Blog: Car Accidents - Page 18

In the United States, more than 9 people each day are killed and 1,060 are injured due to distracted driving. This includes texting while driving. Many states have put laws in to place to help diminish this behavior behind the wheel. Some states have banned all drivers from texting while driving, while other states have only banned young drivers from texting while driving. These bans vary from state to state and fall under two categories: primary and secondary...

Beginning this month, all Allegheny County 911 calls regardless of township, will be directed to one call center. This will make for faster call times and more efficiency for 911 call takers and responders. The 911 services for the city of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County are located in the same center; however, calls from the city of Pittsburgh are taken care of by one call-taking pod while the rest of the county's calls are handled by another pod. The city...

On Thursday, July 31, 2014, an accident occurred just outside the Fayette County fair that killed a horse. You can visit our previous blog post Multi-vehicle accident involving a horse where we first wrote about the incident. The details of the incident have been updated. We now know it was a family of four in the vehicle that was traveling on Route 119 South when they struck the horse. The driver says he never even saw what they had hit. The accident...