Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Motor Vehicle Accidents and Driver Inattention

  Ed Van Dorn | November 27, 2007 8:14 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Drivers entering highways in wrong direction cause needless accidents and personal injury and wrongful death. Driver inatttention can cause motor vehicle accidents resulting in serious personal injury. Entering limited access highways the wrong way happens more often than expected. In 2002, a van entered Intersate 89 at exit 16 the wrong way, going south in the northbound lanes. This resulted...

• One Killed and Dozens Injured in Multi-Car Pile Up

  Jenny Albano | February 10, 2008 11:03 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Thirty six cars were involved in a multi-car pile up that happened on February 10, at 12:40 P.M., that killed one and injured almost two dozen more. The accident occurred on 390 South near Scottsville Road in Vermont.More than 20 people were taken to local hospitals. One woman who was a passenger in one of the cars was killed. She has been identified as Lee Gno, 19. Several other people...

• Thanksgiving Travel and Automobile Safety

  Rob Curtiss | November 20, 2007 9:18 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Once again the holiday season is upon us. Many of us will be traveling to spend Thanksgiving with our families and loved ones. Unfortunately, the roads are very crowded during Thanksgiving rush. In many parts of the country this holiday also coincides with the first wintry weather of the season. This morning, for instance, I drove from Boston to Orford, New Hampshire and saw at least a dozen...

• Drunk Driver Kills Teenager

  Ed Van Dorn | November 21, 2007 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  After drinking in a tavern a drunk driver caused the death of a teenager in Vermont. Vermont law may hold the tavern responsible.Shawn R. Burritt, 32 from Jericho Vermont appeared in Vermont District Court in Burlington to answer to charges that he drove the wrong way on Interstate 89 in Colchester on Saturday and collided with a vehicle, killing one of its passengers, Nicolas Fournier, 18, of...

• Speeding on Route 9 and Car Accident Injury Law

  Ed Van Dorn | July 05, 2007 2:37 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Every one knows that the faster you drive, the better the chances of having a car accident, right? Nevertheless time and time again we see articles like the one in the Brattleboro Reformer on July 4th. Here's a short quote. "The cars zip down the road, pushing the pedal down, going 60, 70, 80, 90 mph. No, it's not the Autobahn, it's Route 9 in Vermont. The twisting road, with its short...

• Car Accidents on Rural Roads

  Ed Van Dorn | July 20, 2007 6:54 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I just saw an article on line about car accidents on rural highways. Not suprisingly the article sites studies that show that driving on rural highways can be more dangerous than driving on urban roads. University of Minnesota research by the Center of Excellence on Rural Safety found rural roads deadlier when it comes to car crashes than urban roads in 2005. The study states 72 percent of...

• Man Killed in Thruway Accident

  Christina Cole | March 16, 2007 5:37 AM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 57-year-old man was killed in a fatal car accident yesterday when he crashed into the back of an illegally parked tractor trailer on a Thruway rest area exit ramp, said state police.The man's car drifted over from the southbound lane onto the ramp shoulder and slammed into the truck, just before 5am. His Chevy was wedged beneath the tractor trailer. Due to the fatality, the Thruway Authority...

• Slow Down on Winter Roadways

  Rob Curtiss | December 14, 2007 8:43 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The snows have come early to New England this year. Where I live in Central New Hampshire, there is a possibility we will get another foot of it over the weekend. This is good news for skiers and the local economy but not for motorists. Because as we all know winter storms can make for treacherous driving. To avoid wintertime accidents, it is important to allocate extra time to get where you...

• Teenagers and Car Accidents

  Ed Van Dorn | October 19, 2007 1:37 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Statistics show that teenagers are involved in a disproportionate amount of car accidents involving personal injury. 6,000 teens are killed in car accidents every year. AAA has designated this week as National Teen Driver Safety Week. I think that any effort that brings more attention to teen driving safety issues is a good idea. As a personal injury lawyer I have seen first hand the serious...

• Kudos to Bennington PD for Car Accident Prevention Efforts

  Ed Van Dorn | September 12, 2007 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We would like to congratulate the Bennington Police Department for receiving recognition by the Vermont Governor's Highway Safety Program for its traffic safety record. Paul Doucette, Jr., a lieutenant in the Bennington PD responded to the award saying: "It was the highest score ever seen in the Vermont Law Enforcement Challenge. We couldn't do it without our dispatchers giving us the...