Blog: Motor Vehicle Accidents - Page 8

On Friday evening, a woman was killed while riding her bicycle in Oakland. The woman was 34 years old and worked for the University of Pittsburgh. The accident occurred just after 5:30 p.m. at the intersection of South Bellefield and Forbes Avenue near the university's campus. Police said the victim became trapped between two vehicles in a chain-reaction accident. The bicyclist was behind a vehicle in the left turning lane of Forbes Avenue. A vehicle in...

There are many reasons that motor vehicle accidents occur and often multiple factors are to blame. While the behavior of drivers is often pointed to, it is possible that issues with the vehicles involved in a crash could play a role. Specifically, vehicular defects could be to blame. Because there are so many components to a vehicle there are many portions that could have something wrong with them. When there is something wrong with a part of a vehicle, a...

One man had just stopped at a car wash. The other was fleeing state police. The two met in a violent, head-on collision on Route 40, about 60 miles south of Pittsburgh.Officials said a 27-year-old man sped off after an officer tried to pull him over for driving with a suspended license. He led police on a chase that reached speeds of more than 115 mph. The chase ended in the crash that killed a 22-year-old Farmington man Monday night.The young man killed had...

On July 22, 2015, early in the morning, a motorcyclist was killed in a head-on collision on Route 366 in Washington Township. A Chevrolet pickup truck that was driving east on Route 366 veered into the opposite lane and hit the motorcycle head-on. After the impact, both the pickup truck and motorcycle ran off of the road and over an embankment. The motorcyclist died at the scene of the accident due to the severe impact of the crash. The driver of the pickup...

Presque Isle State Park had to close its gates on Saturday, June 6, when a white sedan went off the roadway and crashed. A 17-year-old passenger was killed in the accident. Police believe the driver of the vehicle was speeding when he lost control of his vehicle and went off of the roadway. The passenger side of the vehicle crashed into a tree. The car then spun clockwise before it came to a stop. Neither the driver nor the passenger were wearing seatbelts...