Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• New Colorado Insurance Law Effects Uninsured Motorist Coverage

  Linda Snyder | January 18, 2008 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Founding partners Kyle Bachus and Darin Schanker of Bachus & Schanker, LLC, recently worked with numerous others who advocate for Colorado consumers as well as the Colorado Senate in enacting a proposed bill in the field of auto insurance. As a result of all their hard work, this bill became a new Colorado Insurance Law that will impact your un-insured/under-insured motorist coverage...

• SUV Rollover Accident in Florida kills 1, injures 7

  Linda Snyder | January 10, 2008 11:06 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An SUV was involved in a crash early Tuesday morning when it went out of control and rolled over on Interstate 4 in Florida. As a result, the accident shut down all eastbound lanes, causing traffic to be backed up 9 miles.A family had rented the 2005 Ford Expedition when the driver lost control and flipped, killing the grandmother who was the driver and injuring the seven passengers. Two of the...

• Arrow Stage Lines Crash Kills 8 Passengers

  Linda Snyder | January 07, 2008 11:29 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A bus en route from Telluride, Colorado to Phoenix, Arizona crashed in southeastern Utah on Sunday, January 6th. The Utah Highway Patrol stated that the Arrow Stage Lines bus was southbound on State Route 163 when it went off the wet road and rolled numerous times. The crash killed 8 passengers and injured 20 others. There were about 56 seats and 51 passengers on the bus, all returning from a...

• California bans teen driver cell phone use

  April Armani | September 14, 2007 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We all know that teenagers are inexperienced drivers and, often, easily distracted. It appears that California has officially recognized these facts and has now banned cell phone use by teens when driving. The law was pushed by the popularity of teen text-messaging and the often disastrous results which can occur. The law takes effect July 1, 2008, and those caught violating the law will be...

• Two teens killed in crash with delivery truck

  April Armani | September 08, 2007 2:09 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This blogger has stressed time and time again the importance of safe teen driving and awareness by those who operate trucks on the road. Unfortunately, crashes keep on happening. Case in point, a crash last night in Arvada between a car and a refrigerated delivery truck killed two high school students and injured two others. Arvada police found that a Mercury Sable was headed westbound on...

• Two Die in Colorado Tractor-Trailer Crash

  Courtney Mills | August 16, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Colorado tractor-trailer crashed into part of a concrete pillar on I-70 in the early hours of August 15th, killing both occupants of the rig instantly and burning them so badly that the occupants of the cab were beyond identification.The tractor-trailer exploded into a fireball so explosive that it covered both sides of the interstate, forcing I-70 to be shut down until debris from the...

• Two Die in Colorado Tractor-Trailer Crash(2)

  Courtney Mills | August 16, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Colorado tractor-trailer crashed into part of a concrete pillar on I-70 in the early hours of August 15th, killing both occupants of the rig instantly and burning them so badly that the occupants of the cab were beyond identification.The tractor-trailer exploded into a fireball so explosive that it covered both sides of the interstate, forcing I-70 to be shut down until debris from the...

• Red Light Runners Beware!

  April Armani | August 13, 2007 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Did you know that red light runners cause more than 100,000 crashes per year? This is why this week is National Stop on Red Week What measures are being taken to slow those inclined to run red lights? The city of Aurora has operated eight red lights for about a year and a half. Major intersections are down 33% at intersections with the red light cameras and 60% percent at the intersection of...

• Lower Speeds on I-70?

  April Armani | July 09, 2007 5:51 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Change of speed limit on I-70?Change might be a brewing in Eagle County where several Eagle County officials want to lower the speed limits on I-70, east of Vail. The Eagle County Public Safety Counsel has asked the Colorado Department of Transportation to consider lowering the speed limit from 75 mph to 65 mph between Edwards and Eagle. A study by the Eagle County Department of Health and...

• Horrible Car Crash Kills Three

  April Armani | July 05, 2007 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A horrible motor vehicle collision has left a mother, father and son dead with another toddler injured. The crash happened south of E. Mississippi Avenue and S. Chambers Road around 11 pm last night. A red 2002 Ford F650 tow truck was headed northbound on Chambers and hit a 1997 Honda CRV traveling in the same direction. The two truck then crossed the center median where it hit a 2003 Nissan...