Speeding plays a factor in a large number of car accidents. Officials estimate that as much as a third of accidents are due to speeding. In the United States, 10-14,000 deaths each year are attributable to speeding. If you have been involved in a car accident due to negligent driving, a Washington, D.C....
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Tractor Trailer Driver Charged With Negligence For Role in Accident
As commercial trucking continues to grow, this translates into more dangers for passenger vehicles sharing the road with large, tractor trailer trucks. About 5,000 fatal accidents occur each year involving such trucks, and, unfortunately, almost 100% of the fatalities are the people in passenger vehicles. Truck drivers are rarely injured given the tremendous size...
Read MoreVirginia Department of Transportation Urges Drivers to Put Down Phones
Despite efforts across the country to increase awareness of work zone dangers, workers in these zones continue to face risks due to negligent driving. Last year, seven people died in Virginia work zones. Throughout the country, there were 720 deaths and 40,000 injuries in work...
Read MoreFive Injured in School Bus Crash in Northwest D.C.
Almost twice as many children ride school buses year each year in the United States than all of the people taking trips on public buses. There are about a half a million school buses transporting 25 million of our nation’s children. With tens of millions of children making so many trips, accidents are bound...
Read MoreMotorcycle Deaths Inexplicably Decline in 2009
Despite rising over the prior twelve years, motorcycle deaths actually dropped in 2009. While this, of course, is good news, motorcycle use remains extremely dangerous. As motorcycle use has increased in popularity, so have associated injuries and deaths increased. From 1997 to 2007, motorcycle deaths jumped from 2,116 to 5,154 and injuries almost...
Read MoreTruck Driver Killed in Maryland While Unloading Granite at Warehouse
Many people face dangers every day that they report to work. In 2008, the most recent year for which statistics are available, just over 5,000 died in workplace accidents. That number was nearly 5,700 in 2007. Employers could have prevented many of these accidents had they used basic safety tactics such as maintaining clean...
Read MoreReston, Virginia Motorcyclist Killed After Running Off Roadway
A 37-year-old Virginia man died Sunday evening in Reston when his motorcycle ran off the roadway while failing to make a turn. Police suspect that excessive speeding was involved. After running off the road, the man slid into a metal pole near Fairfax County Parkway and Walnut Branch Road. Nationwide, speeding is to blame...
Read MoreDC Fire and EMS Services Slow Due to Extraordinary Number of Calls
Washington, D.C. has faced a variety of problems over the past year – from fatal public transportation accidents to record snowfalls. Now it appears that D.C. emergency services are facing problems of their own. D.C. Fire and EMS has been experiencing severe delays of late. The department that handles these services had to bring...
Read MoreFDA Warns About Increased Risks from Zocor
Sometimes pharmaceutical companies rush prescription drugs to consumers before they fully understand the drugs' side effects. The Food and Drug Administration thoroughly tests prescription drugs and provides information on proper dosing, warnings, and side effects, but even this is not always enough. Some drugs may require a longer period of study to be fully...
Read More4-Year-Old Maryland Boy Hurt in ATV Accident
Studies have repeatedly shown that children who ride ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) are at a high risk for severe injuries, including amputations, spinal cord injuries, or even death. ATVs are becoming increasingly popular so injuries and trips to the emergency room due to accidents are on the rise. Between 2000 and 2005, ATV-related fatalities increased...
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