Blog: Motor Vehicle Accidents - Page 12

We often get calls from people immediately after they have been in a car accident. The first thing that we advise anyone who has been in an accident to do is to seek appropriate medical attention. You should see a doctor immediately following a car crash. Do not wait to see if the pain or limited range of motion you are experiencing gets better. Even if you were not transported by ambulance from the scene of the car accident, it is important to seek medical...

Automobile safety has improved by leaps and bounds over the last several years and decades. These days, cars and trucks have technology that would have been hard to conceive of not that long ago. Ultimately, of course, the goal is to make vehicles safer and reduce the severity, if not the likelihood, of motor vehicle accidents. Of course, not every innovation is as useful as it could be, and the same safety feature on several different vehicles might be more...

Sadly, a woman has died following a bus and car collision in Indiana County. Initial reports claim that the driver of the Bus ran a red light and crashed into a Lexus LS450. The accident occurred in Indiana County near Ben Franklin Road and Shelly Drive.The bus was transporting senior citizens. The driver of the bus has been suspended until further investigation can be completed. According to the Post-Gazette.com, the bus was connected to the SeniorLIFE Center...

Accidents in the Pittsburgh area that occur in the early morning hours often involve may tend to involve drivers who have been drinking. A fatal hit-and-run that took place recently in Leetsdale may have been one of those occurrences. A man was arrested on charges including drunk driving after the fatal accident, which took place between midnight and 3 a.m. earlier this week. Police who responded to the scene found the victim lying next to his car along the...

The City of Pittsburgh may be getting red light cameras. Legislation was introduced to Pittsburgh City Council that would allow the use of red light cameras throughout Pittsburgh. Red light cameras are used to capture the license plate number of any vehicle violating the red light signal. From the picture, the police can then issue a ticket through the mail to the driver who ran the red light. The expectation of the cameras is to make intersections safer. Studies...