Automakers recalled over 20 million vehicles in the past three years, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). According to the agency, Toyota recalled approximately 7.1 million cars in 2010, with Honda and Nissan recalling about 2 million each. Chrysler recalled 1.5 million vehicles, and Ford recalled over 500,000 cars in 2010. Safety...
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Bus and Construction Vehicle Collide in Fairfax
A commuter bus crashed into the back of a construction vehicle last month in Fairfax on the Dulles Airport Access Road. The auto accident occurred in the eastbound lane and caused several injuries, according to police. Emergency responders took 13 people to the hospital, but none with life-threatening injuries. The Loudon County Transit commuter...
Read MoreTruck-Motorcycle Collision Kills Two in Virginia
A collision between a Ford truck and a group of motorcyclists left two dead in Chesapeake, Virginia earlier this month. Just before midnight on Mt. Pleasant Road, the Ford truck was westbound traveling toward the motorcycles, according to the police report. The accident shut down a large portion of Mt. Pleasant Road for...
Read MoreWoman Sentenced to Three Years for Deadly Adams Morgan Car Accident
Earlier this month, a DC Superior Court judge sentenced a young mother to three years and four months in prison in connection with the fatal Adams Morgan auto accident last fall that killed one person. She will also have to complete 500 hours of...
Read MoreVirginia Man Charged in Fatal DWI Crash
A 46-year-old Virginia man faces common law DWI charges for his role in a fatal car accident last month in Utica, New York. According to Utica police, the suspect “blew through a stop sign” in his van before colliding with another vehicle driven by a 50-year-old man with his wife in the passenger...
Read MoreMaryland Man Falls from Bridge after Car Accident
A man died last month after falling from a 52-foot bridge after a car accident on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, according to Maryland Transportation Authority officials. On April 18 at approximately 10:30 a.m., the driver of a stalled Honda Accord exited the car to check on...
Read MoreFBI Employee Sued for Pedestrian Accident
In what witnesses described as a road rage accident is now the center of a lawsuit against a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employee. The vehicle-pedestrian accident occurred on the morning of March 23 near 14th and F Streets Northwest in DC. A man was unloading...
Read More15 Injured in Virginia School Bus-Van Collision
Last month, a school bus and a van collided head-on at approximately 8:20 a.m. in Suffolk, Virginia. The bus accident occurred when the 32-year-old van driver reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and veered across the double lines into oncoming traffic. Twenty-five students, grades 2 to...
Read MoreVirginia Woman Gets Two Years for Deadly Car Accident
Last month, a federal judge in Alexandria sentenced a 23-year-old woman to two years in prison for a drunk driving accident that killed one person and severely injured another in 2009. Last November, the woman pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and maiming while driving...
Read MoreDrunk Driver Injures DC Police Officer
A drunk driver struck and injured a DC police officer last month while the officer was investigating a separate fatal hit-and-run incident involving a drunk driver. The incident occurred on Key Bridge around midnight. The injured officer is a 9-year-veteran of the Washington, D.C. Police Department. The officer was investigating a
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