffic on Highway 2 hopes to get some ideas from the public at the Evergreen State Fair. The idea is to get information beyond what statistics can provide. The Washington State Department of Transportation is studying the section of road between Snohomish and Skykomish, locally known as the "highway of death." Between 1994 and 2005 there were 2,554...

• Driver Runs From Oncoming Train

  Michael Myers | August 24, 2006 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  An Amtrak train hit a car that stalled on the tracks in Kelso. The driver ran from the disabled vehicle just before impact, and that no one was injured in the collision. The Amtrak train was headed northbound to Seattle. Fortunately the driver was not injured. Unfortunately railroad crossing cases are unfortunately quite common.

• Accident Sends Passenger to Harborview

  Michael Myers | August 20, 2006 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Victoria Washines was driving southbound on Track Road just South of Wapato. She veered off the road way, over corrected and rolled her truck. Her 29-year-old passenger, Cialita Keys was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Key's is in serious condition after the rollover accident.Even if the driver was drinking, the injured passenger can recover under the driver's liability insurance...

• Four Year Old Dies in Magnolia

  Michael Myers | August 15, 2006 8:52 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A young boy died when his mother struck him with the family van while backing out of the driveway of Monday evening in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. The boy ran out of the yard and was trying to get his mother's attention, but she didn't see him behind the van. The boy was rushed to Harborview Medical Center where he died from his injuries, the King County Medical Examiner's Office said...

• Two More Dead on Highway 2--Four Children Injured

  Michael Myers | August 15, 2006 8:37 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A head-on collision on U.S. 2 killed two people and injured four others on Monday.A Subaru, which was westbound on the highway, crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a Jeep Wrangler, said Keith Leary, a state patrol trooper.Marva D. Peterson, 56, Snohomish, the driver of the Subaru, and Roger J. Thomas, 40, Marysville, the driver of the Jeep, died at the scene, according to a state...

• Injury to Fetus--Make Sure the Child Recovers Under the Auto Policy

  Michael Myers | August 14, 2006 8:25 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Unfortunately, pregnant woman are involved in automobile accidents. When they are involved in accidents, there can be injuries to their unborn children.Like in other contexts, an unborn child has rights in utero. For instance, a claim can be maintained against the at-fault driver for the injury suffered during the accident. This is true even if the accident was caused by the mother or father...