Automobile Accidents

• First Serious Winter Weather Causes Numerous Car Wrecks

  David Tompkins | January 19, 2008 4:15 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  Icy road in the Washington D.C. area contributed to a number of car accidents this week. Car accidents are not caused by snow, but by inexperienced drivers. People who don't know how to drive on snow go too fast for conditions and hurt other people and themselves. Insurance companies never find their driver negligent for driving too fast for snowy or icy conditions. Adjusters will always...

• Family to Sue Health Insurer for Fatal Delay in Treatment

  David Tompkins | December 23, 2007 11:11 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  While not a typical automobile post, I'd like to draw your attention to this weeks story about a health insurer who denied a liver transpant to a young insured girl. It seems that liver transplants, to the health insurer, is still considered an "experimental" procedure, so they denied coverage for the procedure.The young girls family hired a well known TV lawyer to get some media coverage. ...

• Court Rules in Uninsured Motorist Policy Case

  Shannon Weidemann | October 31, 2007 11:21 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  A New Jersey Appellate Court ruled that a woman who was injured in a drive by shooting can receive compensation from the Uninsured Motorist portion of her car insurance even though she was just entering her car at the time of the shooting. The insurance company denied her claim originally. But the appellate judges, citing two New Jersey Supreme Court rulings, concluded there is no...

• Washington Bus Driver Pleads Guilty in Pedestrian Deaths

  Shannon Weidemann | September 10, 2007 2:23 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  Two woman were hit by a Metrobus in February and killed. The pedestrian accident happened at the intersection of 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue. The driver of the bus has plead guility to two counts of negligent vehicular homicide. The accident was captured on videotape by a security camera positioned near the roof of the National Archives. Obtained by 9NEWS NOW and broadcast on July 20th, the...

• Text Messaging on Cell Phones While Driving Dangerous Idea

  Shannon Weidemann | July 24, 2007 6:05 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  A recent study by a researcher at the University of Utah at Salt Lake City has found that drivers that engage in text messaging or "texting" on their cell phones are six times more likely to be involved in a car accident. Washington D.C. has banned the use of hand held cell phones while driving but the law does not include text messaging. John Ulczycki, director of transportation safety for...

• Teenager Killed in Charles Town Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | June 21, 2007 5:40 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  A 13-year-old was killed in a car accident in Charles Town on Sunday. He was being treated for his injuries at Children's Hospital in Washington D.C. when he passed away on Monday. The victim was in an SUV that was struck by a Toyota Camry while attempting to make a left turn onto U.S. 340 from Augustine Avenue in Charles Town.Police believe that the victim's father, who was driving the SUV,...

• Washington D.C. Removes Road Test Requirement for Elderly

  Shannon Weidemann | May 25, 2007 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  The District of Columbia tried to inact a measure to require drivers that are older than 75 and renewing their license to undergo a written test and road test. Drivers, AAA, and the AARP all protested the new measure saying it was unfair to the elderly. Washington D.C. was trying to prevent motor vehicle accidents. "We're not going to wait until there's a horrific accident and then wring our...

• Police Officer Dies After Parade Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | April 19, 2007 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  An officer with the Washington D.C. Police force has died from injuries he sustained during an accident on Good Friday. He was helping to block the parade route when he got out of his vehicle to stop a scooter. His car was somehow left in drive.Police believe that Pitt rushed back to his car to try to put it in park but never got fully inside the vehicle.The police car continued forward,...

• Two People Hurt in Hit and Run Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | March 17, 2007 9:44 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  A man driving a Honda Accord owned by a friend, ran into two people and then fled from the scene on foot. The owner of the car was a passenger. He is unable to drive due to a problem with his driver's license. D.C. police are looking for the driver of a car who fled on foot after hitting a man and a woman. Investigators said the incident happened just after 11 p.m. on Wisconsin Avenue near...

• Man Killed in Car Accident on Wisconsin Ave.

  Shannon Weidemann | February 18, 2007 12:37 AM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  A 29-year-old man from Ireland was killed in a four car accident in Washington D.C. early Saturday morning. The victim worked at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel. The collision remains under investigation, but D.C. police spokesman Sgt. Joe Gentile said at this time speed and alcohol appear to be contributing factors.Police closed Wisconsin Avenue for a time in both directions near Woodley Road...