Blog: Car Accidents - Page 16

On Sunday, April 24, 2016, a Blairsville county man was killed in a head-on collision. The accident occurred on Route 982 in Derry Township around 2:00 p.m. The 29-year-old victim, was riding his motorcycle when he collided head-on with a Jeep traveling in the northbound lane. The young man was pronounced dead at the scene. According to first responders, the young man was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. It is not certain how the accident...

Americans are living longer than ever and enjoying life in their senior years in new and exciting ways. Unfortunately, a 78-year-old Pennsylvania man is struggling to hang on to his golden years after being struck in a pedestrian accident a few days ago. The Pittsburgh hospital caring for his severe injuries has downgraded his condition to critical, an area newspaper reports. Allegheny General Hospital initially listed the North Sewickley Township man in...

As has been mentioned in previous posts this month, April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. While texting is often the first thing that comes to mind when one considers distracted driving behaviors, there are many other activities that could fall under that umbrella. In what most would consider a bizarre example, a Pennsylvania woman claims that an accident she was involved in was not due to texting while driving but rather the result of the distraction...

It is not uncommon for humans to think that they are the best at everything. This notion extends to all parts of a person's life including driving. There are however some individuals who believe self-driving cars are a better option. Accordingly, different groups are seeking to build driverless cars. One of those groups is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where a new research center is being built.The research facility, called the Uber Advanced Technologies...

Yesterday morning, a minivan and school bus collided around Glades Pike and Crimson Oak Road in Jefferson Township. The minivan was traveling east when the driver lost control and crashed into the front end of the school bus. Both the bus and the minivan sustained heavy damage in the crash. The school bus was transporting 13 students in grades kindergarten through ninth to the Valley School in Ligonier. The driver of the school bus and two students were taken...